The Filson Historical Society Postcard Collection
Our postcard collection contains over 500 postcards depicting scenes from Louisville, Kentucky, and the Ohio Valley Region, and is contained within the photograph collection.
Central Park, Louisville, KY, ca. 1900
Our finding aids for postcards include:
PastPerfect, an in-house, keyword searchable
computer database which includes subject photographs, individuals,
family collections, institutional collections, business
collections, collections by a particular photographer, prints, and
films.
The General Subject File, a set of photocopy files arranged by subject. Access to the General Subject File is gained through files of photocopied photographs, postcards and prints divided into approximately 200 subject headings and subheadings. Some of the subjects included are agriculture, boats and steamboats, bridges, bridge construction, churches, floods, historic buildings, industry, individuals, Kentucky houses, Kentucky counties, mining, parks, politics, railroads, rivers, schools, sports, streetcars and interurbans, and street scenes. A guide to the photocopy files is available online and in the department.
The Filson Online Catalog: a selection of items from the photograph collection have been cataloged in the Filson online catalog.
If you have a research question pertaining to photographs or prints please contact Robin Wallace, Associate Curator of Special Collections or Mike Veach, Associate Curator of Special Collections.
For image reproductions, please consult our order guidelines.
Observation Point, Iroquois Park, Louisville, KY
We want to preserve your history!
If you have images that you would like to donate to The Filson, we want to hear from you. Please contact Special Collections Curator James Holmberg by email or at (502) 634-8846 for more information on how to donate to The Filson's collections.
