At the present time there is not much known about derivatives of acridine. However, there are derivatives of acridine which are important as dyes, drugs and antiseptics. Chrysaniline, rheonine, benzoflavine, are examples of leather dyes which are...
Poster display for Royal Crown cola with an image of Sonja Henie holding a bottle of RC cola. The text reads "'Yes it tastes best!' says Sonja Henie" and "Take Time Out for a 'Quick Up' with Royal Crown Cola Best by Taste-Test."...
African Americans; African Americans--Social conditions; African Americans--Education; Segregation in education; Race relations; Louisville Municipal College for Negroes (Louisville, Ky.); University of Louisville; Civil rights
Oral history interview with Mrs. Amelia Ray, conducted on August 25, 1978 by Kenneth Chumbley. Mrs. Ray discusses her early life and upbringing in Tennessee as well as her life in Louisville. Mrs. Ray moved to Louisville in 1934 and attended...
Automobile service stations; Buildings; Transportation; Brick wall signs; Signs (Notices)
A Gulf service station sits at the corner of a street which is likely located in downtown Louisville, Kentucky. The lot has two tall lampposts with five white globes. Fuel pumps sit by a small brick building with terra cotta roof tiles. Cars are...
Billboards, buildings, and automobiles are shown at the southwestern corner of Broadway and Second Street in Louisville, Kentucky. The left billboard advertises, "Armour's 'Star' Bacon / Slices of real." The middle one reads, "Now 14...
A Pontiac convertible is hitched to a boat and parked in front of the Falls City Boat Works. The boat has L-9 and E-42 painted on the side as well as "Miss Houston IV, Worlds Champion 1925-26-27-28." Seven men stand behind the boat. Some...
Decorative shield featuring a pegasus, a palette with paint brushes, the drama masks for comedy (Thalia) and tragedy (Melpomene), and a pan flute or panpipe. Black ink with orange highlights. A scroll near the top of the shield has the text...
Dragon's head, small shield with text, and intricate ornamentation. A scroll with text runs across the center of the design. The text on the shield is "Never less alone than when alone." The scroll says "Bruno Alberts." Born in...
Address: 1018 W. Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky. The word Louisville appears in cursive lettering at the top of this faded sign for Louisville Air Conditioning, Inc. Someone has tagged the bottom of the sign with a piece of graffiti that says...
Address: 1822 W. Market Street, Louisville, Kentucky. The outlines of a couple faded signs are visible, but the prominent one says, "Schoppenhorst Bros. Undertakers" which was located at 1828-32 W. Market Street.
Address: 815-827 W. Market Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A multi-story industrial building dwarves the two- to four-story buildings surrounding it. "Stimpson Computing Scale Co." is painted on the front of the building. An embossed sign...
This shot showing the intersection of Sixth Street and Park Avenue (location of Louisville, Kentucky's Central Park) was likely taken for insurance purposes. Trolley tracks run down the road and utility poles and trees line the road. One of the...
Louisville, Kentucky, approach to the Municipal Bridge. Municipal Bridge is now known as the Second Street Bridge and spans the Ohio River between Kentucky and Indiana. A car approaches from the bridge. A building at the right has an advertisement...
A crowd of people lines the sidewalk in Jeffersonville, Indiana during the opening of the Municipal Bridge which spans the Ohio River from Louisville, Kentucky. A police officer stands in the middle of the street at the beginning of the bridge....
Buildings; Airports; United States. Works Progress Administration; Bowman Field (Ky.)
Groundbreaking for the Administration Building, Bowman Field, Louisville, Kentucky. The dirt is being shoveled by a man in an overcoat and dark hat who is surrounded by men in suits and work uniforms. A small sign in the grass to the left says...
Three-story brick building with pillars at the corner of Twelfth and Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky. Large windows; windows at the top have a diamond pattern overlaid. Ground floor business is [Fred?] Plamps Saloon; a hanging sign at the side says...
Buildings; Canopies; J. F. Kurfees Paint Company (Louisville, Ky.)
Address: 201 E. Market Street. The exterior of the Kurfees Paint building is shown. The entryway is covered by a suspended canopy and the front window cases have paint displays set up and the words "J.F. Kurfees Paint Co." painted on the...
Buildings; Commercial facilities; Department stores; Montgomery Ward
Montgomery Ward, Fourth Street between Walnut and Liberty, Louisville, Kentucky; opening day 1920. Slightly diagonal photograph of Montgomery Ward, with a sign above its first floor saying its name on a windowless concrete panel; for the two floors...
