Vintage
Post Card Greetings
from Louisville
"City Hall Annex and
City Hall, Louisville, Ky."
Post card mailed in May 1924
This is the view from Jefferson Street looking northeast. The Greco-Roman annex building, along with the Greek revival courthouse in the distance frame the Renaissance Italianate French Empire City Hall. And who said Victorians didn't have a sense of humor! The red brick corner of the (Romanesque) firehouse can be seen on the left of the picture.
An interesting, though sad message on the back of this postcard:
Dear Mother and Sister,
How is sweety today. drop you a few lines to let you know
Beauty is dead. she died some time through the night. I
think she had Pneumonia. she was suffering all day. we
done every wath to do for her
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Vintage Postcard Views of Louisville
Old Louisville
Second Street
Third Avenue
Fourth Avenue
St James Court
Central Park
The Confederate Monument
Churches
Hotels
Schools
The 1937 FloodLouisville (the rest of the city)
Churchill Downs and the Kentucky Derby
The Old Court House
City Hall
East to West along Broadway
The Seelbach Hotel
Railroad Stations
Churches
Without extended descriptions:
Fourth Street
The Armory
Hotels
The Old Post Office and Customs House
City Parks
Cemeteries
Miscellaneous
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