Appalachians (People); Appalachian Region--History; Appalachian Region--Social life and customs; Education--Appalachian Region; Education--Kentucky; Kentucky--Social life and customs; Rural schools--Kentucky--History; Oneida Baptist Institute;...
665 items from Louisville native Claude C. Matlack (1878-1944), an amateur photographer who, working as an engineer for his family's plumbing business, happened to capture on film the formative years of a settlement school built by feuding...
Address: 129 South 6th Street, Louisville, Kentucky. View of building's south-facing wall from Market Street between 5th Street and 6th Street. Ghost sign reads "F. S. Schardein & Sons. 129 S. 6th St. Remodeling Repairing Bardes Coal...
Address: 604-612 W. Walnut Street (Building no longer exists). An unidentified building is shown in construction. It might be the Mammoth Building. The building has a suspended canopy, and mostly brick construction. The first floor has large...
Buildings; Building construction; Kosair Temple (Louisville, Ky.)
Address: 224 E. Broadway. This view of the construction site for the Kosair Temple shows the first floor partially built. A support beam and construction equipment abound. Signs facing Broadway read, "Plumbing by P.H. Meyer Co. / 640 South...
Buildings; Building construction; Kosair Temple (Louisville, Ky.)
Address: 224 E. Broadway. This construction scene shows Kosair Temple being built. Scaffolding and pallets of bricks are in front of the building. A car is parked in front of a neighboring building which has signs reading, "Franklin /...
"These highly stylized, non-utilitarian versions of plumbing fixtures evoke complex psycho-sexual concerns surrounding issues of hygiene and male bonding. At the same time, they participate in a witty dialogue with Jasper Johns's famous bronze...
Three men stand between a dump truck filled with rubble and a large sign advertising "East End Branch Yard. 1315 East Main Street. Cleveland Wrecking Co. Building Materials from Louisville's East End and West End Federal Housing Project Sites....
Exhibitions; Exhibit booths; Model houses; Appliances
View of booths at Home Show, including Montgomery Ward appliances, Geher & Son appliances, V. C. Glass Carpet Co., Hy-Klas Paint Products, and Crane Plumbing. Model home is visible in center. Title supplied by cataloger.
Display case for E. J. Willman & Son Plumbing shows bathroom with water heater, posters on walls,, and mannequin with top hat next to sign recommending water heater. Title supplied by cataloger.
Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; Equipment; University of Louisville--Buildings; Men; University of Louisville--Employees
Plumbing crew primes the mine pump with water to start the water flow through the pump in the north basement stairwell of the University of Louisville College of Business. Pictured from left to right are:
Mike Aldi, Plumber; Troy Thompson,...
Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; Floods; Flood damage; Interiors; Basements; University of Louisville--Buildings; Furniture
Chairs lay sideways in the flooded basement of the University of Louisville College of Business. Debris on the wall suggests that the water level has decreased since the height of the flooding. Photograph was taken in the late afternoon.
Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; Floods; Flood damage; Interiors; Basements; University of Louisville--Buildings; Men; Furniture; Stairways; University of Louisville--Employees
Plumbing crew stands in the doorway of the University of Louisville College of Business basement. Left to right: Danny Carter, Plumbing Foreman Physical Plant; Troy Thompson, H.V.A.C. mechanic Belknap Campus; Leo Lear, plumber Belknap Campus; Tom...
Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; Floods; Interiors; Basements; University of Louisville--Buildings; Equipment
A green suction tube floats in the flooded basement of the University of Louisville College of Business, looking south from the North Basement Entrance to the College of Business. Photograph was taken in the late afternoon.
Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; Vehicles; Equipment; Stairways; University of Louisville--Buildings; Men; University of Louisville--Employees
Cleanup crew (Leo Lear, Plumber, Belknap Campus at right; Tom Sensabaugh, Plumber, Belknap Campus at left) lowers suction device into the basement on the north side of the University of Louisville College of Business on the afternoon of the flood....
Industrial facilities; Building construction; Buildings; Automobiles; Employees; African Americans; Ladders; Utility poles; People; Men; Children
Address: 800 Logan Street, Louisville, Kentucky. This view shows two sides of the Frank Fehr Cold Storage plant during its construction. On the site of the Schaefer-Meyer Brewing Co., Frank Fehr Brewing Co. Plant #2 opened in 1911, and began this...
Address: 729 S. Campbell Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Utility and trolley lines criss-cross in front of the Standard Sanitary Manufacturing building. The cobblestone street has trolley tracks running through it. The sign above the marble-trimmed...
Plumbing fixtures; Washstands; Building deterioration
Indoor plumbing. An old washstand stands in the corner of a room that is apparently abandoned. The stand leans and there are holes in the wood floor and plaster walls. May have been part of a project for the photographer's family-owned plumbing...
View down a city street with telephone poles and a hardware store with a sign that reads 'Theo H. Diehl and Son Hardware Plumbing DeHart Paints and Enamel.'
Stores & shops; Florist shops; Flowers; Men; Women
Double exposed negative. One side shows a young man and an older woman stand in front of a flower store at 839 Ft. Wayne Ave., possibly in Indianapolis, Indiana. The other half of the negative shows three men standing out in front of a heating and...
Stores & shops; Plumbing stores; Buildings; Utility poles
Address: 1534 Bardstown Road, Louisville, Kentucky. The Laib Co., a plumbing fixtures store on Bardstown Road, is a brick and stone building featuring a suspended sign with a clock above the entryway. Homes can be seen behind the store to the...
