Two people cross mud-covered Third Street which is still flooded at the intersection with Eastern Parkway. Orange and white sawhorses warn drivers to avoid the intersection. The Reynolds Building, also known as Reynolds Lofts, rises on the right....
Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; Floods; Streets; Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Automobiles
The Crawford Gym, Schumaker Research Building and Stevenson Hall are visible from across the flooded parking lot between the Houchens Building and the Service Complex. Trees line Brook Street and several cars in the parking lot are flooded up to...
Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; Floods; Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Parking lots; Railroad tracks; Parking garages; Men
A man stands on the roof of the Service Complex at the University of Louisville Belknap Campus and looks north toward the Floyd Street Parking Garage. The railroad tracks between the two structures are covered with flood water. Photograph was taken...
Flooded intersection of Cardinal Boulevard and Brook Street. Water erupts, presumably from a drainage pipe along the street. Dark clouds cover the sky. A car drives south through the flood water on Brook Street. Photograph was taken in the late...
Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; Floods; Streets; Automobiles; Buildings; Pedestrians; Post offices
Cars drive north toward the flooded intersection of Seventh Street and York Street. Downtown Post Office is on the corner of the two streets. Photograph was taken during the late morning.
A person walks down the sidewalk of Eighth Street carrying an open umbrella. Cars drive down the flooded street. A building with the words "Lichtefeld, Inc." is in the distance. Photograph was taken in the late morning.
The woman on the left is identified as Lucile A. Furnas of Louisville, Kentucky. The girl on the left is identified as "Grace" as written under the photograph.
Two women, wearing upswept hairstyles and long Victorian dresses, face away from the camera toward the porch of a frame house. It may be a copy from a daguerreotype. Title supplied by cataloger.
Buildings; Theaters; Cultural facilities; Majestic Theatre (Louisville, Ky.)
Address: 618 S. Fourth Street (Building no longer exists.) This interior shot of the Majestic Theatre shows the stage with a piano in front and a balcony on either side. There are three rows of chandeliers hanging from an ornately carved ceiling....
Buildings; Theaters; Cultural facilities; Majestic Theatre (Louisville, Ky.)
Address: 618 S. Fourth Street (Building no longer exists.) This interior shot of the Majestic Theatre shows the seating divided into three sections with two long aisles. The ceiling and walls are elaborately decorated and potted plants are held up...
Streets; Cityscape photographs; Cityscapes; Street railroads; Stores & shops; Storefronts; Automobiles; Photographers; Cameras; Aerial views; Prisons; Courthouses; City & town halls; Railroad stations; Capitols
Postcard folder from Atlanta, Georgia. Includes views of the Lake Club House at the Brook Haven Country Club, the "Five Points," the capitol, Stone Mountain, Peachtree Street, the Sears & Roebuck Building, the federal prison, Terminal...
View from the Speed Museum driveway onto Third Street. There are cars in the flooded street, and numerous utility wires and poles (perhaps for trolleys). The Confederate Monument can be seen in the distance. This image was taken during the Flood of...
Three groups of people in boats paddle east down Warnock Street during the 1937 flood. Brandeis Machinery (now the Service Complex) is at the corner of Warnock and Brook Street. A Gulf filling station is on the south eastern corner of Warnock....
North-facing view up Third Street at during the crest of the 1937 flood. The Reynolds Building, which was a Ford plant at the time, is on the left, the Louisville and Nashville Railroad viaduct goes over the road and the dome of the Administration...
The rear of a row of houses can be seen behind an expanse of turned earth. This image was taken prior to the demolition of many structures in the area north of the University of Louisville's Belknap Campus as part of urban renewal. Note on back:...
"In exterior view, the great dome dominates the structure, but the building's present external aspects are much changed from their original appearance. Huge buttresses were added to the Justinianic design, and four towering Turkish minarets...
