Maps; Housing; Real property--Kentucky--Louisville; Housing--Kentucky--Louisville; City planning--United States--Maps; City planning--Kentucky--Louisville
Maps of Louisville's properties created by federally-funded Works Progress Administration (WPA). Three copies of this book were used to create a complete set of maps, since each one lacked one or more of the maps. Printed on cover: "Volume II...
Maps; Floods; Disasters; Floods--Kentucky--Louisville--1920--1940; Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; Floods--Ohio River
Map, printed in green in on white paper, of the area of Louisville, Kentucky, affected by the 1937 flooding of the Ohio River. Includes description of the flood, chart of elevations and depths of selected sites in Louisville, two photographs of...
Man holding a picket sign on the sidewalk in front of the Courier-Journal Job Printing Company building. The sign reads "C-J- Job Printing Co. This firm unfair to allied printing trades unions. Does not pay local prevailing wage rate."...
Advertisements; Children; Books; Textbooks; Animals; Reading; Men
This set of woodblock prints was reprinted in the 1980s. With the exception of the JPM & Co. advertisement and the New Second and New Third School Readers, the images duplicate the earlier prints in this collection. Woodblock prints of,...
Aerial views; Dog racing; Beaches; Coastlines; Cityscapes
Miami Beach seen from the air. There is an oval dog track in the foreground and the heavily-populated beach can be seen in the background. The shoreline is also visible in the background as are many city buildings. Published by Thomas R. West,...
African Americans--Education (Elementary); African Americans--Education (Higher); National Training School for Women and Girls (Washington, D.C.); Fisk University; Howard University; African Americans; Race relations; Civil rights; African...
Oral history interview conducted with Ruth Bryant on July 24, 1977 by Kenneth L. Chumbley. Mrs. Bryant, a community activist, primarily discusses her involvement in community organizing and political activism during the 1960’s in Louisville. ...
African Americans; Urban renewal; Small Business Administration (United States); African American business enterprises; African American real estate agents; Youth--Political activity; Busing (School integration); Low-income housing
Oral history interview conducted with Joseph Hammond on April 16, 1979 by Mary Bobo. Mr. Hammond, a small business owner and real estate agent, discusses his childhood, education and life as a young adult living and working in Louisville. He...
Alley running parallel to Berry Boulevard looking west toward Powell Avenue. Alley with a long narrow ditch filled with water running parallel to it. Boards serve as bridges from the backyards. Sheds and other outbuildings back up to the alley....
Location: 1600 S. Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Reeser Place, an apartment complex on the West side of Fourth Street just south of Hill Street, is shown. The complex shows symmetrical buildings facing a courtyard. The foundation of the...
Individual portraits of two high school football players standing in uniform on the DuPont Manual football field. One wears number 34 and the other 55. Number 34 holds a football. Address: DuPont Manual High School Stadium, Burnett Avenue west of...
Automobiles; Stores & shops; Brick wall signs; Signs (Notices); Apartment houses; Young Men's Christian associations; Buildings; Transportation
View of Third Street near its intersection with West Broadway, showing cars driving and parked along Third Street; a bicycle propped against the curb in front of the Louisville Tube Vulcanizing Company at 666 S. Third Street; Smith Price Tire Co....
Barges; Tugboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
U.S. Engineers, Huntington, West Virginia District, barge under construction on grade at Howard Shipyard in Jeffersonville, Indiana. Pilothouse of DUNCAN BRUCE is visible in background.
Address: 122 West Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky. View of Harley's Main Street Tavern. Advertisement on building's brick front reads "Eugene B. Dye. Twines Baskets Feathers Dusters Mops Brooms and Brushes. Roofing, Building Papers. Tinware,...
F.M. Hunter. Black-and-white portrait of Point Pleasant player F. Hunter. The team is in Point Pleasant, West Virginia. Verso: Series No. 4. Old Mill Cigarettes. Base Ball Subjects - Large Assortment. Factory No. 25, 2d Dist. VA.
Moye, full name and dates unknown. Black-and-white portrait of player Moye with the Montgomery Miners (West Virginia). Verso: Series No. 4. Old Mill Cigarettes. Base Ball Subjects - Large Assortment. Factory No. 25, 2d Dist. VA.
Baseball cards; Athletes; Baseball players; New York Giants (Baseball team)
Fred Merkle or Frederick Charles Merkle (1888-1956). Color portrait of Fred Merkle with the New York Giants. Verso: An 'NY' is in the top left corner and 'Giants' is in the top right. Fred Merkle. Fred Merkle, once substitute and now regular first...
Baseball; Baseball players; Athletes; Group portraits; Men
Group portrait of the Louisville Eclipse team, which played Major League baseball in the American Association from 1882-1884 (following a stint as a semi-pro team from Louisville's West End). The team played at the original location of Eclipse...
