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....
Automobile industry; Automobiles; Ford Motor Company; Men; Business people
Last Model T Ford (motor number 14,987,899) leaves the assembly line at Ford plant on Southwestern Parkway in Louisville, Kentucky on July 3, 1927. Posing with auto, from left to right: Keith Denham, R.G. Potter, Carlton Fry, Elbert J. Lucas (Ford...
Two children sitting in driver's seat behind wheel of automobile, building facades in background. Photograph is smudged and damaged from age. Typed and attached to mounted print: "Hugh T. Gratz, 1909, Bus line between Lebanon and Springfield,...
Joe Lazarus, Louisville attorney, stands with one leg on the running board of a 1927 Packard sedan, holding open the car's passenger door. The car is parked outside a building that appears to be the main branch of the Louisville Free Public...
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....
Baseball players; Athletes; Group portraits; Parkway Field (Louisville, Ky.)
Members of 1939 Louisville Colonels baseball team, Parkway Field, Louisville, Kentucky. Written on bottom of mounted print: "The Louisville Colonels, 1939; R.G. Potter Collection; Standing-Bill Burwell (Manager) & Jim Weaver (Pitcher);...
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:...
Baseball players; Athletes; Group portraits; Uniforms
Handwritten on photo of scrapbook page (Image number P_02588): "'Pee-Wee' Reese 'The Bat Boy'. New Covenant Presbyterian Church team, 37 & Broadway, July 31, 1931 R. G. Potter, Collection. Top Row - J. Wilton, Keith Sparks (Mgr.) M....
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...
Baseball; Events; Baseball managers; Parkway Field (Louisville, Ky.)
Louisville Colonels manager presented with gift at Parkway Field, Louisville, Kentucky. Handwritten on bottom of mounted print: "R.G. Potter, Photo; Tommy Long, Dr. Geo. Leachman, Howard Camnitz, Hugh Powers, Dr. Fred Bender watch Wathen R....
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...
Ten men, including one on a motorcycle with sidecar, pose in front of The Murphy Elevator Company Inc. storefront, which bears stenciled signs reading "Warner Elevator Sales & Service," "The Murphy Elevator Co. Incorporated...
Fourth Street looking north to Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky. View from roof height at Fourth Street facing north. A street with many cars, especially parked cars, runs along the left third of the photograph. Roof tops can be seen at either side...
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.
Men inspect airplanes used in "Great Aviation Meet" at Churchill Downs, Louisville, Kentucky on June 18, 1910. According to "Memories: Louisville's Family Album" by R.G. Potter (St. Anthony Hospital, 1976) and The Louisville...
Men examine early aviation accident at Churchill Downs. Biplane wing appears to have broken in what R.G. Potter described as a "slight mishap" that occurred when American aviation pioneer Glen H. Curtiss brought two planes to Churchill...
View of Market and 11th Streets in Louisville, Kentucky after the March 27, 1890 tornado. Horse-drawn carriage with "Undertaker" painted on side amidst wreckage. Handwritten on image and below on mounted print: "Mkt & 11th Sts....
Fire fighters; Fire engines; Vehicles; People associated with health & safety; Uniforms
Uniformed firefighters stand on fire engine No. 2. Image is discolored and marked from age. Written on another copy of image: "Louisville, Kentucky, April 14-1918; Enlargement by R.G. Potter." Original information associated with this...
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."
Two men row a raft through flooded street in front of Churchill Downs racetrack during 1937 Flood. Handwritten on bottom of mounted print: "R.G. Potter, Collection / University [crossed out] of Louisville Trustees [crossed out] / During the...
