African Americans; Race relations; Civil rights demonstrations; Civil rights; Louisville Free Public Library; Girl Scouts; Libraries; Integration; African Americans--Social conditions
Oral history interview with Murray Atkins Walls and John Walls, conducted July 27, 1977 by Dwayne Cox. Most of the interview focuses on Murray Atkins Walls, although her husband, John Walls, is also an active participant. They were both involved in...
This clipping from "The Billboard" newspaper features two stories: "Ring stars of fifty years ago" and "In the days of '49." The former includes an obituary of circus man Hiram Marks, and photos of Hiram Marks, Minnie...
Religious facilities; Steeples; Buildings; Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani (Trappist, Ky.)
Stakes stand in a winter-dried field near the Abbey of Gethsemani in Trappist, Kentucky. The brick building stands three stories and is topped by numerous chimneys. The chimneys are evenly spaced and plain, as are the windows. Some of the windows...
Buildings; Airports; United States. Works Progress Administration; Bowman Field (Ky.)
Architectural rendering in pencil of the Administration Building at Bowman Field in Louisville, Kentucky. Stamp on back of image: "This photograph and any accompanying data are furnished free of charge by the Works Progress Administration in...
Industrial facilities; Buildings; Cobblestone streets; Utility poles
Address: 831 S. Twelfth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. An industrial building is shown on a brick road with trolley tracks in it. The long building has at least four sections with different heights ranging from 2 1/2 stories above ground to 4 1/2...
This study investigates the use of bongo music as a medium for social commentary in
society. African traditional musicians, without formal education have been able to
address socio-political and moral issues. The methodology includes the use...
A hexagonal marble desk sits in the lobby of an ornate bank. A sign on the desk reads, "Information" while other signs hang above teller windows with signs like "Savings." The floor is a checkerboard pattern with the lighter...
Bashford Manor, now a shopping center on Bardstown Road, near Buechel, Louisville, Kentucky, 1923. Right diagonal view of light colored three-story house with a porch that has pillars and a central portico. The third floor has attic rooms with...
Baylor O. Hickman home, Glenview, Kentucky. One- and two-story log house; the central section is two stories and there are two one story sections shown, one parallel and one perpendicular to the main section. Each section has a peaked roof and the...
Address: 1810 Sils Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. Designed by J. Earl Henry, the Belknap School was housed in this building until Jefferson County Public Schools closed the school in 1978. The Belknap Building, which became a condominium in 2006,...
Buildings; Windows; Bernheim Building (Louisville, Ky.)
Address: 638-640 S. Fourth Street. The Bernheim Building is shown with a sign reading "For Rent / This vestibule space & show window / including basement / also light rooms on 2nd & 3rd floors / Both [?] 1474 / Apply M. S. Kohler /...
Bicyclists and pedestrians meet at the doorway of Young's Pharmacy at Frankfort Avenue and Pope Street. The building is multiple stories tall and likely includes an apartment on the upper floors. Beyond the pharmacy is Rosalind Beauty Shoppe and...
"Whilst clearly representing a critique of free expression, Lichtenstein's 'brushstrokes', like most of his other Pop works, had an exact comic-book source. They initially derived from a strip entitled 'The Painting' published in Charlton...
A steamboat is shown leaving the Louisville & Portland Canal and entering the Ohio River. Painted on the back of the boat is "East St. Louis, Port of Louisville." The boat is multiple stories and has two large black steam pipes near...
Busy and wide cobblestone street lined with buildings on either side. Streetcar tracks run down the street. On the street are streetcars and carriages. Pedestrians are on the streets and sidewalks. Elevated tracks run parallel to the left and...
Large brick house or hospital with four stories in the center and three-story wings on either side. A sign for Visiting Hours is on the stairs. Title supplied by cataloger.
Buildings; Brigman Hall (Louisville, Ky.); Educational facilities; Universities & colleges; Columns; University of Louisville. Speed Scientific School
Brigman Hall, when it housed the Speed Scientific School, University of Louisville, Belknap Campus, Louisville, Kentucky, 1936. A vase-like concrete ornament, a curved drive, and a building are seen. The building is two stories with two wide, low...
Buildings; Religious facilities; Churches; Baptist churches
Broadway Baptist Church and parish house, located at 123 East Broadway in Louisville, Kentucky. Its narrow steeple is several stories high. A frame with a black border has been imposed on the sky above the church.
Buildings; Public accommodation facilities; Hotels; Brown Hotel (Louisville, Ky.)
The Brown Hotel, Fourth Street and Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky. Massive corner building up to 15 stories tall; there is also a lower section. The lower floors are light; most floors are dark, and the top floors have white etched pillars around...
