African Americans; African American physicians; Physicians; Hospitals; Red Cross Hospital (Louisville, Ky.); Race relations; Integration
Oral history interview with Louisville physician Jesse Bell conducted on July 28, 1979 by Olivia Frederick. Dr. Bell discusses his early life and education, including his training at Alcorn College, Morehouse College, and Meharry Medical College....
Large crowd of people outside the AP Super Market. A wide line of people extends from the doors and around the corner towards the back of the building. Cars are parked along the curb. Address: 3900 block Frankfort Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky....
American Printing House for the Blind (Louisville, Ky.); Buildings
Address: 1839 Frankfort Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. In 1883, this building was constructed for the American Printing House for the Blind, the oldest publishing house for the visually impaired in the United States.
Address: 137 South Main Street, Lawrenceburg, Ky. The Beaux-Arts style Anderson County Courthouse is shown. The building is made of stone with four columns holding up the cornice. The top of the building is noted for its cupola with inset clock. In...
Leo Thomas Angermeier (1889-1919). Born in Louisville, Kentucky. Black-and-white portrait of Leo Angermeier with the Frankfort Statesmen (Kentucky). He holds a mitt in his left hand and has an emblem on the front left of his uniform. Verso: Series...
Commercial art galleries; Brick wall signs; Buildings; Drugstores
Address: 1764 Frankfort Avenue, Louisville, KY. View of Architype Gallery. Woman standing at window looking inside. Ghost sign on Pope Street side of building reads "H.G. Young, Druggist."
Kentucky School for the Blind on Frankfort Avenue in Louisville, Kentucky, seen from the front. This institution's original name was the Kentucky Institution for the Education of the Blind. The structure in this image was built in 1855 and razed in...
Ballroom at the Governor's Mansion in Frankfort, Kentucky. It is a curved room with three high, curtained windows shown, a piano, and wooden chairs all along the wall. The parquet floor is empty. Two crystal chandeliers hang from the ceiling, which...
Theological seminaries; Historic buildings; Men; Boys
Baptist seminary in London, Kentucky is a simple-lined brick building with a two-story mid-section with a pediment supported by square brick pillars, and two one-and-a-half-story wings. A man in a suit stands on the porch, and two barefoot boys in...
Whiskey aging in barrels, OFC Distillery, Frankfort, Kentucky. The barrels are on their sides in cubbies on the wall, row upon row up and across. Some of the bottom rows are empty.
Bessie Patterson (Mrs. William Augustus) Thomas of Frankfort, Kentucky, wearing a flapper-style dress and holding a basket of cut flowers. The photograph has been painted on, accenting small details, and discolored from age.
This photograph shows the home of F.W. Betz at 1846 Frankfort Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky, in 1939. A building of mixed styles, the front porch roof is supported by four Doric columns with a decorative addition of Tudor arches, while the bottom of...
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Men; Government officials; Legislators
Portrait of Senator Beverly M. Vincent of Brownsville, Kentucky, wearing a printed tie. The photograph has been cut to an irregular shape and then painted on to further crop his image. Stamped on back of image: (credit) Cusick Studio, Frankfort, KY.
Bicyclists and pedestrians meet at the doorway of Young's Pharmacy at Frankfort Avenue and Pope Street. The building is multiple stories tall and likely includes an apartment on the upper floors. Beyond the pharmacy is Rosalind Beauty Shoppe and...
Bottling room, OFC Distillery, Frankfort, Kentucky. Two long tables face from front to back. At the table at left, women are seated at either side of a conveyor belt of bottles, with more bottles gathered at the conveyor belt's sides. The table at...
Men roll barrels of bourbon at the Frankfort Distillery Co. warehouse at the Dixie Highway plant. The men wear sleeveless shirts and long pants as they systematically roll the barrels in a line. To the left and right are barrels stocked up on...
Address: 2255 Frankfort Avenue, Louisville, KY 40206. Partially visible ghost sign reading "Remodeling Repairing" appears on the side of the building, beneath the sign reading "Bourbons Bistro Est. 05." The building dates back...
This building seems to be a warehouse or industrial building. The two-story brick building has two arched sections which may both have been doors at one time, but at the time of the photo only the left arch has a set of double doors. The plate...
Oval-shaped portrait of Senator C.D. Asbury of Mount Olivet, Robertson County, Kentucky, wearing a jacket and bow tie. Photograph has been marked with discolorations. Stamped on back: (credit) Cusick Studio, Frankfort, Kentucky.
Buildings; Public accommodation facilities; Hotels; Street railroad tracks
Capitol Hotel in Frankfort, Kentucky, a large brick building with columns supporting a porch. Streetcar tracks cross the cobblestone street in front of the hotel.
