Links to sites with historical info and many old photos
Some sites may now be inactive
Louisville Storefronts and Saloons Album circa 1912
https://digital.library.louisville.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/storefronts/
Eerie Indiana (and Kentucky). Click "read more" at each section - http://eerie-indiana.blogspot.com/
Waverly Hills Sanatorium - http://whsmemorial.tripod.com/
History of Louisville Dept. Stores - http://pastperfectvintage.com/louisvillestores.htm
Martin F. Schmidt Photographs of Louisville, 1956-1966. From the U of L Library
573 color photos of buildings in downtown Louisville. - http://digital.library.louisville.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/schmidt
Butchertown, Skyscraper City blog - http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=412265
Portland, Skyscraper City blog - http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=199738
Belgravia & Fountain Courts - http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=305870
Lesser Courts - http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=307448
Diane Deaton Street Albums, many of Louisville - https://www.flickr.com/photos/deatonstreet/sets/
Diane Deaton Street Website - Collection - Diane Deaton Street's Portfolio
Triumph at the Falls - The Louisville and Portland Canal - http://www.lrl.usace.army.mil/Portals/64/docs/Ops/Navigation/TriumphAtTheFalls.pdf Opens in a PDF file
St. Joseph Orphanage, 1,200 photos - https://www.flickr.com/photos/41062648@N07/page1/
William Alden's 1,000 plus photos of the Ohio River - https://www.flickr.com/photos/bill_alden/sets/
Photographs from 1935 to 1945 by the United States Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information. - Photogrammar
Many old photos and much history of St Matthews - http://ringbrothershistory.com/alsprojects/Waggener/waggener.htm
Louisville Metro Archives and Record Center Facebook page with many old photos.
https://www.facebook.com/Louisville-Metro-Archives-Records-Center-1395014207405661/photos
Central State Hospital at Lakeland - https://kyhi.org/2019/02/16/csh-martin-rollins-gallery/
and https://kyhi.org/2017/12/19/john-perkins-album/
Lowes Theatre - 51 images - www.loc.gov/resource/hhh.ky0016.photos?st=gallery
At Google Books you can browse all 1,860 issues of Life Magazines between November 1936 and December 1972. http://books.google.com/books?id=R1cEAAAAMBAJ&source=gbs_all_issues_r&cad=1&atm_aiy=1935#all_issues_anchor
One particular Facebook page has many albums of old photos. These were compiled by James Daniel Lynch. Here are links to some of his albums.
https://digital.library.louisville.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/storefronts/
Eerie Indiana (and Kentucky). Click "read more" at each section - http://eerie-indiana.blogspot.com/
Waverly Hills Sanatorium - http://whsmemorial.tripod.com/
History of Louisville Dept. Stores - http://pastperfectvintage.com/louisvillestores.htm
Martin F. Schmidt Photographs of Louisville, 1956-1966. From the U of L Library
573 color photos of buildings in downtown Louisville. - http://digital.library.louisville.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/schmidt
Butchertown, Skyscraper City blog - http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=412265
Portland, Skyscraper City blog - http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=199738
Belgravia & Fountain Courts - http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=305870
Lesser Courts - http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=307448
Diane Deaton Street Albums, many of Louisville - https://www.flickr.com/photos/deatonstreet/sets/
Diane Deaton Street Website - Collection - Diane Deaton Street's Portfolio
Triumph at the Falls - The Louisville and Portland Canal - http://www.lrl.usace.army.mil/Portals/64/docs/Ops/Navigation/TriumphAtTheFalls.pdf Opens in a PDF file
St. Joseph Orphanage, 1,200 photos - https://www.flickr.com/photos/41062648@N07/page1/
William Alden's 1,000 plus photos of the Ohio River - https://www.flickr.com/photos/bill_alden/sets/
Photographs from 1935 to 1945 by the United States Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information. - Photogrammar
Many old photos and much history of St Matthews - http://ringbrothershistory.com/alsprojects/Waggener/waggener.htm
Louisville Metro Archives and Record Center Facebook page with many old photos.
https://www.facebook.com/Louisville-Metro-Archives-Records-Center-1395014207405661/photos
Central State Hospital at Lakeland - https://kyhi.org/2019/02/16/csh-martin-rollins-gallery/
and https://kyhi.org/2017/12/19/john-perkins-album/
Lowes Theatre - 51 images - www.loc.gov/resource/hhh.ky0016.photos?st=gallery
At Google Books you can browse all 1,860 issues of Life Magazines between November 1936 and December 1972. http://books.google.com/books?id=R1cEAAAAMBAJ&source=gbs_all_issues_r&cad=1&atm_aiy=1935#all_issues_anchor
One particular Facebook page has many albums of old photos. These were compiled by James Daniel Lynch. Here are links to some of his albums.
This 15 minute video has very high resolution still shots of Louisville in 1906. Go to full screen and HD
- Old Scenes of Louisville, Kentucky 1906
- Old Scenes of Louisville, Kentucky 1906
The Courier-Journal published a book in 1990 with photos and historical information for around 50 neighborhoods in the Louisville area. The text (no pictures) of this publication is now made available on the internet in PDF format by louisville.edu. The neighborhoods are not listed alphabetically as in the book so you will have to scroll to find particular areas or use the left section of your PDF reader to scroll through the section headings.
a_place_in_time_-_courier-journals_history_of_neighborhoods.pdf | |
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This book from the Internet Archive has many old photos and historical information. Picturesque New Albany 1923
1937 Flood Diary by Marion Groh - From the Internet Archive.