Post Card Greetings
from Old Louisville
"Fourth Avenue,
Louisville KY"
Near 4th & Hill/Belgravia Ct.
1906, Detroit Publishing Co.
Card Mailed to Dayton, OH, June 1913
This row of mansions still stands on the east side of Fourth Street between Hill and Magnolia opposite the entrance to Belgravia Court. Fourth Avenue was then a main thoroughfare for trolley lines, as it is today for the city bus service. Trolley service in Louisville was discontinued shortly after World War II. A close look shows a trolley at the left edge of the picture.
The neighborhood's (as well as the city's) most famous trolley line was the "Toonerville Trolley" (the Brook Street Line) which was the basis of a comic strip by Fontaine Fox that ran in newspapers for decades in national syndication.
Enlargement (113 sec @ 56kbps)
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
|
Old
Louisville Guide Home Page
Home,
Newsletter,
News/Press Releases,
Old Louisville Business Directory,
History,
Historic
Pictures, Vintage Post Card Views,
Spring,
Autumn,
TerraServer Images,
Maps,
Calendar of Events,
Walking
Tours,
Architectural Styles,
Architect's
Corner, St James Court,
Belgravia
Court, St. James Art Show,
Museums,
Libraries,
Literature,
Churches,
Bed and
Breakfast Inns,
Restaurants-Taverns,
Recipes,
Visitors' Page,
Resources,
Old
Louisville Places, Our Lost Landmarks,
Old Louisville, the Way it Was,
Louisville
Links, Feedback
(there are now over 1300 web
pages on OldLouisville.com) |