A Greyhound bus trip from Louisville, Kentucky, to Memphis, Tennessee,...
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A Greyhound bus trip from Louisville, Kentucky, to Memphis, Tennessee,...
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A Greyhound bus trip from Louisville, Kentucky, to Memphis, Tennessee,...
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A Greyhound bus trip from Louisville, Kentucky, to Memphis, Tennessee,...
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A Greyhound bus trip from Louisville, Kentucky, to Memphis, Tennessee,...
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A Greyhound bus trip from Louisville, Kentucky, to Memphis, Tennessee,...
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A Greyhound bus trip from Louisville, Kentucky, to Memphis, Tennessee,...
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A Greyhound bus trip from Louisville, Kentucky, to Memphis, Tennessee,...
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A Greyhound bus trip from Louisville, Kentucky, to Memphis, Tennessee,...
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A Greyhound bus trip from Louisville, Kentucky, to Memphis, Tennessee,...
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A Greyhound bus trip from Louisville, Kentucky, to Memphis, Tennessee,...
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A Greyhound bus trip from Louisville, Kentucky, to Memphis, Tennessee,...
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A Greyhound bus trip from Louisville, Kentucky, to Memphis, Tennessee,...
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A Greyhound bus trip from Louisville, Kentucky, to Memphis, Tennessee,...
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Rosa Parks receiving NAACP Spingarn medal from Judge Damon Keith, Loui...
Photograph shows a profile of Rosa Parks just after Judge Damon Keith places the medal around her neck. Forms part of: Visual Materials from the Rosa Parks Papers (Library of Congress).
Melanie Unruh offers the ingredients for grits, a food made from corn ...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-5). Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the ... More
Captain Adam Gebert of Co. F, 31st Iowa Infantry Regiment in uniform C...
Photograph shows identified soldier. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:144) Purchased from: The Historical Shop, Metairie, Louisiana, October 2015. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil... More
The Levee, Lousiville, Ky - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Videodisc images are out of sequence; actual left to right order is 1A-05852, 05851. Date based on Detroit, Catalogue P (1906). "G 3608" and "G 3607" on negatives. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 010997. Gift; State... More
Cave Hill Cemetery, Salve-Bullett Mausoleum, Cave Hill Cemetery, Louis...
Significance: This mausoleum is one of the four mausolea in Cave Hill Cemetery executed in the High Victorian Gothic style. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-36 Survey number: HABS... More
Taxation without representation one-sixth (353,702) of the population ...
Page Order: Leaflet Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 23, Folder 24.
Taxation without representation one-sixth (353,702) of the population ...
Page Order: Leaflet Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 23, Folder 24.
631 South Nineteenth Street (House), Louisville, Jefferson County, KY
Significance: 631 Nineteenth Street is significant within the context of the Russell National Register District which was listed in 1980. This structure is typical of commercial buildings that were built throu... More
614 South Seventeenth Street (House), Louisville, Jefferson County, KY
Significance: 614 South Seventeenth 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 o... More
633 South Eighteenth Street (Apartment), Louisville, Jefferson County,...
Survey number: HABS KY-245 Building/structure dates: 1967 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 80001617
Rossmore Apartment House, 664 South Fourth Avenue, Louisville, Jeffers...
Significance: The Rossmore Apartment House was Louisville's first modern apartment building. The structure shows clear evidence of the influence of the Chicago School Style of the late nineteenth century, of w... 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
Kuntz Shotgun House, 1401 East Washington Street, Louisville, Jefferso...
Significance: This is a typical "shotgun" house, having three rooms back-to-back perpendicular to the street, with a fourth over the rear third room, forming a "camelback" configuration. According to legend, i... More
608 South Eighteenth Street (House), Louisville, Jefferson County, KY
Significance: 608 South Eighteenth 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 thi... More
Churchill Downs, 700 Central Avenue, Louisville, Jefferson County, KY
Survey number: HABS KY-210 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 78001348
Churchill Downs, 700 Central Avenue, Louisville, Jefferson County, KY
Survey number: HABS KY-210 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 78001348
Cave Hill Cemetery, Rustic Shelter House, Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisvil...
Significance: The design of the structure was based on Cottage Orne, a rustic cottage popularized in France by Richard Mique during Marie Antoinette's time. It was used as a favorite picnic spot during pre-Civ... More
James Russell Lowell Elementary School, 4501 Crittenden Drive, Louisvi...
Significance: The James Russell Lowell Elementary School is architecturally significant as an excellent example of both the vernacular, institutional architecture of the period (1916) and of the Art Deco style ... More
James Russell Lowell Elementary School, 4501 Crittenden Drive, Louisvi...
Significance: The James Russell Lowell Elementary School is architecturally significant as an excellent example of both the vernacular, institutional architecture of the period (1916) and of the Art Deco style ... More
James Russell Lowell Elementary School, 4501 Crittenden Drive, Louisvi...
Significance: The James Russell Lowell Elementary School is architecturally significant as an excellent example of both the vernacular, institutional architecture of the period (1916) and of the Art Deco style ... More
James Russell Lowell Elementary School, 4501 Crittenden Drive, Louisvi...
Significance: The James Russell Lowell Elementary School is architecturally significant as an excellent example of both the vernacular, institutional architecture of the period (1916) and of the Art Deco style ... More
James Russell Lowell Elementary School, 4501 Crittenden Drive, Louisvi...
Significance: The James Russell Lowell Elementary School is architecturally significant as an excellent example of both the vernacular, institutional architecture of the period (1916) and of the Art Deco style ... More
Kentucky Theater (Commercial Building), 649-651 South Fourth Street, L...
Significance: The Kentucky Theater demonstrates a rich interest in surface textures, combining patterned glazed-brick with classical, terra cotta ornament on the facade. It is one of the finest of the older mo... More
Cave Hill National Cemetery, 701 Baxter Avenue, Louisville, Jefferson ...
For additional documentation please view HABS No. KY-142 (Cave Hill Cemetery) Survey number: HALS KY-8 Building/structure dates: 1861 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1863 Subsequent Work Natio... More
Cave Hill National Cemetery, 701 Baxter Avenue, Louisville, Jefferson ...
For additional documentation please view HABS No. KY-142 (Cave Hill Cemetery) Survey number: HALS KY-8 Building/structure dates: 1861 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1863 Subsequent Work Natio... More
Cave Hill National Cemetery, 701 Baxter Avenue, Louisville, Jefferson ...
For additional documentation please view HABS No. KY-142 (Cave Hill Cemetery) Survey number: HALS KY-8 Building/structure dates: 1861 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1863 Subsequent Work Natio... More
Louisville & Nashville Railroad, Union Station, 1000 West Broadway, Lo...
Significance: Located at the confluence of major east, west, north, and south rail lines, Union Station is one of the largest and finest examples of late Richardsonian Romanesque architecture in Kentucky. Surv... More
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
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
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
1830 West Muhammad Ali Boulevard (House), Louisville, Jefferson County...
Significance: 1830 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
510-512 South Eighteenth Street (Apartment), Louisville, Jefferson Cou...
Significance: 510-512 South 18th Street is significant within the context of the Russell National Register District which was listed in 1980. This structure is typical of Federal style houses that were built t... More
1815 Magazine Street (Rear Cottage), Louisville, Jefferson County, KY
Significance: 1815 Magazine Street 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 throughout t... More
A Greyhound bus trip from Louisville, Kentucky, to Memphis, Tennessee,...
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Republic Building, 427 West Muhammed Ali Boulevard, Louisville, Jeffer...
Significance: The Republic Building is one of the early office buildings designed by the Louisville architectural firm of Joseph and Joseph. The building is eclectic in design showing the strong influence of t... More
Republic Building, 427 West Muhammed Ali Boulevard, Louisville, Jeffer...
Significance: The Republic Building is one of the early office buildings designed by the Louisville architectural firm of Joseph and Joseph. The building is eclectic in design showing the strong influence of t... 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
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
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
Phoenix Cafeteria, 644-646 South Fourth Avenue, Louisville, Jefferson ...
Significance: This structure is typical of a number of small-scale commercial buildings constructed in downtown Louisville in the early 20th century that are sheathed in architectural faience. The upper story ... More
Louisville Medical College, 101 West Chestnut Street, Louisville, Jeff...
Significance: The Louisville Medical College is one of the largest and finest Richardsonian Romanesque buildings in Louisville. It stands as testimony to a time when Louisville was second only to New York City... More
Louisville Medical College, 101 West Chestnut Street, Louisville, Jeff...
Significance: The Louisville Medical College is one of the largest and finest Richardsonian Romanesque buildings in Louisville. It stands as testimony to a time when Louisville was second only to New York City... More
Louisville Medical College, 101 West Chestnut Street, Louisville, Jeff...
Significance: The Louisville Medical College is one of the largest and finest Richardsonian Romanesque buildings in Louisville. It stands as testimony to a time when Louisville was second only to New York City... More
1909 West Madison Street (House), Louisville, Jefferson County, KY
Significance: 1909 West Madison Street 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 throughout thi... More
Atherton Building, 466 River City Mall, Louisville, Jefferson County, ...
Significance: The Atherton Building, sheathed in glazed enamel brick with terra cotta ornament, was a fine example of an early twentieth century office building. The last intact commercial building in Louisvil... More
Atherton Building, 466 River City Mall, Louisville, Jefferson County, ...
Significance: The Atherton Building, sheathed in glazed enamel brick with terra cotta ornament, was a fine example of an early twentieth century office building. The last intact commercial building in Louisvil... More
Atherton Building, 466 River City Mall, Louisville, Jefferson County, ...
Significance: The Atherton Building, sheathed in glazed enamel brick with terra cotta ornament, was a fine example of an early twentieth century office building. The last intact commercial building in Louisvil... More
A dream caused by the perusal of Mrs. H. Beecher Stowe's popular work ...
An imaginative and biting satire on Harriet Beecher Stowe and her recently published antislavery novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin." Printed serially beginning in June 1851, the novel first appeared in book form in 1852... More
Phoenix Hill Historic District, 916 East Madison Street (House), Louis...
Significance: Working-class dwelling in shotgun style. // 1870. Italianate. Brick. Shotgun - approx. 15' x 60', one story. Wood, overdoor with brackets and double-hung window on facade. Sides of structure ... More
The great cyclone, tornado and fire at Louisville, Kentucky
V16346 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Kurz & Allison.
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
Phoenix Hill Historic District, 828 East Madison Street (House), Louis...
Significance: Early domestic working class architecture. // c. 1860. Vernacular Greek Revival. Brick. 25' x 37'. Stone lintels - simple six-over-six lights, double-hung windows. Stucco over portions of the ... More
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
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
[Farmer Vaughn, 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.
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
Ambrose R. Wright House, 702 Green Street, Louisville, Jefferson Count...
Significance: The Ambrose R. Wright House was built pre-1860 by himself as his personal home for his family and him. It is one of the earlier buildings in Lousiville, and in an area determined eligible for a hi... More
Phoenix Hill Historic District, 730 East Madison Street (House), Louis...
Significance: Italianate shotgun - typical working-class dwelling of period. // c. 1875. Italianate. Brick. 20' x 70'. Panel front door and stone lintels. Typical door with two long windows on the facade. ... More
Slave Market, Public Square, Louisville, Jefferson County, GA
Significance: This old Slave Market was erected in 1758, at what was then the junction of the Georgetown and Savannah Trails. Here there was an Indian trading post, and this crossroads was a meeting place of sl... 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
Southern Heights-Beechmont District Landscapes, Louisville, Jefferson ...
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Southern Heights-Beechmont District Landscapes, Louisville, Jefferson ...
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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
1921 Derby, Churchill Downs, Louisville, Ky.
J248417 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Caufield & Shook; May 27, 1921. Three insets at top of image are titled, from left to right: "The parade to the post", "The finish" and "First time past grandstand".
Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, 109 East Broadway, Louis...
Significance: The masterpiece of William J. Dodd, Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary is an excellent example of Collegiate Gothic architecture. Its present adaptive usage is a fitting complement to i... More
Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, 109 East Broadway, Louis...
Significance: The masterpiece of William J. Dodd, Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary is an excellent example of Collegiate Gothic architecture. Its present adaptive usage is a fitting complement to i... More
Phoenix Hill Historic District, 918 East Madison Street (House), Louis...
Significance: Working-class dwelling in shotgun style. // 1880. Vernacular. Brick. Shotgun - approx. 15. x 70', one-story. Door of facade shortened and altered - picture window has replaced original c. 1950... 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
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
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
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
Louisville Water Company Pumping Stations, Zorn Avenue & River Road, L...
Significance: Theodore R. Scowden, chief engineer for the Louisville Water Company, designed Pumping Station No. 1 in the Classical Revival style in 1856. The complex included an engine room and boiler house i... More
Louisville Water Company Pumping Stations, Zorn Avenue & River Road, L...
Significance: Theodore R. Scowden, chief engineer for the Louisville Water Company, designed Pumping Station No. 1 in the Classical Revival style in 1856. The complex included an engine room and boiler house i... More
Louisville Water Company Pumping Stations, Zorn Avenue & River Road, L...
Significance: Theodore R. Scowden, chief engineer for the Louisville Water Company, designed Pumping Station No. 1 in the Classical Revival style in 1856. The complex included an engine room and boiler house i... More
Louisville Water Company Pumping Stations, Zorn Avenue & River Road, L...
Significance: Theodore R. Scowden, chief engineer for the Louisville Water Company, designed Pumping Station No. 1 in the Classical Revival style in 1856. The complex included an engine room and boiler house i... 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
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