View of Fourth Street south of Chestnut Street in Louisville, Kentucky. It appears to be winter: the trees are bare and there may be some snow on the road. Handwritten on bottom of mounted print: "4th St. looking north toward Chestnut...
441 south 4th Street on the east side. Three-story stone building with Buell, a women's clothing shop, on the first floor. A large sign is mounted on the roof.
Streets; Buildings; Stores & shops; Clothing stores; Drugstores; Theaters; Hotels; Brown Hotel (Louisville, Ky.)
Southeast corner of 4th Street and Chestnut Street looking south. A Taylor drugstore is at the corner in a row of stores including Ball Optical Company and a shoe-repair company. Painted signs for Wellendorff and H.B.&W. are on the side of one...
Buildings; Cultural facilities; Theaters; B. F. Keith Theatre (Louisville, Ky.)
Northeast corner of 5th Street and Walnut Street, now Muhammad Ali Boulevard. B.F. Keith's Theater at the corner. It is a rounded white building with a sign mounted to the front of the building.
"Soon after the creation of Composition VII, in late November, Kandinsky painted Dreamy Improvisation [Träumerische Improvisation] on 3 December 1913 followed by Light Picture [Helles Bild] and Black Lines [Schwarze Striche] in mid-December....
Theaters; Motion picture theaters; Cultural facilities; Buildings; Interiors
Interior of Alamo Theatre (movie theatre in Louisville, Kentucky), photographed from back of theater. The theater was razed circa 1930. Handwritten on bottom of mounted print: "Alamo Theatre; R.G. Potter Collection; Alamo Theater 441-443 So....
In spring 2006, the Frazier International History Museum, in conjunction with the Ekstrom Library Photographic Archives at the University of Louisville, mounted an exhibit of 47 photographs taken by a young French foot soldier during World War I....
André Jeunet stands with his cousin, Pierre Bourgeois, on a balcony overlooking Rue du Fer à Moulin in Paris in June, 1917. Photograph is mounted on a gray board. Handwritten on verso of mount: "Juin 1917. Paris. Balcon du 5p(?) rue du Fer...
Portrait of Anne D. Taylor, director of nursing and nursing education at Louisville General Hospital in 1951. The photograph is mounted to a woven mat. On back of photograph: Director of Nursing, ca. 1951. Title supplied by cataloger.
Four rows of men in suits in front of the wall of a large room with a fish mounted on the wall behind them. The front row sits on the floor, followed by a row in chairs, and two standing rows. In the bottom row is a small group of men in waiters'...
Four rows of men in suits in front of the wall of a large room with a fish mounted on the wall behind them. The front row sits on the floor, followed by a row in chairs, and two standing rows. On the left side of the bottom row is a small group of...
Parades & processions; Horses; Flags--United States
Horse-drawn carriage full of people holding American flags, waving and smiling. Handwritten on bottom of mounted print: "R.G. Potter, Collection; Armistice Day Nov 11-1918 A wagon load of celebrants in front of Citizens Union Bank on Jefferson...
Auditoriums; Theaters; Cultural facilities; Buildings
Ampitheatre Auditorium in Louisville, Kentucky, built by William F. Norton Jr. in 1889 from material salvaged from the Southern Exposition, and razed in 1904 following Norton's death in 1903. Handwritten on mounted print: "Auditorium, S.W....
Man makes his way in motorboat along flooded street, with Brown Theatre and YMCA building visible. Handwritten on bottom of mounted print: "Looking west on Broadway from Third street during the January 1937 flood." Title supplied by...
Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; Floods--Ohio River; Floods; Disasters; Streets; Buildings; Utility poles
Flooded commercial street in downtown Louisville, Kentucky during the 1937 Ohio River flood. Buildings on either side of street as well as trees and utility poles are nearly submerged under water. Handwritten on bottom of mounted print: "R.G....
East Broadway in Louisville, Kentucky during the flood of 1884. A dog stands in road on dry ground, and people row canoes in background. Handwritten on bottom of mounted print: "View looking east on Broadway, flood of February 1884. Chas. D....
Three women, all wearing cloche hats, sit at table in front of fireplace at the Canary Cottage soda shop and tea room, at 621 S. 4th Street in Louisville, Kentucky. Handwritten on bottom of mounted print: "R.G. Potter, Collection; Canary...
Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; Floods--Ohio River; Floods; Disasters; Cattle; Parks
Cows graze in Shawnee Park, Louisville, Kentucky, during the Ohio River flood of 1937. Handwritten on bottom of mounted print: "R.G. Potter, Collection; Cattle seeking high ground in Shawnee Park, 1937."
Eight-year-old Charles S. Potter leans on a table beside older sister Anna Potter, aged 11, in this studio portrait. Handwritten on bottom of mounted print: "R.G. Potter - Collection; Charles S. Potter (8) and sister Anna (11) in 1881 visit...
