Formerly the Benjamin Franklin School, this photograph shows the property for sale and solicits bids for demolishing the building. The sign reads, "FOR SALE. Sealed proposals will be received at the office of the Business Director of the Board...
Address: 830 S. Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. On the stage of Columbia Auditorium, some men wear tuxedoes while others wear suits. The women wear dresses and a couple have corsages pinned to their shoulders. Five young girls are dressed in...
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....
Trucks; Advertising; Bridges; Fontaine Ferry Park (Louisville, Ky.); Transportation
Location: Third Street and River Road, Louisville, Kentucky. A sound truck is parked next to the Ohio River with a bridge in the background. The truck is covered with advertising reading "Come to Fontaine Ferry, Saturday, Aug. 19, Chevrolet...
From a trip to the African Congo, this photograph shows a type of ferry carrying an automobile across a river. Several African men and one white man are on the ferry.
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Shipping; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Packet ALBERTA No.3 unloading bales of cotton. ALBERTA No.3, a stern-wheel packet with wood hull (145 ft. x 28 ft. x 3.6 ft.), was built in 1884 at Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company in Jeffersonville, Indiana. Owned by A. B. Smith, ALBERTA No.3 on...
Side wheelers; Steamboats; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Port side of side-wheeler AMERICA (Way #241), loaded with passengers, at the bank of the Ohio River in Madison, Indiana. AMERICA, a side-wheel packet and excursion boat with wood hull (285 ft. x 45 ft. x 6 ft.), was built in 1917 at Howard...
Address: 1064-1068 Everett Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. Two automobiles are parked at the curb in front of the homes at Everett Avenue. The home on the left has a pointed roof above the front entryway and a double-decker porch on the right side of...
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
ARTHUR HIDER, a stern-wheel towboat with steel hull (163 ft. x 30 ft. x 6 ft.), was built at Howard in 1898. Owned by Mississippi River Commission, the tugboat operated on the lower Mississippi River until 1935 when she was sold to A. O. Kirschner...
Audubon Country Club (Louisville, Ky.); Golf; Men; People
Address: 3265 Robin Road, Louisville, Kentucky. A man puts on the green of the Audubon Club golf course. Other men wait with golf clubs in hand. The green ends in a sand trap. Two younger men hold bags of clubs; they are probably the caddies at the...
Automobiles; Transportation; Buses; Louisville Railway Company
A man steps onto the Audubon Park bus run by Louisville Railway Company. The man wears a light-colored suit. The front windows of the bus are tilted open from the bottom. Trees and the corner of a building are in the background.
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:...
Jug bands; Stringed instruments; Wind instruments; Guitars; Banjos; Violins; African American musicians; African Americans; Musicians; People
The Ballard Chefs, a jug band, pose with their instruments. The five African American men wear chefs' garb and each play instruments: guitars, banjo, fiddle, and jug.
In this night scene, a number of cars are parked in front of Mason Grocery and Supply Company. A couple of uniformed police officers stand in the street while a small crowd stands on the porch looking in where the Ballard Chefs are performing. A...
A band takes center stage at the Kentucky State Fair Music Festival. The group stands in concentric semi-circles facing a band director on a wooden stand. A crowd watches from raised bleachers as numerous lights and flags hang from the ceiling...
Address: 2531 Bank Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Automobiles park along Bank Street. Victor Mathis Florist shop is the brick building on the left. A number of houses are beyond it followed by a bakery. A photographer stands near the street with his...
A basketball team poses in a line. Their jerseys advertise Elbert Coal Co. They wear tank tops, shorts, kneepads, and athletic shoes. The last man in line is likely the coach as he is dressed in a suit.
Fontaine Ferry Park (Louisville, Ky.); Amusement parks; Beauty contests; Men; People
A large crowd of people surround a stage at Fontaine Ferry Park, Louisville, Kentucky, on which a line of men stand. These men are the judges for the Bathing Beauty Contest. Many men in the crowd wear white hats with dark bands.
