Formerly the Benjamin Franklin School, this photograph shows the property for sale and solicits bids for demolishing the building. The sign reads, "FOR SALE. Sealed proposals will be received at the office of the Business Director of the Board...
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,...
This image is part of a set of twelve photographs of houses where tax assessments were raised. In the photograph, five boys with caps sit on the front porch as a woman stands to the side with hands on her hips. The house is shotgun style with a...
Address: 830 S. Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. On the stage of Columbia Auditorium, some men wear tuxedoes while others wear suits. The women wear dresses and a couple have corsages pinned to their shoulders. Five young girls are dressed in...
Temples; Domes; Religious facilities; Historic buildings; Buildings
Address: 757 S. Brook Street, Louisville, Kentucky. James J. Gaffney designed this building, with its terra cotta dome, tile mosaics, and elaborate brickwork, for congregation Adath Jeshurun. The first service there was on July 5, 1919. The...
Trucks; Advertising; Bridges; Fontaine Ferry Park (Louisville, Ky.); Transportation
Location: Third Street and River Road, Louisville, Kentucky. A sound truck is parked next to the Ohio River with a bridge in the background. The truck is covered with advertising reading "Come to Fontaine Ferry, Saturday, Aug. 19, Chevrolet...
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....
African Americans; Women; Hats; Political participation; Political posters; People
Four African American stand in the street. One of them is writing on a sheaf of paper. All of the women wear hats and jackets. Political advertising is visible posted on the walls behind the women.
African Americans; Women; Hats; Political participation; People
Four African American women talk on the street. Two of them are writing in notebooks. Its likely that the two are recruiting voters for an upcoming election.
African Americans; Women; Hats; Political participation; Dogs; Political posters; People
Two African American women talk on the street as a dog watches. Utility poles and walls are plastered with political signs, including ones for Senator Ernst and Chas. F. Ogden for Congress.
From a trip to the African Congo, this photograph shows a type of ferry carrying an automobile across a river. Several African men and one white man are on the ferry.
This photograph is one in a series ordered by the law firm of Batson, Cary & Welch of this property. Two trucks are parked in an alleyway near several outbuildings including garages. One outbuilding has horseshoe pointing up (for good luck)....
This photograph is one in a series ordered by the law firm of Batson, Cary & Welch of this property. An alley is shown, as is a garage and yard with a white picket fence. Sitting on a pallet outside the garage are baskets and cans of garbage.
This photograph is one in a series ordered by the law firm of Batson, Cary & Welch of this property. The image shows an alley with shrubs lining the fences and small baskets of garbage or recyclables.
Address: 312 E. Walnut Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Three "1/2 ton cap." trucks are shown here in front of the American Dye Works building. Each truck includes a sign reading, "American Dye Works, F. Edmond Klein, Prop., 'A Personal...
Industrial facilities; Buildings; Cobblestone streets; Utility poles
Address: 831 S. Twelfth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. An industrial building is shown on a brick road with trolley tracks in it. The long building has at least four sections with different heights ranging from 2 1/2 stories above ground to 4 1/2...
American Printing House for the Blind (Louisville, Ky.); Buildings
Address: 1839 Frankfort Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. In 1883, this building was constructed for the American Printing House for the Blind, the oldest publishing house for the visually impaired in the United States.
American Tobacco Company; Industrial facilities; Automobiles; Street railroads; Transportation; Buildings
Address: 1624 W. Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky. This view of the American Tobacco Co. from the south side of Broadway between 16th and 17th Streets shows a temporary crossover switch on the streetcar tracks. A car is parked in front of the...
