This little ice cream shop at 1904 Frankfort Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky, sits on the Clifton Loop near the Market & Frankfort line as evidenced by the trolley car. Another car and a pile of wood are behind the shop as well. Two men in white...
Fire stations; Street railroads; Buildings; Historic buildings; Transportation
Address: 2620 Frankfort Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. A trolley approaches the firehouse at the corner of Frankfort and Franck Avenues in the Crescent Hill neighborhood. An advertisement on the trolley reads, "First Mortgage Bonds without a...
Address: 3936 Frankfort Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. (This address is now Shelbyville Road.) Railroad tracks parallel Frankfort Avenue and cut through Meridian Avenue. Plehn's Bakery stands on the corner. A house and gas station are visible across...
Address: 3936 Frankfort Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. (This address is now Shelbyville Road.) Railroad tracks run eastward parallel to Frankfort Avenue at the intersection of Meridian Avenue. Utility poles run in the same line. On the right is...
Address: 2636 Frankfort Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. Banners across the top of the store advertise meats, groceries, and tea. The display windows show potatoes, soap chips, gauze, rolled oats, and Sunnyfield Corn Flakes. One ad reads,...
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...
Streets; Stores & shops; Buildings; Political posters
Address: 3900 block of Frankfort Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. An accident had happened on this street and the photograph was taken for the insurance company for the case Kroger Grocery & Baking Co. vs. Myrl Myers. This portion of the street is...
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...
Street railroads; Louisville Railway Company; Crowds; Grocery stores; Buildings; Transportation; People
The front end of the Market Street trolley can be seen in front of the A & P Food Store at the corner of Frankfort Avenue and Pope Street. A crowd of people wait on the sidewalk. It appears to be raining as the street looks wet, and children...
Louisville Gas and Electric Company; Utility poles; Trucks; African Americans; Men; People; Transportation
Two men stand on a wagon with a large spool of cable while others stand nearby. Another truck with cables, buckets, and poles seems to be anchoring the cable to the ground. Homes, many of them with lace curtains in the window, are visible in the...
Advertising; Brick wall signs; Signs (Notices); Stores & shops; Office buildings; Automobiles; Dwellings; Houses; Utility poles; Louisville Gas and Electric Company; Transportation
Taken for Louisville Gas & Electric, this photograph shows route of power lines after purchase of home telephone poles and consolidation of lines. Utility lines have been placed in a row down Frankfort Avenue. On the right side are some homes....
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."
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...
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...
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Men; Government officials; People associated with education & communication
Portrait of W.C. Bell of Frankfort, Kentucky wearing a pin-striped jacket and printed tie. The photograph has been painted on to crop his image. Handwritten on back of image: Superintendent of Public Instruction. Stamped on back: August 29, 1929;...
Portrait of Emma Guy Cromwell, who served as Secretary of State of Kentucky from 1924-1928. She is wearing an elaborate velvet textured dress and long necklace, clutching it with both hands. The photograph has been creased in the top corner and...
Buildings; Military facilities; Armories; Fires; Kentucky. National Guard
Arsenal of the Kentucky National Guard in Frankfort, Kentucky, engulfed in flames as fire services try to put out the fire and spectators look on. The arsenal caught on fire during the night of June 30, 1933, after an explosion on the second floor....
Buildings; Military facilities; Armories; Fires; Kentucky. National Guard
Close-up of fire at Arsenal building of the (Frankfort) Kentucky National Guard. The arsenal caught on fire during the night of June 30, 1933, after an explosion on the second floor. A cluster of men spray a fire hose at the smoke coming from the...
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Men; Government officials; Scientists
Portrait of Dr. Willard Rouse Jillson of Frankfort, Kentucky, the Director and State Geologist of the Kentucky Geological Survey. He is wearing a suit, hard collar and black tie. The photograph has marks of discoloration. Handwritten on back of...
Portrait of Dr. Willard Rouse Jillson of Frankfort, Kentucky, sitting on a large rock beside a creek. The photograph is yellowing from age. Stamped on back of image: January 31, 1923; Private Library of Willard Rouse Jillson, Director and State...
