“The Panathenaic procession passing through the Propylaea, the gate of the Acropolis. The ceremonial boat, on which the new tunic (peplos) for Athena may have been hoisted as a sail, would probably have been parked alongside the Clepsydra...
Albert B. "Happy" Chandler of Versailles, Kentucky, Governor of Kentucky from 1935-1939 (and again from 1955-1959), reading from a paper and holding a gavel. Photograph has been cut irregularly, the paper he is holding has been cut from...
Children; School children; Group portraits; African Americans; Schools; Buildings; People
Address: 1534 Washington Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Students and teachers of the Benjamin Bannecker School stand outside for a group picture. The school building appears to be built of wood plant siding and has a small awning over the front...
United States. Coast Guard; Buildings; Lifesaving stations
Nine Louisville, Kentucky Coast Guard members in dark suits. On back of image: (left-to-right) "Capt. Walter Farrell, commander; Walter Fugit, boatswain's mate, first class; Frank Pezulo, surfman; Harry LaFever, surfman; William Seibert,...
Convertible automobiles; Couples; Fontaine Ferry Park (Louisville, Ky.)
Man and woman sit in early "open-air" automobile, posing for picture. Behind them is a backdrop of a road with the signpost "Louisville" drawn in. The verso of the image indicates it was taken at the Fontaine Ferry Postal Studio...
Cumberland Falls Kentucky. Shimmering photograph of Cumberland Falls--white water streaming over cliffs in three main areas and two tiers, landing in the lake. The top part of the photograph is covered in leafy trees which are above the falls. Text...
Angel suspended in sky holding ribbon banner that reads, "Glory to God in the Highest." An article in "The Louisville Courier-Journal" on November 12, 1942 described how this picture was produced: "In the attic of...
Two mules in harness pull a young man on seed drill on a farm. On the back of the machine is lettering reading, "Alfalfa & Grass Seed Drill." A stream cuts through the picture. To the left there is a small stone outbuilding with two...
Congressman Frederick Moore Vinson of Ashland, Kentucky (left), wearing a suit and printed tie, standing beside an older, shorter man in a suit and tie. The photograph has been cut down to size, the other man marked with paint to indicate how to...
Large factory room filled with locomotive cars being built. Title: 7090 - General View of the Erecting Shop, Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia, Pa. Text on left: Keystone View Company. Copyrighted. Manufacturers. Publishers. Made in U.S.A....
African Americans; Suits (Clothing); Brick wall signs; Signs (Notices); Group portraits; Bible--Study & teaching; People; Men
The Glad Hand Bible class of the East End Baptist Settlement poses for a picture. The African-American men are dressed somberly in dark suits with ties. One man holds a white hat with a dark band. On the wall behind them is a faded sign for Quaker...
Gresham Sackett of Louisville, Kentucky, shaking hands with someone that has been cut out of the picture. The photograph has been badly creased and discolored from age. Handwritten on back of image: President of A.P. Sikking Company. Stamped on...
This mosaic "decorated the vertical bar of the T-form figured composition of the dining room floor to which the mosaic of Pasiphae and Daedalus belonged. The thick swastika-meander band in perspective at the top was the partition between the...
Corner of 25th Street and Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A building to the right has signs for Scheiber's, Dahlem's Pool Parlor, and "Drink Falls City Special Lager." Trolley tracks run down 25th Street. Across Main Street are a...
Theaters; Motion picture theaters; Cultural facilities; Interiors; Motion picture posters
The entryway of Le Rose Theatre includes a carpet with an L and an R intertwined which sits in front of a set of double doors. On the far wall is a combination mirror and poster display. The poster reads, "Richard Dix, The Gay Defender, a...
The Highlands branch of Louisville National Bank & Trust Company, located at Bardstown Road and Baxter Avenue (now a Chase Bank). Two large black circles appear on the photograph, with one reading "2 Reverse this picture."
Madison (Ind.)-Milton (Ky.) Bridge across the Ohio River, dedicated December 20, 1929. The river banks are covered in a light snow. Typed note on back of image: "Enclosed is a photograph of the new Madison-Milton bridge with Milton and the...
Buildings; Theaters; Cultural facilities; Majestic Theatre (Louisville, Ky.)
Address: 618 S. Fourth Street (Building no longer exists.) The Majestic opened as a vaudeville theater in 1908. Beyond that fact, however, its history is far less certain. The most commonly stated version is that the 1908 theater was torn down and...
