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106-108 W Walnut, 1951
106-108 W. Walnut Street (now Muhammad Ali Blvd.), 1951. The J. Graham Brown School now occupies those lots. -
1215 Hess Lane, n.d.
Behind Battery E of the 6th Regiment Field Artillery Replacement stands the former home of Herman Kurz, a Louisville grocer. You can see the house on Hess Lane today. -
13th and Madison, 1946
13th and Madison Streets, 1946. Light industry, apartments, and a small city park now occupy that intersection. -
20th Army Air Force and the 40th Bomb Group photograph, ca. 1944
A large lecture hall is filled with men, shown from the rear looking forward. On the wall are large insignias of the 20th Army Air Force and the 40th Bomb Group. Verso reads, "Breifing [sic] Room - 40th Bomb Gp. Before a mission - 40th Group insignia at right 20th AAF at right [sic]. 33 crews ready to go. Projection machine in front - projects weather map on screen." -
3001 Greenup Road, 1917
Dr. James C. Mitchell leased and then sold his home and property for the Camp, but its distinctive frame remains in the neighborhood behind George Rogers Clark Park. -
3760 Illinois Avenue, 1917
Supposedly the home of early Jefferson County settler Elizabeth Prather, the Ben Boerste house is across Illinois Avenue from the Louisville Nature Center’s parking lot. -
3823 Glenside Place and 1700 Marwood Drive, 1917
Brothers William and Joseph Crawford owned adjoining farms off Poplar Level Road before World War I, and both had to make way for the camp. Today their farmhouses sit streets apart in a residential area between Poplar Level and Illinois Avenue. -
4211 Poplar Level Road, 1917
Purchased by the US Government from Katherine Dahl, this home housed Camp Commander Major General Harry Hale. Today it is for sale. -
734 Dixie Highway, 1951
View from the rear window of 734 Dixie Highway, site of former LFC. -
734 Dixie Hwy View out front window, 1951
View from the front window of 734 Dixie Highway (formerly South 18th Street) south of Broadway looking east, 1951. As late as the early 1950s the area was a viable neighborhood of residences, businesses, and organizations. Within a few years the entire area was razed to make way for the Philip Morris industrial complex. Since closed and itself razed, the area today is a vacant lot awaiting new development. -
7th St between Broadway and Magazine, 1951
The site of the former Louisville Female College, 1951. This view looking south provides a good view of the antebellum date row houses that would also soon be demolished. The Gene Snyder U. S. Courthouse and Custom House (the U. S. Post Office, Court House, and Custom House in the 1950s) can be glimpsed in the distance. This property is now surface parking for the federal courthouse and Romano Mazzoli Federal Building. -
8th and liberty looking southeast, 1946
8th and Liberty Streets looking southeast, 1946. The Metropolitan Sewer District building is there today. -
940 French Avenue, 1917
W. S. Bodley sold this home and property for the Camp; in 1921, some of the property was repurchased by Rogers Clark Ballard Thruston and given to the city of Louisville as George Rogers Clark Park. This house remained in the residential area. -
A building facade photograph, 13 April 1946
A building facade showing heavy damage, identified as a building from the Santo Tomas Internment Camp. Front reads, "Sto Tomas W. C." Verso reads, "4/13/46" and "Where American Prisoners were Kept in Phillynne." -
A line of men and boys photograph, ca. 1930-1940
A line of men and boys photographed throwing rotten vegetables from the top of a building. Verso reads, "Here's where the garbage came from." -
Aerial view canals in Japan photograph, ca. 1945
Aerial view of a coastal area of Japan with B-29 aircraft flying overhead. Verso reads, "34 Japan Canals." -
Aerial view of 313th Wing Headquarters Tinian photograph, ca. 1945
Aerial view of a military base surrounded by open fields, and wooded areas. Verso reads, "313th Wing Headquarters Tinian." -
Aerial view of city in Japan photograph, ca. 1945
Aerial view of a city, probably Tokyo, Japan. -
Aerial view of Tinian Island photograph, ca. 1945
Aerial view of fields, roads, and buildings with the wing of a United States military aircraft seen at right. Front reads, "Tinian" and verso reads, "Tinian as seen on the approach to the field - from left scanners position." -
Aerial view of Tokyo photograph, 31 August 1945
Aerial view showing a river, and urban center. Front reads, "Tokyo" and "A non-burned out section". Verso reads, "One of the few sections not completely burned. This was taken 31 Aug 45."