A boarding home in the town square at Manchester owned by Robert G. Potter and Nancy Catherine "Kate" Gilbert Potter. Robert Potter died in 1896. Visitors to Oneida Baptist Institute passed through Manchester on their way from the London...
Aerial view of downtown, Broadway in foreground, Louisville, Kentucky. Aerial view of a cluster of larger buildings amid smaller buildings. In the upper left corner of the photograph is the Ohio River and a bridge. Gift of R. G. Potter.
Auditoriums; Theaters; Cultural facilities; Buildings
Ampitheatre Auditorium in Louisville, Kentucky, built by William F. Norton Jr. in 1889 from material salvaged from the Southern Exposition, and razed in 1904 following Norton's death in 1903. Handwritten on mounted print: "Auditorium, S.W....
Portraits; Group portraits; Families; Men; Women; Ocean travel; Ships
Arthur Dwight Allen with family, Jane Potter Mengel (Mrs. Arthur D.) Allen, Jane Allen, Messrs. Arthur Allen, Jr., Charles M. Allen, Tryon B. Allen, aboard the incoming Swedish-American Liner S.S. Kungsholm. Stamped on back of image: Ella Barnett...
Baseball players; Athletes; Group portraits; Parkway Field (Louisville, Ky.)
Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig with Louisville Colonels baseball team, Parkway Field, Louisville, Kentucky, October 24, 1928. Babe Ruth is wearing Bustin Babes jersey and Lou Gehrig is wearing Larrupin Lou's jersey. Photo included in R.G. Potter's book:...
Bird's-eye view of 4th and Main Streets in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, during the 1937 Flood, showing the Ohio River flooding onto Fourth Street. A crowd of people gathers at the intersection to witness the flooding. Handwritten on bottom of...
Baseball players; Baseball managers; Athletes; Parkway Field (Louisville, Ky.)
Boston Red Sox baseball player Ted Williams with Louisville Colonels manager Mike Ryba at Parkway Field, Louisville, Kentucky. Handwritten on bottom of mounted print: "R.G. Potter, Collection; University of Lou. Photo Archives; Parkway Field...
Marathons; Youth organizations; Young Men's Hebrew Association (Louisville, Ky.); Cycling; Runners (Sports); Automobiles; People; Entertainers
Cars, bicycles, and runners participating in Baby Marathon, Third Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky, Thanksgiving 1914. Numbers have been painted above the heads of these "Famous Personages" and then handwritten on mounted print: "Cast of...
Child leads man carrying buckets toward St. Joseph's Infirmary in Louisville, Kentucky. Captioned on bottom edge of mounted print: "R.G. Potter, Collection; St. Josephs Infirmary opened Nov. 20th 1836 in spacious brick building on Jefferson...
Building construction; Hotels; Seelbach Hilton (Louisville, Ky.)
Construction of the Seelbach Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky. Handwritten on bottom of mounted print: "S.W. corner 4th & Walnut - opened May 1, 1905, fence in foreground is around the First Christian Church on the S.E. corner. R.G. Potter...
Copy of an engraving depicting downtown Louisville: men converse in street while children play off to the side and a horse-drawn carriage drives ahead; pedestrians stroll along tree-lined sidewalks; buildings, including two churches, are visible....
Copy photo of composite image of 1947 graduates of Louisville College of Pharmacy, then an independent institution which merged with the University of Kentucky that same year. Individuals named are: Florence M. Kreitman Sec't.; Louis G. Snyder...
Streets; Buildings; Hotels; Theaters; Automobiles; Street railroad tracks
Copy photograph of an album page, with caption provided by Potter, of a 1928 street scene along Walnut Street (now Muhammad Ali Boulevard) at the intersection with Armory Place in downtown Louisville, Kentucky. Cars are parked along the street,...
Newspaper industry; Buildings; Carriages & coaches; People; Street railroads
Courier-Journal newspaper building on bustling Fourth Street in Louisville, Kentucky. Horse-drawn carriages, pedestrians, and trolley are visible. Handwritten on bottom of mounted print: "R.G. Potter Collection; Courier-Journal Building &...
Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; Floods--Ohio River; Floods; Disasters; Cattle; Parks
Cows graze in Shawnee Park, Louisville, Kentucky, during the Ohio River flood of 1937. Handwritten on bottom of mounted print: "R.G. Potter, Collection; Cattle seeking high ground in Shawnee Park, 1937."
Dark brick three-story building at the corner of Grayson (now Cedar) and Eleventh Streets, Louisville, Kentucky. Painted on the side are advertisements for A. J. Potter's saloon (which might be the name of the establishment) as well as ads for...
Drawing of Louisville, Kentucky's Main Street looking east from corner of Seventh Street, with horse-drawn carriages and people in street. Title written on bottom of mounted print; handwritten beneath that: "R.G. Potter Collection; 1883."
Drawing of Union National Bank in downtown Louisville, Kentucky. Handwritten on bottom of mounted print: "R.G. Potter. Collection; Union National was licensed Oct 28 1890 / Geo. W. Swearingen Pres. W. P. Otter V.Pres. L.O. Cox Cashier....
Mansions; Dwellings; Du Pont, Bidermann, 1837-1923
DuPont residence in Central Park, Louisville, Kentucky. Trees, foliage and decorative birdbath in foreground. Handwritten on bottom of mounted print: "R.G. Potter Collection; Home of B. Coleman Bannen Du Pont in 1890 He was founder &...
Eight-year-old Charles S. Potter leans on a table beside older sister Anna Potter, aged 11, in this studio portrait. Handwritten on bottom of mounted print: "R.G. Potter - Collection; Charles S. Potter (8) and sister Anna (11) in 1881 visit...
