Piers & wharves; Boats; Monuments & memorials; Parks; Bridges; Field Museum of Natural History; Automobiles; Buses; Beaches; Greenhouses; University of Chicago--Buildings
Souvenir folder of postcards from Chicago, Illinois. Includes images from the various parks in Chicago: the Grant Monument and Lincoln Monument in Lincoln Park; pedestrians and drivers by the lake shore at Lincoln Park; the Outer Harbor and...
1493 images originally hung in the lobby of Macauley's Theatre on Walnut Street in downtown Louisville, Kentucky (1873-1952). Primarily studio portraits of actors and actresses from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, these images document the...
Theaters--Kentucky--Louisville; Louisville (Ky.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
A child is considered by some psychologists to pass through on its way to manhood the stages through which the race has passed on its way to civilization. If this is true of a single man, might it not equally be true of a community of men? Have not...
Majestic Theatre (Louisville, Ky.); Theaters; Cultural facilities; Buildings; Group portraits; African Americans; Boys; Boy Scouts of America; People
A group of African American Boy Scouts pose in front of the Majestic Theatre at 618 S. Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. (Building no longer exists.) Most of the boys wear coats or thick jackets and caps. Handwritten on back: "March 1923,...
Buildings; Cultural facilities; Theaters; B. F. Keith Theatre (Louisville, Ky.); Military personnel; Entertainment
A group of men in military uniforms play instruments on a stage with a few men sitting in front of them. Address: National Theatre (a.k.a. B.F. Keith Theatre), 506 West Walnut Street (now Muhammad Ali Boulevard), Louisville, Ky.
A woman and two men pose on the set of "May Blossom, or the Fisherman's Daughter" which debuted at New York's Madison Square Theatre on April 12, 1884, and was staged at Macauley's Theatre in December 1884 and January 1886. Georgia Cayvan...
A young woman is inside a Royal Crown booth. Text on the booth reads "Take Royal Crown's Famous Cola Taste-Test Here" with publicity photos of celebrities on the right and left. A young woman and man stand in front of the booth holding...
Address: 1603 S. Second Street. This building served as the neighborhood theater for a mixed professional and working class area near the present duPont Manual High School. An arched entryway appears to have drapery suspended from above. The...
Buildings; Theaters; Motion picture theaters; Cultural facilities; Royal Theatre (Louisville, Ky.)
Address: 1809 W. Broadway. This, the first of Joseph & Joseph's suburban theaters, brought all the stylistic elements, detail and elegance of its larger, downtown predecessors to what was an emerging trend, the neighborhood theater devoted...
Motion picture theaters; Theaters; Cultural facilities; Interiors; Motion picture posters
Address: 2313 W. Market Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Two posters grace the wall of the Ideal Theatre lobby. One advertises "Second Honeymoon" with Tyrone Power and Loretta Young. The other advertises the movie "Sally, Irene and...
Theaters; Cultural facilities; Interiors; Historic buildings
Address: 2313 W. Market Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Wooden seats are fixed in rows facing the stage at Ideal Theatre. An aisle provides walking space to the seats and the stage where a curtain is down. The stage is framed almost like a photograph...
Buildings; Theaters; Hotels; Cultural facilities; Brown Hotel (Louisville, Ky.)
Address: 300 block of W. Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky. A lit sign in the foreground announces "Brown Theatre" while others in the background indicate, "The Brown Hotel" and "Coffee Shoppe." Another sign on the...
Buildings; Theaters; Cultural facilities; Restaurants; Lodges; Cozy Theatre (Louisville, Ky.)
Address: 3105 S. Third Street. This ornamented building served as a Masonic Lodge (# 740, Free and Accepted Masons), motion picture theater, and a coffee shop. From 1917-1937, City Directories list both Cozy Theater and Suburban Hall as either...
Address: 319 W. Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky. A wrecking ball swings from a crane at the construction site of the Brown Theatre. Two men sit in the box of the crane which has the words "Erie Steam Shovel Co. / Erie, PA." written on it....
Crowds; Men; Women; People; Theatres; Cultural facilities; Electric signs
Address: 416 W. Walnut Street (now Muhammad Ali Boulevard), Louisville, Kentucky. A crowd stands under a marquee that reads, "Drury Lane / Oertel's Radio Theatre." The men wear suits and most have hats. The women wear dresses and...
Buildings; Theaters; Cultural facilities; Canopies; Billboards; B. F. Keith Theatre (Louisville, Ky.)
Address: 506 W. Walnut Street (Building demolished in 1952.). The exterior of the B. F. Keith Theatre (a.k.a. National Theatre) is shown with signs for upcoming shows. The structure includes a rounded canopy accenting the roundness of both the...
Buildings; Theaters; Cultural facilities; Canopies; Carriages & coaches; B. F. Keith Theatre (Louisville, Ky.)
Address: 506 W. Walnut Street (Building demolished in 1952.). This street scene shows a side view of the exterior of the B. F. Keith Theatre (a.k.a. National Theatre) and includes a globe-lanterned street light, a horse with delivery cart, and...
Buildings; Theaters; Motion picture theaters; Cultural facilities
Address: 610 S. Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A crowd of people, a sound truck, and a couple of cars are in front of the Mary Anderson Theatre. The marquee advertises "Gold Diggers of '33" with "wide range sound."...
