Side view of a four-story brick building with staggered roofline and fire escape on the 100 block of north 8th Street. A row of cars are parked next to the building.
Streets; Stores & shops; Dry goods stores; Fire escapes
Southeast corner of 4th Street and Jefferson Street. A general store is located on the ground floor of the building with a shoe repair company next to it on Fourth Street. A set of stairs serving as a fire escape descend from the fourth-story...
Southeast corner of 5th Street and Walnut Street, now Muhammad Ali Boulevard. A police man stands in the intersection. At one corner is the tire store Humber Brothers with a Fire Sale sign hanging from the building. Other businesses line the block.
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Men; Fire fighters
Portrait of Captain Alex Bache of Louisville, Kentucky, wearing a fireman uniform. Photograph is damaged top, right corner and marked with discolorations. Handwritten on back of image: Assistant chief of Fire Department. Stamped on back: January 8,...
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Bow and port side of packet ALEX PERRY, under construction before her stacks were installed, at the bank of Ohio River at Howard Shipyard. ALEX PERRY, a stern-wheel packet with wood hull (149.9 ft. x 28.5 ft. x 3.5 ft.), was built in 1891. Owned by...
Address: 137 South Main Street, Lawrenceburg, Ky. The Beaux-Arts style Anderson County Courthouse is shown. The building is made of stone with four columns holding up the cornice. The top of the building is noted for its cupola with inset clock. In...
Atlas of the City of Louisville, Kentucky prepared from official records, private plans and actual surveys. Thirty plates cover the entire city of Louisville and parts of the surrounding county. Each plate shows names of businesses and property...
Fire engines; Firefighting equipment; Fire stations; Fire fighters
Firemen stand on and around fire truck, labeled "No. 6." The firemen wear cloth uniforms. They stand in front of a stone building bearing the inscription "Headquarters C.F.D." Postmarked 1913 on verso. Published by S.H. Kress...
Buildings; Stores & shops; Department stores; Brick wall signs
J. Bacon & Sons storefront with street-level window displays and a fire escape across the front of the building. Located next door to Moskin's. Title supplied by cataloger.
Buildings; Stores & shops; Department stores; Brick wall signs
View from across the street of Moskin's and J. Bacon & Sons with street-level window displays and a fire escape across the front of the building. Title supplied by cataloger.
Gymnasiums; University of Louisville--Buildings; Buildings; Coaches (Athletics);
Two men, one of them University of Louisville basketball coach "Peck" Hickman (left) looks over construction work on the Belknap Gymnasium. According to the October 1950 Alumni News, work provided repairs to damage sustained during a 1944...
Buildings; Utility poles; Carts & wagons; Belknap, Inc. (Louisville, Ky.)
Address: 129-133 N. Second Street (Building no longer exists.) The completed warehouse for Belknap Hardware included two colors of stone and brick. The Lintel over the doorway says "1906". The street scene includes telephone poles, horses...
Address: 417 S. Third Street, Louisville, Kentucky. This street scene shows Boston Shoe Co., Richman Brothers and Artcraft Linens. A sign points from Boston Store to Artcraft Linens indicating "Our men['s?] Bostonians are moving here."...
McMurray Hall, Oneida Baptist Institute's first building, was erected in 1899. It was named after H. L. McMurray, a Baptist preacher from Kansas, who helped found Mamre Baptist College which became Oneida Baptist Institute. Originally a one-story...
McMurray Hall, the school's first building, erected in 1899. It was named after H. L. McMurray, a Baptist preacher from Kansas, who helped found Mamre Baptist College which became Oneida Baptist Institute. Originally a one-story square with...
On the southeast corner of Broadway and First Street in Louisville, Kentucky stands the Frank Aufenkamp Delicatessen. A sign painted on the side of the building indicates groceries, bakery goods, lunches, and fruit are also sold. To the left is a...
Louisville General Hospital; Nursing students; Hosiery
Group of six student nurses from the Louisville General Hospital school of nursing. The women are in a half circle around a small fire where they are dropping black stockings. The bottom third of the image is blurry. On back of photograph: Burning...
An iron cauldron hangs on intersecting sticks over a fire pit. This cooking equipment is set up near a split-rail fence behind a log cabin. Title supplied by cataloger.
Cities & towns; Debris; Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871; Buildings
Close-up view of building ruins. A portion of a brick wall, steel columns, and stones are among the rubble. Some people stand in the distance behind the ruins. Buildings are in the far background. Handwritten on back of card: Chicago Fire. Honore.
