Wash tubs; Washboards; Trees; Streams; Country life
A "battling board" and a wash tub sit in the "laundry" area under trees by a creek. Wet clothes were placed on the battling board, or the "butcher block" table on the right, and beat with paddles to loosen dirt. This...
A car drives down a rural road which is lined with a post-and-wire fence. To the right a mailbox marks the entry to a property where a couple of people are sitting outside. To the left a utility pole and distant houses are visible among the bushes...
A horse and wagon travel on Harrodsburg Pike, a dirt road running alongside a stone fence. The property beyond the fence includes a large home. Title supplied by cataloger.
Buildings; Schools; School children; Children; Teachers
A large group of children and some adults poses on the steps and lawn of a two-story brick building with one dormer and an arched window over its doorway, over which a sign reads "Burnside Graded School." Stamped on back: Property of...
A stone and brick house and its outbuildings are shown from a side view of the property. The home shows two floors of windows and a steeply pitched roof which may cover a third floor. The first floor windows on either side of a chimney have a...
A warehouse of the Merchant's Ice & Cold Storage Company in downtown Louisville, Kentucky has been torn down in order to be replaced. Girders, brick and wood scrap litter the lot. A small wheel barrow is at the edge of the property next to...
A wire and wood post fence stands in front of the Kentucky Pipe Line Company building. Snow lies around the property and the wires of a utility pole are visible on one side. A house, barn, and other outbuildings are visible on a slight hill behind...
A wire and wood post fence stands in front of the Kentucky Pipe Line Company building. Snow lies around the property and the wires of a utility pole are visible on one side. Handwritten on photograph: Jan-15-1926 / Louisville Gas & Electric Co....
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company; Union Station (Louisville, Ky.); Railroad stations; Transportation; Buildings; Air pollution
Address: 1000 W. Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky. Smog lingers over the Union Station building. Several railroad cars are pulled up next to the building. The one in the foreground has the words Pullman and Chelmsford written on the side. An iron...
Address: 1033 Story Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. Numerous trucks and horse-pulled wagons carry barrels along Story Avenue. A metal fence with an open gate leads into the Stitzel Distillery. A number of men are standing in front of the gate and...
Theological seminaries; Religious facilities; Schools; Automobiles; Buildings; Transportation
Address: 109 E. Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky. Constructed in sections from 1904 through 1909, this complex of buildings originally housed the Presbyterian Theological Seminary. In 1967 it was purchased by Jefferson Community College. A great lawn...
Industry; Sand; Bridges; Transportation; Rivers; Waterfronts; Big Four Bridge
Address: 129-133 River Road, Louisville, Kentucky. Sand is heaped in piles at the Ohio River Sand Company along the Ohio River. Industrial equipment, buildings and utility lines mark the property. A fuel company boat is docked along the river and...
Address: 1357 S. Twelfth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A car is parked at the curb of a brick-lined road in front of Sts. Mary and Elizabeth Hospital. A low stone wall and hedges surround the property. The symmetrical building has tall rectangular...
Address: 1713 W. Madison Street, Louisville, Kentucky. This photograph, commissioned by the Board of Education, was shot to keep track of the progress on the renovation of this building into a new high school for African American children....
Automobile service stations; Automobile dealerships; Automobiles; Buildings; Signs (Notices); Transportation
Address: 2023 Dixie Highway, Louisville, Kentucky. The Whipple Motor Co. is shown with cars parked around it, some with "For Sale" written on the front window. Two gas pumps are visible on the left and the main office and garage are on...
Buildings; Galleries & museums; J.B. Speed Art Museum
Address: 2035 S. Third Street, Louisville, Kentucky. This upward shot of the front of the J. B. Speed Memorial Museum captures the Doric columns and Greek influence of the building. Wood double doors are topped with a decorative transom and...
Address: 212 W. Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky. Men in uniforms stand at attention outside the DeMolay Commandery. Another man in a suit, bowtie and hat stands on the steps. The three-story stone building features some square windows and some which...
Historic buildings; Apartment houses; Buildings; Building construction
Address: 2140 Bonnycastle Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. Built in 1928, this 11-story building became the Commodore Apartments and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. This photograph shows the building almost completed. A...
Buildings; Air pollution; Industrial buildings; Churches; Religious facilities
Address: 215 Central Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. Smog lingers in the air above the buildings of Reed Air Filter Company. Two low buildings are labeled with the company's name. One is brick with awnings and the other is made of sheet metal. Lumber...
