It is to be noticed that if there be any marshy places, certain animals breed there, which are invisible to the eye and yet getting into the system through the mouth and nostrils cause serious disorders." This quaint observation is taken from...
Boathouses; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
U.S. LIFE SAVING STATION, a boathouse, was built at Howard Shipyard in 1902. Located at the foot of Second Street in Louisville, it was the only inland floating life-saving station in the country. It was replaced by a steel structure in 1928.
Commonwealth Life Insurance building was located on the northwestern corner of Fourth Street and Broadway in Louisville, Kentucky, between the Kenyon building and United States Trust building. Built in 1928, 19 stories were added to it in 1955, and...
Downtown view of Louisville with the Ohio River to the north and a focus on the Kentucky Home Life insurance building. Alternate view of downtown looking south from southern Indiana. View across the Municipal Bridge.
Kentucky Home Life Building (formerly Inter-Southern Building), a high-rise office building, with a large crowd gathered below. Completed in 1913, the 19-story building is located at Fifth Street and Jefferson Street.
Former headquarters of Kentucky Central Life Insurance Company in Anchorage, Kentucky; a two-story building with tile roof and manicured lawn. A woman stands on the curving driveway, and a United States flag flies on a flagpole at left. On back of...
Former headquarters of Kentucky Central Life Insurance Company in Anchorage, Kentucky; a two-story building with tile roof, manicured lawn, curving driveway, and flagpole. A sign above the door reads "Kentucky Central Life & Acc. Ins....
