History of the Parkland Neighborhood

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Large crowd of customers inside the J. Bacon & Sons department store

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A schedule of the events for the 1978 Italian Heritage Weekend

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Map of the Belvedere for the 1979 International Heritage Weekend

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Jack Guthrie, Roanne Victor, and Dell Courtney describe the impact of the Heritage Weekends in an interview with Susan Foley of the Main Street Association

A Short clip from the longer oral history interview of Ida Maney Nash and Meme Sweets Runyon in which Nash discusses the role of the Junior League's Stairways building and other buildings on W. Main as an anchor to the revitalization of Main Street.

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View of the Humana Building looking East on Main Street. The E.D. Morton and Company building is visible to the right of Humana.

Using Edward's and Skaggs' Pdocast for UofL's Digital History class, this soundbite exemplifies the importance of Humana to the revitalization of Main Street.

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This picture shows hanging Louisville Slugger Bats hanging from a long wooden bat. The three people posing are representatives of the company and are showing off the finished product of the bats in 1921. At this point in 1921.

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Bud Hillerich (John Andrew Hillerich) sitting at desk with flowers, papers, and a baseball on his desk.
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