Address: 405 W. Market Street, Louisville, Kentucky. (Building no longer exists.) The brick road in front of the Western Union building looks slick from rain. Cars are parked at the curb and a couple of men in messenger uniforms speak with a man in...
Address: 616 S. Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. (Demolished, 1969). The entryway of the Rialto Theatre is shown. The flooring is either tile or parquet and has a runner protecting the main traffic area. To the right are ticket windows and just...
Temple Adath Israel (Louisville, Ky.); Synagogues; Religious facilities; Historic buildings; Group portraits; Organs; Altars; People
Address: 834 S. Third Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A group poses in pageantry costumes in the Temple Adath Israel. The children are dressed in white gowns with headbands. Some of the children hold horns. The adults wear a variety of costumes most...
Temple Adath Israel (Louisville, Ky.); Religious facilities; Buildings; Historic buildings; Synagogues
Address: 834 S. Third Street, Louisville, Kentucky. "Mine house shall be an house of prayer for all people" marks the entry of Temple Adath Israel. The words are carved above a series of Ionic columns which support a pediment with...
Telephone companies; Men; Women; Ballrooms; Public accommodation facilities; Hotels; Holidays; Henry Clay Building (Louisville, Ky.)
Large group of men and women in rows of chairs and then standing in a ballroom or banquet room at the Henry Clay Hotel. A man dressed as Santa Claus is on the right in front of a Christmas tree. Address: Henry Clay Hotel, 604 South 3rd Street,...
Synagogues; Religious facilities; Buildings; Building construction; Signs (Notices)
Construction of Keneseth Israel Jewish Synagogue, on 232 East Jacob Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Boards and bricks cluttered in front of building, windows yet to be installed. Signs are posted indicating that the architects were Joseph &...
Synagogues; Religious facilities; Buildings; Building construction; Signs (Notices)
Construction of Keneseth Israel Jewish Synagogue, on 232 East Jacob Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Signs are posted indicating that the architects were Joseph & Joseph and the general contractors were Platoff & Bush. The Keneseth Israel...
Stewart's Dry Goods on corner of Fourth and Walnut Streets (501 S. Fourth St.), Louisville, Kentucky. The photo shows entrances on two sides of the building, each with its own suspended canopy. Women can be seen window shopping at a display of...
Stores & shops; Buildings; Automobiles; Streets; Historic buildings; Stewart Dry Goods Co., Inc.
Address: 501 S. Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Rows of black cars are parked on either side of the Stewart Dry Goods Company at the corner of Fourth and Walnut Streets (now Muhammad Ali Boulevard). The stone and brick building rises several...
Rialto Theatre (Louisville, Ky.); Theaters; Cultural facilities; Street railroad tracks; Cobblestone streets; Buildings; Motion picture theaters
Address: 616 S. Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A cobblestone road with trolley tracks runs in front of the Rialto Theatre. The entryway to the theater includes an inset, multi-story area with a ticket booth and decorative tile flooring. The...
This digital collection is a non-comprehensive selection of images of Kentucky and nearby areas from a number of smaller collections in the University of Louisville Libraries.
Men; Women; Dance parties; Henry Clay Building (Louisville, Ky.)
Large group of men and women in formal suits and gowns, as well as military uniforms, crowd the floor at a party or dance at the Henry Clay Hotel. Address: 604 S. 3rd Street, Louisville, Kentucky.
Majestic Theatre (Louisville, Ky.); Theaters; Cultural facilities; Buildings; Group portraits; African Americans; Boys; Boy Scouts of America; People
A group of African American Boy Scouts pose in front of the Majestic Theatre at 618 S. Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. (Building no longer exists.) Most of the boys wear coats or thick jackets and caps. Handwritten on back: "March 1923,...
Majestic Theatre (Louisville, Ky.); Theaters; Buildings; Electric lighting; Cultural facilities
Address: 618 S. Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. The Majestic Theatre is shown lit up at night. The marquee advertises "Mysterious Rider" above the multi-story entry. Above the ticket booth is a lit sign reading, "Popular prices...
Address: 604 S. Third Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A car is stopped at the traffic lights in front of the Henry Clay Hotel at the corner of Third Street at Chestnut Street. The brick and stone building has a suspended canopy above the entrance and...
Historic buildings; Apartment houses; Buildings; Building construction
Address: 2140 Bonnycastle Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. Built in 1928, this 11-story building near Cherokee Park was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. This photograph shows the early stages of the construction of the...
Historic buildings; Apartment houses; Buildings; Building construction
Address: 2140 Bonnycastle Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. Built in 1928, the Commodore Apartment Building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. In this early shot of the construction process, the future apartment building has...
Historic buildings; Apartment houses; Buildings; Building construction
Address: 2140 Bonnycastle Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. Built in 1928, this 11-story building near Cherokee Park was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. The photograph shows the structure in the early stages of its...
Historic buildings; Apartment houses; Buildings; Building construction
Address: 2140 Bonnycastle Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. Built in 1928, this 11-story building near Cherokee Park was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. This photograph shows the Commodore apartment building during its...
Historic buildings; Apartment houses; Buildings; Building construction
Address: 2140 Bonnycastle Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. Built in 1928, the Commodore Apartments near Cherokee Park was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. This photograph shows a side view of the future apartment building...
