Schools; Children; Group portraits; People; Buildings
Address: 1713 W. Madison Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Students pose for a group portrait at the entrance to the Madison Street School. The entry has an extra large arch with "Madison St. School" and decorative leaves carved above it. In...
Group portraits; Portrait photographs; Entertainers; Families; Men; Women; Boys; Girls
Family portrait of the Musical McGibeny Family, a musical and sketch entertainment ensemble that toured the United States in the late 19th century. They appear before a backdrop with folding screen, potted plant, and fireplace. The four young men...
Students; Boys; Louisville Male High School (Louisville, Ky.)
Boys assembled on the bleachers, presumably of the stadium at Louisville Male High School. They all wear shirts with collars and buttons; some wear ties, some wear sweater vests, and a few wear suits. An electric sign ending in "CO" is...
Railroad cars; Electric railroads; Indiana Railroad; People; Transportation
A group of well-dressed people sit in a railroad car. The seats are couches and armchairs and face each other as if one were in a sitting room. The car includes side tables with lamps and standing ashtrays. The men wear suits and the women wear...
A group of children and a woman stand in front of a wood frame building. This is likely a group portrait of a school as there are over forty children of varying ages. While a few of the children wear shoes, many of them are barefoot. A number of...
Couples in formal wear dance on a wood floor. The men wear tuxedos and the women wear floor-length gowns. To the right are a number of tables where people sit. The tables have glasses and napkins on them as well as decorations including tall...
Lincoln Institute (Simpsonville, Ky.); Group portraits; Schools; Graduation ceremonies; African Americans; People; Segregation in education
About forty men and women pose in front of the doors of a building at the Lincoln Institute. They hold diplomas from their graduation in hand and wear corsages on their shoulders. The men wear dark suits with light shirts and black bowties while...
Address: 830 S. Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. On the stage of Columbia Auditorium, some men wear tuxedoes while others wear suits. The women wear dresses and a couple have corsages pinned to their shoulders. Five young girls are dressed in...
Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.); Exhibitions; Men; Indigenous peoples; East Indians; Tibetans; Clothing & dress; Headdresses; Elephants
At the World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri, fifteen Tibetan and North Indian men stand in a row in front of two elephants and an archway to a temple, with two other men (one apparently Caucasian and wearing a cap and jacket; the other wearing a...
Boys; Basketball players; Group portraits; Basketball; People; Young Men's Christian associations; Gymnasiums
Forty-three young men pose beneath a basketball hoop. According to the invoice for this photograph, they belong to the Young Men's Christian Association hexathlon group. Most wear sleeveless tops, shorts, and lace-up shoes. Some wear plain white or...
Children; Group portraits; Dresses; Suits (Clothing); African Americans; Rites & ceremonies; People
Address: 1304 W. Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky. Three rows of children pose for a photograph commemorating their first communion in front of St. Augustine's Roman Catholic Church. The children are African American and range in ages from perhaps...
Address: 1114 W. Liberty Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Tobacco leaves are spread on wooden benches in a dimly lit workroom. With the exception of one man standing at the edge of the room who is Caucasian, all the workers are African Americans. Some...
Country clubs; Eating & drinking facilities; Banquets; Men; Women; Suits (Clothing); Chandeliers; People
An aerial shot captures attendees of a banquet at the Audubon Country Club. The attendees may be employees of the National Bank of Kentucky, the organization which commissioned the photograph. The men wear dark suits and ties while the women wear...
Address: 615 E. Market Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Boys and girls are gathered in a lunch room at Hiram Roberts School. They are eating out of white cups with colored rims. The boys wear knee-length pants with long stockings and button-up shirts...
Temple Adath Israel (Louisville, Ky.); Synagogues; Religious facilities; Historic buildings; Group portraits; Organs; Altars; People
Address: 834 S. Third Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A group poses in pageantry costumes in the Temple Adath Israel. The children are dressed in white gowns with headbands. Some of the children hold horns. The adults wear a variety of costumes most...
Group portraits; Basketball players; Women; People; Stages (Platforms)
Seven girls pose for a group portrait. Four stand in the back row and three sit in chairs in the first row. The seated girl in the center holds a basketball. The girls wear uniforms of baggy, knee-length pants, long-sleeved tops, knee-length socks,...
Three women and a man stand outside a car while others sit inside. The women wear dresses and coats with dropped waistlines and fitted hats over short hair. The men wear suits with ties and hats. The sides of two buildings can be seen in the...
People; Signs (Notices); Tuberculosis; Boy Scouts of America; Uniforms; Boys; Group portraits
Boy Scouts pose for a group portrait as they hold signs for an anti-tuberculosis campaign sponsored by the Louisville Tuberculosis Association. They read: "Consider the health of children. Dont spit." "Obey the law and be a good...
Two images of the graduating students from Western Junior High School, located at 22nd and Main Streets in Louisville, Kentucky. The backdrop of each image is a brick wall with sheets of white fabric tacked up. In each photograph there are seven...
Crowds; Men; Women; People; Theatres; Cultural facilities; Electric signs
Address: 416 W. Walnut Street (now Muhammad Ali Boulevard), Louisville, Kentucky. A crowd stands under a marquee that reads, "Drury Lane / Oertel's Radio Theatre." The men wear suits and most have hats. The women wear dresses and...
