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from Old Louisville
(Vintage Postcards from Old Louisville)
The Confederate Monument
The monument at Third and Brandeis was erected in 1895 by the Kentucky Women's Confederate Monument Association to honor the rank and file of Confederate soldiers who died during the Civil War. The monument cost $12,000, a handsome sum for the time.
The granite was supplied by the Muldoon Monument Company of Louisville. The three bronze figures of an artilleryman (right side) cavalryman (left side) and infantryman (standing at the top were sculpted in Munich by Ferdinand von Miller the Younger.
The monument nearly didn't survive to our time, and it is threatened even now. Public opposition prevented its removal as a traffic hazard in the 1920s and 1940s, though the original 48-foot diameter circle was reduced in size, and the lighting removed in the 1950s. More recently, in the 1990s, many calls for its removal have come as the monument is "politically incorrect" for our times. Ornamental trees have been planted near the base of the monument to somewhat obscure its message.
"Louisville, Confederate Monument"
Postcard mailed in 1906
"Confederate Monument,
Third Avenue
Louisville, Ky"
Postcards mailed 1910 & 1912
"Confederate Monument,
Louisville, KY"
Postcard mailed 1902
Earliest view of the Monument
Five similar views, but each indeed different!
"Confederate Monument,
Louisville, Ky"
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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