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Title	Vienna Restaurant, bar.
Contributors	Joseph & Joseph (architect) Caufield & Shook (photographer)
Description	Address: 133-135 S. Fourth Street (Building no longer exists.) The Vienna Bakery and Restaurant was founded by German immigrant Frank L. Erpeldinger in 1893 and operated as one of downtown Louisville's premiere dining establishments until 1927. Renamed the Brennan Building, the structure served as headquarters for the Louisville-Jefferson County Democratic Party until the mid-1980s when the structure was razed. Joseph & Joseph's work seems to have been the addition of terra cotta tiles, created by Cincinnati's Rookwood Pottery, on both the façade and in the interior. Exterior tiles spelled out the name "Vienna" in polychrome representations of fruit and flowers. Similar decorative tiles adorned interior surfaces and uniquely-designed flooring tiles were used throughout. This interior scene of the Vienna Restaurant shows a wood and tile bar with bas relief tiles depicting grapevines, carved cherub heads, and foot rail. Tiling appears above and to the sides of the bar's mirror as well as on the floor. The scene also shows numerous glasses, steins, cigarette boxes and a couple spittoons on the floor. Handwritten on back: Vienna Restaurant, interior.
Subject	Buildings Restaurants Bars Vienna Model Bakery & Restaurant (Louisville, Ky.)
Location Depicted	Jefferson County (Ky.) Louisville (Ky.) Fourth Street (Louisville, Ky.) Central Business District (Louisville, Ky.)
Date Original	1910? - 1926?
Object Type	Photographic prints
Source	8 x 10 in. b&w photographic print. Item no. ULPA 1984.01.005 in the Joseph & Joseph Collection, University of Louisville Photographic Archives.
Citation Information	See http://digital.library.louisville.edu/cdm/description/collection/kyimages#conditions for guidance on citing this item. To cite the digital version, add its Reference URL (found by following the link in the header above the digital file).
Collection	Images of Kentucky and Environs
Collection Website	http://digital.library.louisville.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/kyimages/
Digital Publisher	University of Louisville Photographic Archives
Format	image/jpeg
Ordering Information	To order a reproduction, inquire about permissions, or for information about prices see: http://louisville.edu/library/archives/copying.html/. Please cite the Image Number when ordering.
Image Number	ULPA 1984.01.005
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