Address: 418 W. Ormsby Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. According to the 1924 Caron's city directory, this building was an apartment house known as Greystone Apartments. A small section of grass is in front of the sidewalk. Beyond the sidewalk is a...
Automobiles; Buildings; Automobile dealerships; Ford Motor Company
Ford Lincoln models are advertised on the storefront of Jenner-Woody Motors Co., and a row of 1920s Lincoln cars are parked in a row next to the building. An older model is parked on the corner of the flat roof. The city directory showed that this...
One-story building at 2100 South Preston Street (corner of Preston & Lynn Streets, Louisville, Kentucky). Sign above building advertises Royal Crown Cola, Beer & Sandwiches, and Chile & Soup. Unlit neon signs in windows advertise Fehr's...
Germantown School on Mary Street, last listed in City Directory 1905; replaced by Isaac Shelby elementary school; Louisville, Kentucky. Narrow, three-story brick building with pointed roof and a three story metal column attached to the front which...
One of the windows of this large stone building indicates "County Health Officers, Public Health Nurses." The State Board of Health of Kentucky was located at 532 W. Main Street at this time. The entrance is framed by twin columns on each...
Buildings; Theaters; Cultural facilities; Restaurants; Lodges; Cozy Theatre (Louisville, Ky.)
Address: 3105 S. Third Street. This ornamented building served as a Masonic Lodge (# 740, Free and Accepted Masons), motion picture theater, and a coffee shop. From 1917-1937, City Directories list both Cozy Theater and Suburban Hall as either...
Child in glasses and oversized overcoat sits in chair holding a "newspaper" that advertises Wintersmith's Chill Tonic. Arthur Peter & Co., Louisville, is listed as the "general agent" for the chill tonic. A post script is...
Address: 2448 Grinstead Drive. A home is pictured in a yard where there are more leaves on the ground than on the trees. The building is a three-story A-frame with a wrap-around porch. A man in a dark suit (possibly William A. Hildebrand, the name...
Fire stations; Group portraits; Fire fighters; Fire engines; Steam engines
Group portrait of firefighters sitting and standing around a steam engine at the Engine Company No. 6, located at present day 2427 Portland Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky, 1874. The address at the time was listed in the City Directory as...
Two rescue workers load goods onto boat from residence in Louisville, Kentucky, during the 1937 Flood of the Ohio River. A service station with Gulf sign is visible in the background. A note on the back of print P_00513 indicates that one of the...
A woman, possibly Mrs. Helen Fischer (wife of photographer Walter Fischer of Fischer Photography), and a dog are rescued by three men with a boat in Louisville, Kentucky during the 1937 Flood of the Ohio River. A service station with Gulf sign is...
Mrs. Helen Fischer, another woman, and a dog are rescued by two men with a boat Louisville, Kentucky during the 1937 Flood of the Ohio River. A service station with Gulf sign is visible in the background. Handwritten on back of print: "Mrs....
Front windows of Henry Fuch's Florist in Louisville, Kentucky. Two windows are visible with flowers and other plants on display. Additional plants are displayed on the sidewalk in front of the store and around columns to the right of the store. A...
Group portraits; Families; Houses; Dwellings; Porches; Buildings; People; Men; Women
Address: 2721 W. Market Street, Louisville, Kentucky. This group is likely James P. Spelman (bookkeeper for E. J. O'Brien & Co.) and his family at their home. The matron of the family sits on a chair next to the home's front porch, which has...
Louisville Gas and Electric Company; Public utility companies; Industrial facilities
Lithograph of Louisville, Kentucky's Gas Company. Handwritten on bottom of mounted print: "R.G. Potter Collection; Located on Washington between Jackson & Preston Office at 116 Green (Liberty) between 3rd & 4th J. Lawrence Smith Pres....
Map of Louisville, Kentucky, on a scale of 800 feet to the inch, culled from 1970 reprint of 1832 City Directory. Spans from Ohio River to the north and Prather Street (now Broadway) to the south. List of references at lower left lists government...
Empty outdoor miniature golf course illuminated at night, Cherokee Golf-Moor, 2401 Lexington Road, Louisville, Kentucky. According to the city directory, Cherokee Golf-moor operated from 1931-1933. Title supplied by cataloger.
View of Cherokee Golf-Moor miniature golf course from behind admission gate, Cherokee Park, Louisville, Kentucky. A few footbridges, walkways, the green, and a couple of holes on the course can be seen. According to the city directory, Cherokee...
Empty outdoor miniature golf course during daytime, with several truck are parked behind the fence that encloses the grass, Cherokee Golf-Moor, 2401 Lexington Road, Louisville, Kentucky. According to the city directory, Cherokee Golf-moor operated...
