500 block of south 4th Street on the west side looking south at Majestic Theatre. The marquee advertises the movie The Stolen Bride. It is a brick and stone building with ornate detail work.
Simmons University (Louisville, Ky.); African American universities and colleges; Universities & colleges--Buildings; Simmons University (Louisville, Ky.)--Buildings; African Americans--Education (Higher); Education; Hospitals; Medical...
"Citizen's National Hospital" is engraved above the entrance to the building and a sign in the window advertises Dr. Houser on duty. The building which sits on West Chestnut is believed to have been Simmons University Hospital. The back...
A cast-iron stove sits next to a wooden rocker bench in an automotive store. To the right is a roll-top desk with paperwork on it and a map hung above it. A cash register sits on a counter behind a framed-in section with one section open. Numerous...
A crowd of people lines the sidewalk in Jeffersonville, Indiana during the opening of the Municipal Bridge which spans the Ohio River from Louisville, Kentucky. A police officer stands in the middle of the street at the beginning of the bridge....
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,...
A group of men in suits posing on and around a carriage with spoke wheels several feet taller than the men on the dirt road in front of McCord & Adams Carriage Company. Two horses are hitched to the carriage, and a banner attached to one of the...
Restaurants; Eating & drinking facilities; Buildings; Men; People; Group portraits
A group of men in white uniforms pose for a group portrait in front of the White Castle restaurant which has crenellations along the roofline. Each man wears a long-sleeved white shirt with the sleeves rolled up to just below the elbow, a long...
Automobile service stations; Buildings; Transportation; Brick wall signs; Signs (Notices)
A Gulf service station sits at the corner of a street which is likely located in downtown Louisville, Kentucky. The lot has two tall lampposts with five white globes. Fuel pumps sit by a small brick building with terra cotta roof tiles. Cars are...
Radio broadcasting; Automobiles; Brown & Williamson; Advertisements; Buildings; Transportation
A large automobile with radio speakers advertises cigarettes. The lettering on the side of the truck reads, "Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, Louisville, Kentucky" and appears next to images of Target, Golden Grain, and Wings...
A mounted policeman observes as a crowd awaits entry to a trolley car. The car is stopped next to a concrete island in the middle of Broadway. Another officer behind the trolley directs cars to wait. Across the street, the Heyburn building...
A number of automobiles and trucks are parked in front of buildings on Main Street. The building partially showing on the left is Bosler Bros. Leather & Findings. A sign in the window advertises, "Shoemakers Supplies, Shoe Machinery,...
A smoky haze lingers over the buildings at Broadway and Second Street in Louisville, Kentucky. The brick intersection is crisscrossed by trolley tracks and wires. At the corner, Broadway Pharmacy advertises La Palina, Filson Club Cigars, and Rubber...
A woman riding sidesaddle on a show horse approaches outdoor viewing stands at the Kentucky State Fair at Churchill Downs in 1907. Men in uniforms, perhaps a band or color guard because one appears to be holding a bugle or horn, fill the upper...
Address: 103 W. Walnut Street (now Muhammad Ali Boulevard), Louisville, Kentucky. A young African American man sits upon a horse which wears a blanket proclaiming, "Every day is Derby Day." They are standing on the sidewalk outside the...
Address: 1153 Logan Street, Louisville, KY 40204. Side of building features new painted sign for Smoketown USA. Older ghost sign advertises the Feed and Seed store that occupied the building beginning in 1862.
Schools; Educational facilities; Automobiles; Domes; Transportation; Buildings; St. Xavier High School (Louisville, Ky.)
Address: 118 W. Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky. St. Xavier's College, a Catholic High School for Boys, was housed in a building made of stone and brick and including a raised basement, three stories, and a dome with a cross on it. Stone steps lead...
Automobile service stations; Automobiles; Advertising; Signs (Notices); Buildings; Transportation
Address: 1200 S. Third Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Two automobiles are pulled up to the gas pumps at the Aetna Oil service station. The canopy over the pumps advertises, "Safe Pennzoil Lubrication. The Better Motor Fuel. Benzol-Gas. Power....
Address: 1303 Bardstown Road, Louisville, Kentucky. Three trucks are parked outside Major Taylor Market House. The side panel of the trucks says the name of the store and "The House of Quality." A man is unloading boxes from the trucks....
Address: 1323 S. Preston Street, Louisville, Kentucky. This is the northern view of an old brick building at the corner of Marret Avenue and Preston Street. The remnants of old signs are painted on the building. The top sign advertises "Geo....
Address: 1377 and 1359 Bardstown Road, Louisville, Kentucky. The plate glass window on the left building indicates that it belongs to Cherokee Grocery Company. Other lettering in the window advertises bakery goods. A flyer in the window advertises...
