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Early History as a Billiard Hall <br />Photo 2, Louisville Historical Museum E -B N -19 <br />The records at the Louisville Historical Museum for Photo 2 state that it shows the <br />interior of this building at 817 Main when it was a billiard hall. This was stated to be in <br />"1907 or 1908." Mike Wisek, who would later work as a movie projectionist for the Isis <br />and Rex Theatres, is stated to be pictured in this photo. Verification that this photo in fact <br />shows the building at 817 Main was not located. <br />The 1908 Sanborn fire insurance map for Louisville reveals a billiard hall in the correct <br />location to be this building. It shows as a rectangular building situated right on the street. <br />Unfortunately, the identification of the lot numbers is not accurate on the 1908 Sanborn <br />map (and is inconsistent with the 1893 and 1900 Sanborn maps and with current property <br />descriptions and County records) and should not be relied on for this part of Main Street <br />in terms of the accuracy of the legal description. <br />