Louisville in the 1920s: See what life was like a century ago

What was life in Louisville like a century ago?

During the 1920s in The Derby City , Louisvillians saw women gain the right to vote, the dawn of the Jazz Age and prohibition — the last seeming impossible today for Kentuckians with the Bourbon Trail.

Locally, Louisville saw new flapper styles at the Kentucky Derby, patients at Waverly Hills Tuberculosis Sanatorium as well as the opening of The Brown Hotel.

Take a trip back in time to the 1920s and see what The Courier Journal photographers captured.

Ray Padilla is a digital producer and Michael Clevenger is the photo editor for The Courier Journal.