Looking at old family photos, or vintage photos in general can be extremely entertaining. The offer us a glimpse into a different era, when life was both more simple, and more complicated at the same time. The wardrobe, automobiles, careers and daily life were all extremely different from the way we now live.
Here are 10 unique photos from the 1800s and 1900s in Kentucky:
- An ice cream and burger parlor in the early 1900s on 44 and Broadway in Louisville.
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- The 1936 Ohio river flood in Louisville
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- A Sunday school class at a KY Church in 1943.
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- The Grace Memorial Episcopal Church in Newport Kentucky via 1911
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- The L&E Railroad ran from Winchester to Jackson in the 1800 and 1900s.
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- Main Street in Perryville during the 1800s.
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- The Rialto Theatre under construction of 1920.
Scotty Moore
- This is an image of the Cherokee people in Scuffletown and Henderson Kentucky. Wiki
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- Victorian era in Louisville
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- A flood in Lexington during 1928.
Peter Brackney
Personally, I think photographs from the 1800s and 1900s are incredibly interesting. We can take a look at things we’d otherwise never be able to experience. Most of the people born during those centuries have left this world to walk the spirit path. However, their memories live on via the images we find from their era.
Royal photo
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Ansel Adams Wiki
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Bob Smith
Perryville Archives
Scotty Moore
Peter Brackney
Anyone who’d like to share some old photos from that time in history, please feel free to post them in comments.
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