African Americans; Race relations; Civil rights demonstrations; Civil rights; Louisville Free Public Library; Girl Scouts; Libraries; Integration; African Americans--Social conditions
Oral history interview with Murray Atkins Walls and John Walls, conducted July 27, 1977 by Dwayne Cox. Most of the interview focuses on Murray Atkins Walls, although her husband, John Walls, is also an active participant. They were both involved in...
Digital video shot during the downpour that caused the flooding. Video starts facing east down Eastern Parkway and pans counterclockwise across Dougherty Hall and Patterson Hall. The camera focuses on the flooded intersection of Eastern Parkway and...
Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; Floods; Streets; Sawhorses; Automobiles; Pedestrians; Bus stops
Flooded intersection of Third Street and Eastern Parkway. White and orange caution sawhorses float in the water and also stand in the street to restrict access to the flooded area. A line of cars is stopped behind the barriers and a man crosses the...
Falls of the Ohio almost at flood stage near Louisville, Kentucky. View of the Falls taken from under a bridge. The water of the lower level of the Falls is so high that it nearly reaches the upper level, over which water is flowing thickly. At the...
Multiple views of a detour at Cannons Lane and Lexington Road. Wood barriers with a sign block the street. A sign with an arrow pointing to Bowman Field is posted on a pole. Houses are in the background. One view shows a sign reading Louisville...
200 block of West Broadway looking east. View down Broadway with a small pile of rubble and road construction barriers in the street. Businesses and churches are on either side of the street.
Two sets of before-and-after views of the Progressive Building and Loan building at 5th Street and Jefferson. In the before, the building is white brick with painted advertisements on the side wall. The sidewalk is blocked off with barriers and...
City & town life; Street railroads; Railroads; Pedestrians; People
Busy and crowded city street. The sidewalks are packed with pedestrians with more crossing the cobblestone or brick street. Streetcars are on tracks down the center of the street with wagons and carriages on either side. Buildings line the streets....
