1493 images originally hung in the lobby of Macauley's Theatre on Walnut Street in downtown Louisville, Kentucky (1873-1952). Primarily studio portraits of actors and actresses from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, these images document the...
Sculpture; Signs (Notices); Language; Electric signs; Electron tubes; Advertisements; Advertising; Slogans; Commercialism; Communication; Communication devices
"Jenny Holzer extended the use of language in art to another dimension by presenting words alone; for the viewer, looking and reading became one and the same act. […] In graduate school at the Rhode Island School of Design in the mid-1970s,...
Prints; Broadsides; Broadsides; Advertisements; Advertising; Language; Communication; Communication devices; Inscriptions; Lettering (Layout features); Punctuation; Question marks
"Jenny Holzer extended the use of language in art to another dimension by presenting words alone; for the viewer, looking and reading became one and the same act. […] In graduate school at the Rhode Island School of Design in the mid-1970s,...
Window displays; Stores & shops; Hats; Buildings; Mannequins; Stewart Dry Goods Co., Inc.
A female mannequin sits in the display window at Stewart Dry Goods Company which was located in downtown Louisville, Kentucky. The mannequin wears a sheath dress and holds a feathered fan and long white gloves. She looks toward a stand on which a...
Automobile service stations; Buildings; Transportation; Brick wall signs; Signs (Notices)
A Gulf service station sits at the corner of a street which is likely located in downtown Louisville, Kentucky. The lot has two tall lampposts with five white globes. Fuel pumps sit by a small brick building with terra cotta roof tiles. Cars are...
Buildings; Government facilities; Courthouses; Construction
A high mound of rocks outside the Jefferson County Courthouse, Louisville, Kentucky. Now known as Louisville Metro Hall and housing government offices, the building, which is on the National Register of Historic Places, is located at 527 W....
University of Louisville--Buildings; Buildings; Educational facilities; University of Louisville. Medical Dept.; University of Louisville. School of Medicine;
A man dressed in white walks up the steps of the old University of Louisville Medical School building. The Chestnut Street facade faces the camera and a parking lot on the west side of the building is visible. This building was formerly a part of...
Men; Dogs; Suits (Clothing); Hats; Sidewalks; Staffs (Sticks); People
A man in a well-tailored suit, hat, and cane stands on a sidewalk. He holds something in his fist which is extended slightly toward a dog who is watching it intently as he sits. The dog wears a leather collar and harness studded with metal. The...
Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Educational facilities;
A previous location of the School of Law (1923-1939), this building has been demolished. The building is part of a city block, side by side with other buildings, and cars are parked at the curb in front. The faded sign over the entryway reads,...
Rivers; Floods; Farmhouses; Barns; Water towers; Bridges
A view of the Ohio River overflowing its banks as seen from a hill northeast of downtown Louisville. A farm house and barn are surrounded by water, and a water tower and a bridge are visible in the distance. See ULPA 1982.01.709.p, ULPA...
A warehouse of the Merchant's Ice & Cold Storage Company in downtown Louisville, Kentucky has been torn down in order to be replaced. Girders, brick and wood scrap litter the lot. A small wheel barrow is at the edge of the property next to...
Address: 117 E. Spring St., New Albany. This building in downtown New Albany, Ind. is strongly reminiscent of Joseph & Joseph's Elks Club/Henry Clay Hotel building in Louisville. The Elsby Building also bears a striking resemblance to one of...
Buildings; Restaurants; Bars; Vienna Model Bakery & Restaurant (Louisville, Ky.)
Address: 133-135 S. Fourth Street (Building no longer exists.) The Vienna Bakery and Restaurant was founded by German immigrant Frank L. Erpeldinger in 1893 and operated as one of downtown Louisville's premiere dining establishments until 1927....
Buildings; Theaters; Motion picture theaters; Cultural facilities; Royal Theatre (Louisville, Ky.)
Address: 1809 W. Broadway. This, the first of Joseph & Joseph's suburban theaters, brought all the stylistic elements, detail and elegance of its larger, downtown predecessors to what was an emerging trend, the neighborhood theater devoted...
City & town life; Streets; Banks; Automobiles; Buildings; Historic buildings; Stores & shops
Address: 208 S. Fifth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. At the intersection of Fifth and Market Streets in downtown stands the Louisville Trust Building. Oversized arches mark the entries and are repeated several stories above with smaller arched...
Seelbach Hilton (Louisville, Ky.); Hotels; Canopies; Street railroads; Buildings; Transportation
Address: 500 S. Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A flagpole and two signs proclaiming "The Seelbach" extend from the roof of the Seelbach Hotel in downtown Louisville, Kentucky. On the street a trolley is just about to pass one of the...
Address: 600 W. Walnut Street (now Muhammad Ali Boulevard), Louisville, Kentucky. A sign on the side of this brick building announces that it is First Standard Bank, an African American bank in downtown Louisville. The pediment over the door, mock...
Buildings; Canopies; Atherton Building (Louisville, Ky.)
Address: 610 S. Fourth Street (Later known as the Francis Building). Completed in 1907, the Atherton Building would have been a project started while Alfred S. Joseph was still serving as chief architect and engineer for the firm of McDonald &...
Streets; Stores & shops; Crowds; Banks; American Legion; Signs (Notices)
Address: Fourth Avenue and Guthrie Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Crowds teem in downtown Louisville during the American Legion Convention of 1929. Flags of the United States line the street as people in civilian clothes and military uniforms roam...
