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Seelbach Hotel, 500 South Fourth Street, Louisville, Jefferson County,...

Significance: Built from 1903 to 1907, the neo-classical hotel includes a Rathskeller, one of only two known ensembles of the famous Rookwood pottery on a large scale. The Rathskeller was patterned after a Ger... More

Spring Station, Lexington Road & Cannon's Lane, Louisville, Jefferson ...

Survey number: HABS KY-23 Building/structure dates: 1795 Initial Construction

Tyler Block, 319 West Jefferson Street, Louisville, Jefferson County, ...

Significance: The five-part facade of this commercial block is a fully expressed example of the Italianate style of architecture applied to an urban structure. Survey number: HABS KY-151

644 South Nineteenth Street (House), Louisville, Jefferson County, KY

Significance: 644 South Nineteenth Street lies within the Russell National District which was listed in 1980. This structure is contributing to the neighborhood in that it is consistent in size and scale to ot... More

Chew Punch plug tobacco. National Tobacco Works, Louisville, Ky.

Black man and white man in pugilistic pose, Punchinello clown and dog wearing hat and collar on wall. R25867 U.S. Copyright Office. Color lithograph by Giles Lith. Co.

1814 West Muhammad Ali Boulevard (House), Louisville, Jefferson County...

Significance: 1814 West Muhammed Ali Boulevard is significant within the context of the Russell National Register District which was listed in 1980. This structure is typical of shotgun houses that were built ... More

Lithgow Building, 301 West Main Street, Louisville, Jefferson County, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an office building, commercial building, 20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

626 South Eighteenth Street (House), Louisville, Jefferson County, KY

Significance: 626 South Eighteenth Street is significant within the context of the Russell National District listed in 1980. This structure is typical of houses that were built throughout this particular neigh... More

2342-2344 West Madison Street (House), Louisville, Jefferson County, K...

Significance: 2342-2344 West Madison lies within the Russell National District, listed in 1980. The structure is consistent in size and scale to other residential structures within the neighborhood. Yet this ... More

Main Street, 600 & 700 Block (Buildings), Louisville, Jefferson County...

Significance: Although long considered only as a busy commercial hub, the site of Main Street roughly between Fifth and Ninth Streets has been the location of many other uses and events some vital to the orig... More

Main Street, 600 & 700 Block (Buildings), Louisville, Jefferson County...

Significance: Although long considered only as a busy commercial hub, the site of Main Street roughly between Fifth and Ninth Streets has been the location of many other uses and events some vital to the orig... More

Main Street, 600 & 700 Block (Buildings), Louisville, Jefferson County...

Significance: Although long considered only as a busy commercial hub, the site of Main Street roughly between Fifth and Ninth Streets has been the location of many other uses and events some vital to the orig... More

Loew's Theatre, 625 South Fourth Street, Louisville, Jefferson County,...

Significance: The first John Eberson atmospheric theatre in the state or region, Loew's Theatre is a lavish and perfectly preserved movie palace of the late 1920s. It is an excellent example of Churrigueresque... More

Loew's Theatre, 625 South Fourth Street, Louisville, Jefferson County,...

Significance: The first John Eberson atmospheric theatre in the state or region, Loew's Theatre is a lavish and perfectly preserved movie palace of the late 1920s. It is an excellent example of Churrigueresque... More

Loew's Theatre, 625 South Fourth Street, Louisville, Jefferson County,...

Significance: The first John Eberson atmospheric theatre in the state or region, Loew's Theatre is a lavish and perfectly preserved movie palace of the late 1920s. It is an excellent example of Churrigueresque... More

Loew's Theatre, 625 South Fourth Street, Louisville, Jefferson County,...

Significance: The first John Eberson atmospheric theatre in the state or region, Loew's Theatre is a lavish and perfectly preserved movie palace of the late 1920s. It is an excellent example of Churrigueresque... More

Louisville & Nashville Railroad, Union Station Train Shed, Water Stree...

Significance: The Union Station Trainshed in Montgomery, Alabama is a rare survival of a once common building type. It was the outgrowth of a desire by railroad companies to improve passenger comfort, which th... More

Poor oppressed or the contraband Schottisch, by E.A. Benson / German &...

Music cover showing an African American woman with small parasol, standing, facing left. Notation on cover reads "Dedicated to Miss Dinah Dobson of Nasville, Tenn."

Mahogany mills of C.C. Mengel & Bro. Co., Louisville, Kentucky

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Louisville & Nashville Railway, Boyles Roundhouse, To west of Pinson V...

Significance: The switching yards remain in active use. Other extant facilities are not visible from public access points. Boyles Junction, at the intersection of the L. & N. main line and the mineral railroa... More

Jacob Johnson House, 7300 Bardstown Road, Louisville, Jefferson County...

Significance: The Levin Bates House is a fine example of a transitional Federal to Greek Revival style structure, as expressed in rural Jefferson County, Kentucky. It is one of few center passage, I-houses in ... More

Jacob Johnson House, 7300 Bardstown Road, Louisville, Jefferson County...

Significance: The Levin Bates House is a fine example of a transitional Federal to Greek Revival style structure, as expressed in rural Jefferson County, Kentucky. It is one of few center passage, I-houses in ... More

Jacob Johnson House, 7300 Bardstown Road, Louisville, Jefferson County...

Significance: The Levin Bates House is a fine example of a transitional Federal to Greek Revival style structure, as expressed in rural Jefferson County, Kentucky. It is one of few center passage, I-houses in ... More

Jacob Johnson House, 7300 Bardstown Road, Louisville, Jefferson County...

Significance: The Levin Bates House is a fine example of a transitional Federal to Greek Revival style structure, as expressed in rural Jefferson County, Kentucky. It is one of few center passage, I-houses in ... More

1942 Kentucky Derby, Churchill Downs, Louisville

J 34491 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: Louisville, KY. Copyright deposit; Caufield & Shook; June 26, 1942.

Jefferson County Courthouse, 531 West Jefferson Street, Louisville, Je...

Significance: Designed in 1835 by the noted Greek Revival architect, Gideon Shryock, the Jefferson County Courthouse stands as one of the major surviving monuments to that style. Unprocessed Field note materia... More

412 South Wenzel Street (House), Louisville, Jefferson County, KY

Significance: 412 South Wenzel Street is significant within the context of the Butchertown Area. This structure is typical of the camel back homes built throughout this particular neighborhood during the late ... More

The Levee, Lousiville, Ky. - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Vienna Restaurant, 133-135 South Fourth Street, Louisville, Jefferson ...

Significance: At one time the most elegant and sumptuous restaurant in Louisville, the Vienna Restaurant, is a very rare example of the Art Nouveau influence in Louisville. Aside from remnants of the interior,... More

[Jake Thielman, Louisville Team, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

Bank of Louisville Building, 322 West Main Street, Louisville, Jeffers...

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City Hall, 601 West Jefferson Street, Louisville, Jefferson County, KY

Significance: The seat of Louisville's municipal government, City Hall is a monumental example of Italianate architecture with a fine Mansard clock tower. Survey number: HABS KY-143 Building/structure dates: ... More

Ronald-Brennan House, 631 South Fifth Street, Louisville, Jefferson Co...

Significance: The Ronald-Brennan House, a good example of Italianate design, has been carefully preserved by the Brennan family, who have left the house with its excellent late 19th century and early 20th centu... More

Ronald-Brennan House, 631 South Fifth Street, Louisville, Jefferson Co...

Significance: The Ronald-Brennan House, a good example of Italianate design, has been carefully preserved by the Brennan family, who have left the house with its excellent late 19th century and early 20th centu... More

Ronald-Brennan House, 631 South Fifth Street, Louisville, Jefferson Co...

Significance: The Ronald-Brennan House, a good example of Italianate design, has been carefully preserved by the Brennan family, who have left the house with its excellent late 19th century and early 20th centu... More

647 South Eighteenth Street (House), Louisville, Jefferson County, KY

Significance: 647 South Eighteenth Street lies within the Russell National District which was listed in 1980. This structure is contributing to the neighborhood in that it is consistent in size and scale to ot... More

Farmington, 3033 Bardstown Road, Louisville, Jefferson County, KY

Significance: Farmington is one of the few houses constructed after a design by Thomas Jefferson. Its history of preservation has been remarkable. It now remains virtually as originally constructed, with the ... More

512 South Twentieth Street (House), Louisville, Jefferson County, KY

Significance: This is a typical shotgun residence of the Russell Historic District. // ca. 1890. Shotgun. Frame. Approx. 20' x 50'. Italianate door and window hoods, dentils at cornice are layered. Poor co... More

Kentucky School for the Blind, 1867 Frankfort Avenue, Louisville, Jeff...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-19 Survey number: HABS KY-20-19 Building/structure dates: 1855 Initial Construction

Inaugural regimental services of the "Black Devils", 814th Pioneer Inf...

J231565 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Royal Photo. Co.; October 4, 1918; DLC/PP-1918:45967. Copyright claimant's address: Lou., Ky. No. 578.

Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, 4701 Brownsboro Road, Louisville, Je...

Survey number: HALS KY-6 Public domain photograph - historical image of Kentucky, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, 4701 Brownsboro Road, Louisville, Je...

Survey number: HALS KY-6 Public domain photograph of a graveyard monument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, 4701 Brownsboro Road, Louisville, Je...

Survey number: HALS KY-6 Public domain photograph of a column monument, city square, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

552 South Twentieth Street (House), Louisville, Jefferson County, KY

Significance: This is a typical Italianate shotgun residence of the Russell Historic District. // ca. 1890. Shotgun. Frame. Approx. 18' x 50'. Italianate door and window hoods. Deteriorated - vacant. Surv... More

Central of Georgia Railway, Passenger Station & Train Shed, Corner of ...

Significance: The Central of Georgia Terminal and Trainshed at Savannah are part of one of the earliest attempts to build a comprehensive railroad terminal and shop complex in this country. The structure of th... More

Central of Georgia Railway, Passenger Station & Train Shed, Corner of ...

Significance: The Central of Georgia Terminal and Trainshed at Savannah are part of one of the earliest attempts to build a comprehensive railroad terminal and shop complex in this country. The structure of th... More

Central of Georgia Railway, Passenger Station & Train Shed, Corner of ...

Significance: The Central of Georgia Terminal and Trainshed at Savannah are part of one of the earliest attempts to build a comprehensive railroad terminal and shop complex in this country. The structure of th... More

Central of Georgia Railway, Passenger Station & Train Shed, Corner of ...

Significance: The Central of Georgia Terminal and Trainshed at Savannah are part of one of the earliest attempts to build a comprehensive railroad terminal and shop complex in this country. The structure of th... More

[Red Ehret, Louisville Colonels, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: Goodwin & Company Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

Louisville, Ky., a tobacco auction

Title from jacket. "G 3583" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 34334. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Our family / designed, published & copyrighted by C.D. Phelps, Louisvi...

Print showing an oval design composed of flowers in frames fashioned from tree branches, at center, within the oval is a young girl kneeling before a book open to "The Lords Prayer" above which is a scroll with... More

Tarascon (packet) - Public domain image of a steam boat

Photograph shows steamboat the Tarascon docked with passengers on board. Louisville and Evansville Packet Co., Louisville, Ky.

City Hall, Louisville, Ky. - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Canal locks, Louisville, Ky. - Public domain image. Dry plate negative...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a canal, barge, historic place, water reflection, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[2 illus. of gunboats 1. ST. LOUIS viewed from astern; 2. LOUISVILLE]

Halftone repro. of photo in Miller, Photographic History of the Civil War, 1911 edition, vol. 1, p. 187. Reference copy may be available in LOT 9353. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.... More

Army Training School for Chaplains and approved chaplain candidates, C...

Picryl description: Public domain image of war, military conflict, infantry, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Capts. Cline and Lindsay of the American Red Cross life saving corps o...

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: Lake Div. Data: RC Courier, Jan. 21/22. Classification: First Aid Water. Gift; Am... More

New Commissioner of Internal Revenue receiving commission from Secreta...

A group of men standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Two winners. Two winners of the National Committee on Wood Utilization...

A group of people standing in front of a building. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Roman Catholic Cathedral of the Assumption, 435 South Fifth Street, Lo...

Survey number: HABS KY-64 Public domain photograph of a Roman Catholic church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Phoenix Hill Historic District, 736 East Muhammad Ali Boulevard (House...

Significance: Camel-back shotgun residence. Gable-front, frame with some saw-tooth mold remaining on the cornice of the two-story, rear section. Typical working-class dwelling found throughout Louisville. // ... More

Phoenix Hill Historic District, 837 East Madison Street (House), Louis...

Significance: Typical shotgun residence common to the Phoenix Hill Historic District. // 1884. Shotgun. Brick. Approx. 20' x 50'. Eastlake door hood, simple cornice. Demolished. Survey number: HABS KY-163-N

538 South Seventeenth Street (House), Louisville, Jefferson County, KY

Significance: Typical cottage style residence of Russell Historic District. // ca. 1900. Cottage. Frame. Approx. 30' x 50'. Simple window lintels, brackets on first-floor windows. Asbestos siding added ca.... More

Doesn't like coal verdict. Sen. William Borah, constitutional authorit...

A black and white photo of a man sitting at a desk. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Shooting crap at American Legion fish fry, Oldham County, Post 39, nea...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A black and white photo of a man working on a piece of wood, Kenntucky...

Picryl description: Public domain image of industrial or agricultural worker, 1930s, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

A black and white photo of a man in a field, Kenntucky. Farm Security ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Aluminum. Reynolds Metal Company, Louisville, Kentucky. Truckloads of ...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of an industrial building, factory or warehouse, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Production. Pipe fittings. Large pipe elbows for the Army are formed i...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fort Knox. Power line construction. This husky member of a constructio...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a hydroelectric dam, industrial facility, power generation, water cascade, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Plywood for aircraft and boats. Strong, light plywood for ...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

Production. Naval gun mounts. A big naval gun mount chassis is coated ...

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Conversion. Watch cases to war production. Skill and experience back t...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Marine boilers. Huge stocks of tubes for bent tube boilers...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Torpedo tube mounts. A torpedo tube mount in the final ass...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Marine boilers. Forging hammers and heavy punch presses us...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Production. Pipe fittings. Large pipe elbows for the Army are formed i...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A Greyhound bus trip from Louisville, Kentucky, to Memphis, Tennessee,...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Kentucky, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A Greyhound bus trip from Louisville, Kentucky, to Memphis, Tennessee,...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a car, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A Greyhound bus trip from Louisville, Kentucky, to Memphis, Tennessee,...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a truck, 1930s, Great Depression era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A Greyhound bus trip from Louisville, Kentucky, to Memphis, Tennessee,...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Kentucky, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A Greyhound bus trip from Louisville, Kentucky, to Memphis, Tennessee,...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A Greyhound bus trip from Louisville, Kentucky, to Memphis, Tennessee,...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Kentucky, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A Greyhound bus trip from Louisville, Kentucky, to Memphis, Tennessee,...

Public domain photograph of bus, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A Greyhound bus trip from Louisville, Kentucky, to Memphis, Tennessee,...

Public domain photograph of bus station, bus terminal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A Greyhound bus trip from Louisville, Kentucky, to Memphis, Tennessee,...

Public domain photograph of a crowd, event, meeting, demonstration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A Greyhound bus trip from Louisville, Kentucky, to Memphis, Tennessee,...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

2413-2415 Eddy Street (House), Louisville, Jefferson County, KY

Significance: 2413-2415 Eddy Street lies within the Russell National District that was listed in 1980. This structure is consistent in size and scale to other residential structures within the neighborhood and... More

Oxmoor, Shelbyville Pike, Louisville, Jefferson County, KY

Survey number: HABS KY-67 Public domain photograph of a house, residential property, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

1908 Magazine Street (House), Louisville, Jefferson County, KY

Significance: 1908 Magazine Street is significant within the context of the Russell National District which was listed in 1980. This structure is typical of shotgun houses that were built throughout this parti... More

Spring Bank Farm, 7506 Old Shepherdsville Road, Louisville, Jefferson ...

Significance: Spring Bank Farm is an extremely unusual and complete ensemble of pre-Civil War farm buildings. Executed in a vernacular style, they are typical of what was once found on many of the smaller Kent... More

1816 West Muhammad Ali Boulevard (House), Louisville, Jefferson County...

Significance: 1816 West Muhammed Ali Boulevard is significant within the context of the Russell National Register District which was listed in 1980. This structure is typical of camelback shotgun houses that w... More

Churchill Downs, 700 Central Avenue, Louisville, Jefferson County, KY

Survey number: HABS KY-210 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 78001348