Post offices; Post Office and Customs House (Louisville, Ky.); Men; Women; Streets
Chestnut Street in Louisville, Kentucky with a view towards Post Office and Customs House located on Fourth Street at Chestnut Street. Building demolished in 1942-1943. Two women are walking in foreground, one woman is walking in street, and two...
Several men sit and talk on a pile of lumber in a clearing in the woods. The lumber looks as if it may be a from a demolished cabin. Handwritten on bottom border: 420. Title supplied by cataloger.
View of the foundation of a house, with bricks, a piece of house containing two windows, and insulation resting inside. A portion of the roof, now knocked to the ground, holds a chair and a rocking horse, intact. The house was apparently demolished...
Buildings; Stores & shops; Drugstores; Western Union Telegraph Company; Automobiles; Street railroads
Walgreen Drugs, Western Union, and other retail shops and businesses in Martin Brown Building (later renamed the Commonwealth Building), Louisville, Kentucky. The building was demolished in 1994. Handwritten on back of print:...
Three men stand outside a house that has been demolished by a tornado. One side of the house leans semi-upright, while all other pieces of the wooden structure have been reduced to lumber. Title supplied by cataloger.
Commonwealth Life Insurance building was located on the northwestern corner of Fourth Street and Broadway in Louisville, Kentucky, between the Kenyon building and United States Trust building. Built in 1928, 19 stories were added to it in 1955, and...
Multiple views of the Dixie Dry Cleaning building, including one image with crop notations on it. The large building has faded white paint and broken windows and is possibly in the process of being demolished. It is in a lot with overgrown plants...
Views from the ground floor of the rubble remaining from a demolished building. A wall stands but there are no ceilings and the floor is covered with rubble, wood, glass, and other items from the building.
Train on railroad tracks leading toward one of the towers of High Bridge over the Kentucky River. The tracks are cut between cliffs and both towers are seen in the background. The north and south towers were built between 1854 and 1858 by bridge...
Railroads; Railroad stations; Debris; Tornadoes; Disasters; Union Depot (Louisville, Ky.)
Debris, train sheds and a tilted passenger train car at Union Depot following the tornado. Union Depot, located at Seventh Street and River, was demolished by the tornado that hit Louisville, Kentucky, on March 27, 1890. The tornado killed an...
Railroads; Railroad stations; Debris; Tornadoes; Disasters; Union Depot (Louisville, Ky.)
The remains of Union Depot, located at Seventh Street and River, which was demolished by the tornado that hit Louisville, Kentucky, on March 27, 1890. The tornado killed an estimated 100 people and many more were injured.
Railroads; Railroad stations; Debris; Tornadoes; Disasters; Union Depot (Louisville, Ky.)
The remains of Union Depot, located at Seventh Street and River, which was demolished by the tornado that hit Louisville, Kentucky, on March 27, 1890. People are standing in front of and on top of a collapsed train shed. The tornado killed an...
Railroads; Railroad stations; Debris; Tornadoes; Disasters; Union Depot (Louisville, Ky.)
The remains of Union Depot, located at Seventh Street and River, which was demolished by the tornado that hit Louisville, Kentucky on March 27, 1890. People are standing in front of and on top of a collapsed train shed. The tornado killed an...
Railroads; Railroad stations; Debris; Tornadoes; Disasters; Union Depot (Louisville, Ky.)
Rear portion of Union Depot, located at Seventh Street and River, which was demolished by the tornado that hit Louisville, Kentucky on March 27, 1890. The tornado killed an estimated 100 people and many more were injured.
The Galt House Hotel at the corner of First Street and Main Street in Louisville, Kentucky. This building, the hotel's second location, was built in 1869, closed in 1919, and demolished in 1921. The hotel reopened in another location in 1973....
The Courier Journal/Will Sales building at the southeast corner of Fourth Street and Green Street (now Liberty Street) in Louisville, Kentucky. A statue of George Prentice, a former editor of the newspaper, stands above the main entrance to the...
North tower of High Bridge over the Kentucky River. The railroad tracks beneath the tower lead across the river to where the south tower can be seen in the distance. The north and south towers were built between 1854 and 1858 by bridge builder John...
