Lexington, KENTUCKY - Main Street - 1938 - old cars, trolley tracks

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Lexington, KENTUCKY - Main Street - 1938: Lexington, consolidated with Fayette County, is the second-largest city in Kentucky and the 61st largest in the United States. Known as the "Horse Capital of the World", it is located on the Kentucky River in the heart of the state's Bluegrass region. With a mayor-alderman form of government, it is one of two cities in Kentucky designated by the state as first-class; the other is the state's largest city of Louisville. In the 2014 U.S. Census Estimate, the city's population was 310,797. The town was chartered on May 6, 1782, by an act of the Virginia General Assembly. The First African Baptist Church was founded c. 1790 by Peter Durrett, a Baptist preacher and slave held by Joseph Craig. Durrett helped guide "The Traveling Church", a group migration of several hundred pioneers led by the preacher Lewis Craig and Captain William Ellis from Orange County, Virginia to Kentucky in 1781. It is the oldest black Baptist congregation in Kentucky and the third oldest in the United States. By 1820, Lexington was one of the largest and wealthiest towns west of the Allegheny Mountains. This Linen Era postcard, published in 1938, is in good condition. Genuine Curteich-Chicago "CT Art Colortone" No. 8A-H2924. Ferguson News Co., Lexington KY.