Maps; Floods; Disasters; Floods--Kentucky--Louisville--1920--1940; Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; Floods--Ohio River
Map showing, in blue, the areas of Louisville, Kentucky, affected by the 1937 flooding of the Ohio River. Includes Street Index on recto, and description of the flood, chart of elevations of the Ohio River during floods dating back to 1832,...
Streets; Buildings; Stores & shops; Commercial facilities; Restaurants; Construction
600 block of south 4th Street, with a view of businesses in a two-story brick building with advertisements painted on the wall. The stores are Younger Furs and Fred Haupt Company, with a chop suey restaurant on the second level. Just past the...
"Prince's early 'appropriations' from advertising, of which this is an example, have interesting connections with his later practice. After 1985 Prince started to employ verbal jokes in his works. They were often silkscreened as texts across...
A man in a suit stands to the right of a cluster of sports advertisements. A number of signs advertise a free trip to the World Series, sponsored by the Sporting News. In the center are American League and National League teams and scores. Title...
A man stands near a table with a Hoover vacuum cleaner on it. To the right is a cut-out advertisement of a woman in a maid's uniform. In front of the cut-out is a vacuum. The table in the left foreground holds a Westinghouse sewing machine. The...
Buildings; Banks; Lincoln Savings Bank (Louisville, Ky.)
Address: 136 S. Fourth Street (Demolished, 1973) .This street scene pictures Lincoln Savings Bank. The scene shows telephone or electricity poles, a horse-pulled carriage, and trolley tracks. Advertisement on the Herald building next door reads,...
Streets; Stores & shops; Buildings; Political posters
Address: 3900 block of Frankfort Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. An accident had happened on this street and the photograph was taken for the insurance company for the case Kroger Grocery & Baking Co. vs. Myrl Myers. This portion of the street is...
City & town life; Sculpture; Automobiles; Office buildings; Buildings; Transportation
Address: 500 block of W. Jefferson Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Rows of black automobiles and a statue of Thomas Jefferson can be seen from the South-facing steps of the Courthouse. Jefferson's figure is posed atop a bell-shaped pedestal adorned...
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...
Address: 600 W. Walnut Street (now Muhammad Ali Boulevard), Louisville, Kentucky. A sign on the side of this brick building announces that it is First Standard Bank, an African American bank in downtown Louisville. The pediment over the door, mock...
Fire fighters; Fire stations; Fire engines; Uniforms; Hats; Brick wall signs; Signs (Notices); Historic buildings; People; Men; Buildings
Address: 619 W. Jefferson Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Fire officials pose with their fire engine in front of the Fire Department headquarters. This building is in Richardsonian Romanesque style and was added to the National Register of Historic...
Address: 649 S. Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. An automobile is parked by the sidewalk in front of the Kentucky Theater. Scaffolding holds a sign perpendicular to the building from the roof. It has a lot of little lights and the word Kentucky...
Buildings; Theaters; Cultural facilities; East Broadway Theatre (Louisville, Ky.)
Address: 816 E. Broadway. This exterior shot of the East Broadway Theatre shows its twin balconies, lead-paned windows, inset clock, and advertisements for upcoming shows. Although plainer in style than the Royal Theater, Joseph & Joseph's...
Address: Second and Main Streets, Louisville, Kentucky. A street light stands on an intersection island with a sign indicating "Toll Bridge." This is the Louisville side of the Municipal Bridge which spans the Ohio River to...
Advertisements on the back of taxicabs, one for Arturo Toscanini and the NBC Symphony Orchestra and one for Mobil gasoline. The taxis are parked on a brick street.
An aerial photograph shows the exhibit area of the Merchants & Manufacturing building at the 1921 Kentucky State Fair. The room is draped with flags of the United States and red, white, and blue bunting. Men, women, and children explore the...
Buildings; Advertisements; Water pumps; Land subdivision
Appears to be a back lot or empty lot at southeast corner of Thirteenth and Grayson (now Cedar) Streets, Louisville, Kentucky. Advertisements in the back for Apple Chewing Tobacco as well as Dolly Bread. Appears to be a great deal of hay and/or...
Art Deco coffee stand bearing name "Kroger" in large letters and "Piggly Wiggly Louisville, Ky." on smaller signs at back of counter. Packages of Kroger's Jewel Coffee displayed beneath an oversized cup with "Hot...
