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.
- 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
1928
Combs Lumber Company; 439 E. Main (Certain-teed Quick-Drying Enamels), 1928-01-14
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
Elmore Antique Shop; chandelier, 1928-10-11
St. Joseph's Hospital, 544 West Second (2nd) Street; exterior; one-story brick building; 544 West Second Street, 1928-11-26
Morton Junior High School, 120 Walnut Street; Coon's Restaurant (Hughes' Ice Cream Sign in foreground), 1928-12-15
Lawwill and Norwood Realtors building, 107 West Short , exterior; Cigars Spears Magazines Store; southeast corner of Main Street and Upper, 1928
Maccabee's (Drill Team); Golden Anniversary Jubilee, 1928
Maccabee's (Drill Team); Golden Anniversary Jubilee, 1928
Henry Clay High School, 701 East Main; exterior (from Walton Avenue, looking East), 1928
Style show (L.L. Roberts, Electrolux, Sears & Roebuck, Candioto Piano Company), 1928
Bryan Station Spring; street scene [DAMAGED], 1928
Bryan Station Spring sign, 1928
Bryan Station Spring; street scene, 1928
1929
Good Samaritan Hospital, 310-330 South Limestone; exterior (Mary A. Ott Memorial), 1929-01-29
Kaufman's Clothing Company; exterior, storefront; 135 West Main Street, 1929-02-02
Kaufman's Clothing Company; exterior, storefront; 135 West Main Street, 1929-02-02
Louisville Herald-Post; Lexington Motor Police being presented with check, 1929-02-11
Lexington Laundry Company truck; in front of Morrison Hall, Transylvania University Campus, 1929-03-06
Lexington Laundry Company car; in front of Morrison Hall, Transylvania University Campus, 1929-03-06
Howard & Heafey, "Florists, Flowers for all Occasions" (Winchester Road beyond Loudon Avenue Road 4); exterior, greenhouses, 1929-04-20
Home Economics Classroom, 1929-04-25
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
Berryman, C.H.; mare and foal, 1929-05-11
Berryman, C.H.; mare and foal, 1929-05-11
Berryman, C.H.; mare and foal, 1929-05-11
Mare and foal, 1929-05-11
Mare and foal, 1929-05-11
Mare and foal, 1929-05-11
Consolidated Lines (Consolidated Coach Corporation) bus number 401, 1929-05-17
Central Fire Station, Lexington Fire Department; exterior, with truck, 1929-06-14
Central Fire Station, Lexington Fire Department; exterior, with truck, 1929-06-14
Fire Photos: scenes at Leet Brothers Furniture (Southern Bedding Company); fire scenes at barn, 1929-06-16
Fire Photos: fire scenes at Leet Brothers Furniture Store; fire scenes at barn, 1929-06-16
Fire Photos: fire scenes at Leet Brothers Furniture Store; fire scenes at barn, 1929-06-16
Fire Photos: fire scenes at Leet Brothers Furniture Store; fire scenes at barn, 1929-06-16
Fire Photos: fire scenes at Leet Brothers Furniture Store; fire scenes at barn, 1929-06-16
Tafel Electric Company 564 West Main; Walker-Megown Company Hardware; 566, 567, 568 West Main Street; exterior of building, 1929-06-21
Dixie Antique Shop; marble, griffin legged table, 1929-08-10
Dixie Antique Shop; marble, griffin legged table, 1929-08-10
Dixie Antique Shop; marble, griffin legged table, 1929-08-10
Dixie Antique Shop; marble, griffin legged table, 1929-08-10
Kentucky Coach Company; fair tents, 1929-08-23
Texaco; Thompson Road, Old Frankfort Pike, 1929-09-07
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
Selman Department Store; exterior, 1929-10-10
Selman Department Store; exterior, 1929-10-10
Montgomery Ward; exterior, 230-232 East Main Street, 1929-10-16
Piggly Wiggly; interior, produce display, 1929-10-19
Fairbanks, Morse, & Company manufacturer; pump engine, 1929-10-28
Fairbanks, Morse, & Company manufacturer; pump engine, 1929-10-28
Montgomery Ward Company; exterior; 230-232 East Main, 1929-11-06
Boy Scouts; group photo, 1929-11-28
Boy Scouts; group photo, 1929-11-28
Denton Company; Santa Claus, 1929-11-29
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