Lafayette Studios photographs: 1920s decade

Descriptive Summary

Title
Lafayette Studios photographs: 1920s decade
Date
1926-1929 (inclusive)
Creator
Long, Robert J.
Extent
55 items
Subjects
Historic buildings--Kentucky--Lexington.
Lexington (Ky.)--History--Pictorial works.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged by Lafayette Studios-assigned invoice number, listed in the guide as the item number for each image. The numbers are in a rough chronological order. Multiple images in an invoice group are represented by the invoice number, followed by an alphabetical qualifier: a, b, c, etc. The numbers are not contiguous and the many gaps in the collection represent missing invoice/work orders. University of Kentucky Archives has no information on the content or fate of the missing invoice groups. Most invoice groups (represented as whole numbers) contain more than one image.
Finding Aid Author
Finding aid prepared by Processed by Richard Leigh, Jacob Broderick, Christian Trombetta and Jessica Powell under the supervision of Jason Flahardy; machine-readable finding aid created by Jason Flahardy and Digital Library Services staff
Preferred Citation
96PA101: [identification of item], Collection on Lafayette Studios, University of Kentucky Archives.
Repository
University of Kentucky

Collection Overview

Biography / History
Robert J. "Bob" Long and his wife, Ida Nelson Long, opened Lafayette Studios in 1923, operating it out of the New Johns Building at 108 Walnut Street (now Martin Luther King Boulevard) in Lexington, Kentucky. Bob and Ida Long already had a few years experience in still and moving image photography and Bob Long worked as a projectionist at the newly opened Kentucky Theatre on East Main Street. In 1925, they expanded their business and moved the studio space to 311 West Main Street. By the early 1930s, the Longs bought out their main competitor, Starman Studios. Around this time, Bob Long left his job at the Kentucky Theatre and focused on building Lafayette Studios into Lexington's most successful photographic studio. In the late 1930s, the Longs moved again, this time to the Starman Studio space, at 301 West Main Street. By 1941, they moved again, settling into 141-143 North Limestone; it was to be the studio's home until 1984. In 1959, the Longs sold Lafayette Studios to Chester Wainscott and Goy Goforth and retired. After 1962, Wainscott became the sole owner and operator until the studio closed in 1985 at its final location of 111 South Limestone.
Scope and Content
This finding aid lists the 1920s images produced by Lafayette Studios (55 items; dated 1940-1949). The Lafayette Studios photographs consists of 17,269 photographic negatives (52.0 cubic feet, 115 boxes) in the 8x10, 5x7, and 4x5 formats and both nitrate and acetate base materials are present. Scenes of commercial real estate in downtown Lexington predominate, but civil and social groups are represented, as well as photographic orders filled at the request of private individuals that cover a wide array of subject matter.

Restrictions on Access and Use

Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use.
Use Restrictions
All rights to the photographs, including but not restricted to legal title, copyrights and literary property rights, have been transferred to the University of Kentucky Archives. Photographs may be reproduced with permission from Audio-Visual Archives, University of Kentucky Libraries.

Contents of the Collection

1926

People standing near car, 1926

  • Item 7705
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1928

Combs Lumber Company; 439 E. Main (Certain-teed Quick-Drying Enamels), 1928-01-14

  • Item 2036
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Flood Views; Main Street ; Storefronts in background; Postal Telegraph-Cable Company, 205 East Main; Morris Shoe Repairing, 209 East Main; Johns Drug Company, 203 East Main, 1928-07-13

  • Item 2063
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Elmore Antique Shop; chandelier, 1928-10-11

  • Item 64
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St. Joseph's Hospital, 544 West Second (2nd) Street; exterior; one-story brick building; 544 West Second Street, 1928-11-26

  • Item 114
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Morton Junior High School, 120 Walnut Street; Coon's Restaurant (Hughes' Ice Cream Sign in foreground), 1928-12-15

  • Item 907
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Lawwill and Norwood Realtors building, 107 West Short , exterior; Cigars Spears Magazines Store; southeast corner of Main Street and Upper, 1928

  • Item 1788
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Maccabee's (Drill Team); Golden Anniversary Jubilee, 1928

  • Item 184a
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Maccabee's (Drill Team); Golden Anniversary Jubilee, 1928

  • Item 184b
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Henry Clay High School, 701 East Main; exterior (from Walton Avenue, looking East), 1928

  • Item 2103
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Style show (L.L. Roberts, Electrolux, Sears & Roebuck, Candioto Piano Company), 1928

  • Item 2219
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Bryan Station Spring; street scene [DAMAGED], 1928

  • Item 2241a
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Bryan Station Spring sign, 1928

  • Item 2241b
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Bryan Station Spring; street scene, 1928

  • Item 2241c
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1929

Good Samaritan Hospital, 310-330 South Limestone; exterior (Mary A. Ott Memorial), 1929-01-29

  • Item 739
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Kaufman's Clothing Company; exterior, storefront; 135 West Main Street, 1929-02-02

  • Item 534a
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Kaufman's Clothing Company; exterior, storefront; 135 West Main Street, 1929-02-02

  • Item 534b
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Louisville Herald-Post; Lexington Motor Police being presented with check, 1929-02-11

  • Item 538
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Lexington Laundry Company truck; in front of Morrison Hall, Transylvania University Campus, 1929-03-06

  • Item 571a
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Lexington Laundry Company car; in front of Morrison Hall, Transylvania University Campus, 1929-03-06

  • Item 571b
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Howard & Heafey, "Florists, Flowers for all Occasions" (Winchester Road beyond Loudon Avenue Road 4); exterior, greenhouses, 1929-04-20

  • Item 489
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Home Economics Classroom, 1929-04-25

  • Item 444
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Purcell, J.D. Company; exterior, window; 326, 327,328,329, 330 West Main Street; plaque reads: "Upon this site stood Lexington Fort, 1780; and later the market house in which convened the first Legislature of Kentucky, June 4, 1792.", 1929-05-08

  • Item 433
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Berryman, C.H.; mare and foal, 1929-05-11

  • Item 345a
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Berryman, C.H.; mare and foal, 1929-05-11

  • Item 345b
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Berryman, C.H.; mare and foal, 1929-05-11

  • Item 345c
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Mare and foal, 1929-05-11

  • Item 345d
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Mare and foal, 1929-05-11

  • Item 345e
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Mare and foal, 1929-05-11

  • Item 345f
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Consolidated Lines (Consolidated Coach Corporation) bus number 401, 1929-05-17

  • Item 431
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Central Fire Station, Lexington Fire Department; exterior, with truck, 1929-06-14

  • Item 368a
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Central Fire Station, Lexington Fire Department; exterior, with truck, 1929-06-14

  • Item 368b
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Fire Photos: scenes at Leet Brothers Furniture (Southern Bedding Company); fire scenes at barn, 1929-06-16

  • Item 382a
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Fire Photos: fire scenes at Leet Brothers Furniture Store; fire scenes at barn, 1929-06-16

  • Item 382b
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Fire Photos: fire scenes at Leet Brothers Furniture Store; fire scenes at barn, 1929-06-16

  • Item 382c
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Fire Photos: fire scenes at Leet Brothers Furniture Store; fire scenes at barn, 1929-06-16

  • Item 382d
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Fire Photos: fire scenes at Leet Brothers Furniture Store; fire scenes at barn, 1929-06-16

  • Item 382e
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Tafel Electric Company 564 West Main; Walker-Megown Company Hardware; 566, 567, 568 West Main Street; exterior of building, 1929-06-21

  • Item 406
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Dixie Antique Shop; marble, griffin legged table, 1929-08-10

  • Item 254a
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Dixie Antique Shop; marble, griffin legged table, 1929-08-10

  • Item 254b
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Dixie Antique Shop; marble, griffin legged table, 1929-08-10

  • Item 254c
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Dixie Antique Shop; marble, griffin legged table, 1929-08-10

  • Item 254d
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Kentucky Coach Company; fair tents, 1929-08-23

  • Item 264
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Texaco; Thompson Road, Old Frankfort Pike, 1929-09-07

  • Item 286
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Kentucky Club Ginger Ale truck parked in front of stores on the side of East Main; John G. Epping Bottling Works; Thorpe's Tailoring Department, Keith's Bar and Chop House; Question Mark Cafe, 133 East Main Street, 1929-09-28

  • Item 306
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Selman Department Store; exterior, 1929-10-10

  • Item 342a
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Selman Department Store; exterior, 1929-10-10

  • Item 342b
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Montgomery Ward; exterior, 230-232 East Main Street, 1929-10-16

  • Item 324
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Piggly Wiggly; interior, produce display, 1929-10-19

  • Item 333
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Fairbanks, Morse, & Company manufacturer; pump engine, 1929-10-28

  • Item 241a
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Fairbanks, Morse, & Company manufacturer; pump engine, 1929-10-28

  • Item 241b
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Montgomery Ward Company; exterior; 230-232 East Main, 1929-11-06

  • Item 627
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Boy Scouts; group photo, 1929-11-28

  • Item 214a
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Boy Scouts; group photo, 1929-11-28

  • Item 214b
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Denton Company; Santa Claus, 1929-11-29

  • Item 213
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