Lexington rainbow mural, 1983 TAGS: Downtown | Downtown Lexington | Lexington rainbow mural | Main St | Main Street | Philip Gall & Son | The Webb Companies | webb brothers | Webb Properties | West Main Street | world coal center
December 22, 2024
Photos from the Lexington Herald-Leader archives updated daily
McAdams & Morford Drugs on Main Street, 1939 TAGS: Downtown | Downtown Lexington | Main St | Main Street | McAdams & Morford Building | melodeon hall | West Main Street
Kentucky fans welcome national champions home, 1948 TAGS: Alex Groza | basketball | Downtown | Downtown Lexington | Kentucky basketball | Main St | Main Street | ncaa champions | NCAA title | NCAA Tournament | UK basketball | Union Station | University of Kentucky basketball
Ben Ali Theater, 1964 TAGS: Ben Ali Theater | Ben Ali Theatre | Downtown | Downtown Lexington | Main St | Main Street | movie theater | movies
Last days of two-way traffic on Lexington’s Main Street, 1971 TAGS: Downtown | Downtown Lexington | Embry's | Main St | Main Street | Stewart's | Strand Theatre
Main Street, downtown Lexington, 1949 TAGS: Ben Snyder Department Store | Downtown | Downtown Lexington | First National Bank and Trust Co. | First National Building | Limestone St | Limestone Street | Main St | Main Street | Park Plaza | Phoenix Hotel | Phoenix Park
Downtown Lexington’s last department store, Wolf Wile, 1992 TAGS: Ben Snyder Department Store | Downtown | Downtown Lexington | East Main Street | Embry's | F.W. Woolworth | Hymson's | Main St | Main Street | Purcell's | Shopping | Stewart's | Wolf-Wile Department Store | Woolworth
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