Historic Photos of Louisville

by James C. Anderson (Text by)

Overview

Founded in 1778 by George Rogers Clark at the falls of the Ohio River, the city of Louisville emerged quickly as a center for river commerce. Through the Civil War, the early twentieth century, two world wars, and into the modern era, Louisville has continued to shine as a great American city steeped in history.

Historic Photos of Louisville captures the journey of Kentucky’s largest city through hundreds of historic photographs culled from the finest archives in local, national, and private collections. Handsomely bound in one volume and showcased in vivid black-and-white are images of the best-known and many lesser-known landmarks and key moments from the city’s past.

Join writer James Anderson in this nostalgic look back at penny farthings and the Dixie Flyer automobile, mule-drawn trolleys and the L&N Railroad, bourbon whiskey, the Louisville Slugger, the Flood of 1937, the Sennings European Hotel, the grand Rialto Theater, and of course Churchill Downs, among a potpourri of other fascinating subjects.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781618586506
Publisher:	Turner Publishing Company
Publication date:	09/01/2006
Series:	Historic Photos
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	220
File size:	53 MB
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About the Author

James C. "Andy" Anderson has been a Louisville resident since 1948 and received a B.A. degree from the University of Louisville in 1967. After working as a clerk in the Parkland and Highland branches of the Louisville Free Public Library, he moved to Lexington, Kentucky, and received a Master's Degree in Library Science from the University of Kentucky in 1970.

He was later hired as an assistant to the curator of the Photographic Archives at the University of Louisville, and was appointed head curator in 1973. He now holds the rank of Professor in the University Libraries faculty, and manages a collection of over 1.5 million photographs. He has written two other books and has been a frequent lecturer and consultant on the maintenance and care of photographic collections.

Andy is married, having met his wife on a bicycle tour of Louisville in 1976. They have one grown son, two shetland sheepdogs, and a cat.