Wide angle view of Tenth Street and Market Street following the tornado which hit Louisville, Kentucky, on March 27, 1890. A horse-drawn tram sits in the middle of the street, with piles of debris along the sidewalks in front of buildings on both...
Buildings; Brick wall signs; Stairways; Fire escapes
Address: 121 South 7th Street, Louisville, Kentucky. View of south facing wall of building from Riverside parking lot on West Market Street near corner of 7th Street. Partially legible ghost sign reads "Purchasers-Liquidators of".
Debris; Tornadoes; Disasters; Buildings; Men; Women
People are standing in front of debris and buildings in the area of Eighteenth Street and Market Street. The buildings were damaged by the tornado which struck Louisville, Kentucky on March 27, 1890. The tornado killed an estimated 100 people and...
Address: 1934 W. Market Street, Louisville, Kentucky. On the side of this brick building is the remnant of a sign that is mostly illegible. The word at the top may be acorn for Acorn Used Furniture which was located at 1930 W. Market Street....
Construction; Maintenance & repair; Sewerage; Men; Construction workers
View of bulldozer and other equipment as the road at 38th Street and Market Street is torn up and the pipes and beams below exposed. There is a horse and wagon in the background. Men dig with shovels or stand nearby.
A group of men stand in front of a construction crane next to a long trench supported by beams in front of a large mound of dirt at 38th Street and Market Street.
Northwest corner of 4th Street at Broadway looking south. View of the Martin-Brown Building with Thompson's, a market or restaurant in the corner and a drugstore and jewelry store at the opposite end.
Streets; Buildings; Stores & shops; Clothing stores; Drugstores; Theaters; Hotels; Brown Hotel (Louisville, Ky.)
Southeast corner of 4th Street and Chestnut Street looking south. A Taylor drugstore is at the corner in a row of stores including Ball Optical Company and a shoe-repair company. Painted signs for Wellendorff and H.B.&W. are on the side of one...
Southeast corner of 4th Street and Market Street. A Taylor's drug store on the ground floor with Blach's clothing store on the higher levels of a multi-story brick building.
Northwest corner of 4th Street and Market Street looking north. Lincoln Bank and Trust Company in a multi-story stone building with arched windows. A painted sign for Meffert Office Equipment is on a nearby building.
Southwest corner of 4th Street and Market Street looking southeast. Douglas Shoe Company next to T.P. Taylor Company with Blach's on the higher levels. Cars are parked in front of the stores.
Southeast corner of 6th Street and Chestnut Street. A group of women sit on a stoop of a rooming house with a small child. It is a three-story brick building with two front doors. Next door is a market with a woman standing at the entrance.
Side view of a long, three-story brick building at 739 West Market Street. A painted sign for Snyder Handgoods is on the first floor corner. Two cars are parked next to the building.
Rear corner of Mohlenkamp's at 8th Street and Market. A utility pole with wires and transformers is on the street next to the rear of the building. It is a four-story brick building with an alley behind it.
Side view of Mohlenkamp's at the corner of 8th Street and Market. The store, which sells automobile parts and harnesses and horse accessories, is in a long, brick building. Two African American women stand in front of the entrance. Two cars are...
Address: 900 East Market Street, Louisville, Kentucky. This building has a large ghost sign painted on the side of the building which reads "Hausman Motor Co." The building has been vacant but was recently purchased and being remodeled at...
Buildings; Abandoned buildings; Brick wall signs; Paint industry
Address: 906 E. Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky. This building is located on East Market Street. It is vacant and appears it has been that way for a while. It has three ghost signs on it; this one, on the back side of the building, reads,...
A crowd of men stand on the floor of a tobacco market in Louisville, Kentucky among large rolls of tobacco. A. W. Terhune wrote on the front of the postcard: "Have just been through place like this with Mr. Brasham Sr., Pop, June 19,...
Address: 107 Market Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Illegible ghost sign viewed from the side of the adjacent building, with newly painted sign for "Bike Courier Bike Chop Café Bicicleta" visible in the foreground.
