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Sayre School, 1976
The Sayre School’s campus in downtown Lexington, May 10, 1976. The private school was founded in 1854 and serves students from preschool through 12th grade. It was a girls-only institution until 1876....
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Last days of two-way traffic on Lexington’s Main Street, 1971
In preparation for downtown Lexington’s Main Street going one-way in June 1971, new traffic lights were installed and lane markings were being removed in front of Stewart’s Dry Goods store in June,...
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Lexington city hall, 1978
The Lexington city hall building on what was then called Walnut Street at Barr Street, Sept. 28, 1978. Today, Walnut is North Martin Luther King Boulevard. Originally a neo-classical building, it went...
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Ben Ali Theater, 1964
The Ben Ali Theater in June 1964, after it was announced that the downtown Lexington landmark was sold for $200,000 and would be torn down to make way for a parking lot. The razing of the 50-year-old...
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Veterans Day parade, 1956
The American Legion color guard passed the reviewing stand on Main Street, across from the courthouse, during the Veterans Day Parade in Lexington on Nov. 12, 1956. An estimated 5,000 people withstood...
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Christmas shoppers at Woolworth’s, 1949
Christmas shoppers in front of the F.W. Woolworth store in downtown Lexington in December 1949. Click on the image for a closer look. The popular five-and-dime store opened Sept. 9, 1948, at 106-122...
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Woolworth announces closing, 1989
The exterior of the F.W. Woolworth Co., Nov. 3, 1989, after it was announced that the five-and-dime store at 106 West Main Street would close its doors after 88 years in downtown Lexington. Woolworth,...
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Downtown Lexington, 1975
Aerial photo of downtown Lexington in January 1975. The Fayette County Courthouse can be seen in the middle of the image, with Main Street on the right side and Short Street on the left. In the lower...
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Truck crashes into deSha’s, 1986
An empty 18-wheel horse van struck the rear of a car on Broadway as it approached Main Street and careened out of control onto the sidewalk of Victorian Square and into the wall of deSha’s restaurant,...
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Ben Snyder’s Easter advertisement, 1968
Full-page advertisement in the April 12, 1968 Lexington Herald for an Easter sale at the Ben Snyder department store. At this time Lexington had two Snyder’s locations; one downtown and the other at...
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Kentucky fans welcome national champions home, 1948
A crowd of 15,000 fans greeted the University of Kentucky’s 1948 NCAA national championship team, April 2, 1948 outside Lexington’s Union Station on Main Street after their arrival from New York. It...
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Downtown Lexington, 1944
Downtown view of Lexington, looking west down East Main Street, circa 1944. Click on the image for a closer look. On the left is the landmark Phoenix Hotel, which was demolished in 1981 and 1982 by...
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McAdams & Morford Drugs on Main Street, 1939
Looking west down Lexington’s Main Street at Upper Street, 1939. The building at the corner is the McAdams & Morford Building. The drug store occupied the corner space from 1898-1994. The...
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Lexington rainbow mural, 1983
The Lexington rainbow mural was about all that remained of the former Philip Gall & Son sporting goods building at 230 West Main St. in downtown Lexington, as workmen took down the last wall on...
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Veterans Day parade, 1956
The American Legion color guard passed the reviewing stand on Main Street, across from the courthouse, during the Veterans Day Parade in Lexington on Nov. 12, 1956. An estimated 5,000 people withstood...
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Christmas shoppers at Woolworth’s, 1949
Christmas shoppers in front of the F.W. Woolworth store in downtown Lexington in December 1949. Click on the image for a closer look. The popular five-and-dime store opened Sept. 9, 1948, at 106-122...
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Woolworth announces closing, 1989
The exterior of the F.W. Woolworth Co., Nov. 3, 1989, after it was announced that the five-and-dime store at 106 West Main Street would close its doors after 88 years in downtown Lexington. Woolworth,...
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Downtown Lexington, 1975
Aerial photo of downtown Lexington in January 1975. The Fayette County Courthouse can be seen in the middle of the image, with Main Street on the right side and Short Street on the left. In the lower...
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Truck crashes into deSha’s, 1986
An empty 18-wheel horse van struck the rear of a car on Broadway as it approached Main Street and careened out of control onto the sidewalk of Victorian Square and into the wall of deSha’s restaurant,...
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Ben Snyder’s Easter advertisement, 1968
Full-page advertisement in the April 12, 1968 Lexington Herald for an Easter sale at the Ben Snyder department store. At this time Lexington had two Snyder’s locations; one downtown and the other at...
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