Bridges; Construction; Smokestacks; Electric signs
This view captures a portion of the Municipal Bridge from Jeffersonville, Indiana to Louisville, Kentucky. Two concrete columns act as the base for large lights on the Indiana side of the bridge. The columns each have a tableau and the word Indiana...
A low stone wall separates a wide lawn from the sidewalk and street. Broad steps lead up to the entry of a building, which appears to be constructed of brick with a stone foundation and is adorned with multi-story Ionic columns topped by a...
Address: Second and Main Streets, Louisville, Kentucky. A street light stands on an intersection island with a sign indicating "Toll Bridge." This is the Louisville side of the Municipal Bridge which spans the Ohio River to...
Bridges; Industrial facilities; Smokestacks; Electric signs
The four smokestacks belong to the Louisville Gas and Electric Company located near the waterfront in downtown Louisville, Kentucky. Trusses from the Municipal Bridge (later renamed George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge) frame the smokestacks. One of...
Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; Floods; Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Debris; Oil spills
Flood water behind Unitas Tower with visible pool of diesel fuel along the edge of the flooded area. Diesel fuel leaked from machinery in the basement of the adjacent College of Education and Human Development (renamed the Woodford R. and Harriett...
Education; Schools; Buildings; Sue Bennett Memorial School
Massive two-story brick building with a stone above-ground basement; a dormered trapezoidal roof; and a sun rayed window above the doors, set at the end of a long path edged by two rows of young trees, more of which grow further to the sides. A man...
Dwellings; Houses; Education; Schools; Sue Bennett Memorial School
Four white, one-story wood houses with front porches and wings at the back are set along dirt paths in a clearing with woods beyond. The Sue Bennett Memorial School for low-income students opened in 1897 as an elementary and secondary school, and...
Dark wood building with two to five story sections and a smokestack, probably the Mutual Distillery Company, renamed the Union County Distilling Co. in 1905. The ground in front of the building is covered with patches of snow, and the sky is...
On the landing of a staircase which runs to the first floor of a small building, five men in suits and various hats stand in a row. Signs on the building read "Mutual Distilling Co Incorporated," "John L. Givens Distiller," and...
Irregular, L-shaped building, mostly of brick and mostly four-stories high, serving as a distillery (probably the Mutual Distillery Company, renamed the Union County Distilling Co. in 1905). There is a spotty covering of snow and weeds on the...
Buildings; Educational facilities; Schools; DuPont Manual High School (Louisville, Ky.)
DuPont Manual Training High School at 1909, Brook and Oak Streets, Louisville, Kentucky. Three-story brick building with a semicircular domed entryway on short pillars. DuPont was founded in 1892 with funding from A. V. duPont (Alfred Victor du...
Buildings; Educational facilities; Schools; DuPont Manual High School (Louisville, Ky.)
DuPont Manual Training High School at 1909, Brook and Oak Streets, Louisville, Kentucky. Three-story brick building with a semicircular domed entryway on short pillars. DuPont was founded in 1892 with funding from A. V. duPont (Alfred Victor du...
Buildings; Educational facilities; Schools; DuPont Manual High School (Louisville, Ky.)
DuPont Manual Training High School from the Oak Street side of the building, Louisville, Kentucky. Three-story brick building with large ornamental entranceway. DuPont was founded in 1892 with funding from A. V. duPont (Alfred Victor du Pont II) to...
Buildings; Educational facilities; Schools; DuPont Manual High School (Louisville, Ky.)
DuPont Manual Training School, at southeast corner of Brook and Oak Streets, Louisville, Kentucky. Diagonal view of three-story brick building with semicircular domed entryway on short pillars. DuPont was founded in 1892 with a grant from A. V....
Classrooms; Workshops; Educational facilities; Schools; DuPont Manual High School (Louisville, Ky.)
DuPont Manual Training High School at 1909, Brook and Oak Streets, Louisville, Kentucky. Interior view of the forge shop. DuPont was founded in 1892 with a grant from A. V. duPont to teach male students industrial skills. In 1950 it merged with the...
Buildings; Educational facilities; Schools; DuPont Manual High School (Louisville, Ky.)
duPont Manual Training School, Brook and Oak Streets, Louisville, Kentucky. Three-story brick building with a semicircular domed entryway on short pillars. There are two large pyramids on the roof. duPont was founded in 1892 with funding from A. V....
Buildings; Educational facilities; Schools; DuPont Manual High School (Louisville, Ky.)
duPont Manual Training School, at southeast corner of Brook and Oak Streets, Louisville, Kentucky. Diagonal view of ivy-covered three-story brick building with semicircular domed entryway on short pillars. duPont was founded in 1892 with a grant...
Victor H. Engelhard elementary school, 119 East Kentucky Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Three-story brick building with a pediment centrally on the roof, over a lower entrance imprinted, "Victor H. Engelhard School." Ivy covers the lower...
Country road, draped by trees, in St. Helens, Kentucky, 1923. St. Helens, Kentucky, is now known as Shively. It's located at U.S. 60 and 31 W (Dixie Highway). The town was founded by Christian William Shively and his three brothers, who built a...
Bank of St. Helens, St. Helens, Kentucky is at a sharp intersection, in a panoramic photograph on a wet day. St. Helens, Kentucky, is now known as Shively. It's located at U.S. 60 and 31 W (Dixie Highway). The town was founded by Christian William...