African Americans; Civil rights demonstrations; Race relations; Public relations; Discrimination in housing; Housing; African American legislators; Insurance agents; Women legislators; African American legislators; Kentucky--Politics and...
Oral history interview conducted with legislator Mae Street Kidd on October 10, November 11, and December 5, 1978 by Ken Chumbley. Ms. Kidd discusses her life, including her childhood growing up in Bourbon County. Kidd attended the Lincoln...
Agriculture; Buildings; Business & finance; Educational facilities; Religious facilities; Dwellings; Cities & towns; Historic sites; Military facilities; Monuments & memorials; Portraits; Sports; Transportation; Railroads; Newspapers
The Herald-Post digital collection contains 3815 images, including portraits of prominent Louisvillians and Kentuckians at work and at play, as well as scenes of business and industry; government; homes; places of worship; community organizations;...
African Americans; African Americans--Education; African Americans--Social conditions; African American social workers; African American educators; African American college teachers; Segregation in education; Civil rights leaders; Lincoln Institute...
Oral history interview with Eleanor Young Love, conducted on October 2, 1978 by Kenneth Chumbley. Dr. Love was a U of L professor and administrator, and sister of civil rights leader Whitney Young, Jr. Dr. Love discusses her parents, Laura and...
Bottling room, OFC Distillery, Frankfort, Kentucky. Two long tables face from front to back. At the table at left, women are seated at either side of a conveyor belt of bottles, with more bottles gathered at the conveyor belt's sides. The table at...
James Breathitt, Jr. of Hopkinsville, Kentucky standing inside a courtroom. Photograph has been damaged along the edges and discolored from age. Handwritten on back of image: Lieutenant Governor.
James Breathitt, Jr. of Hopkinsville, Kentucky, overseeing the Kentucky legislature. Handwritten on back of image: Lieutenant Governor Breathitt, 1st Day of Legislature. Stamped on back: (credit) Cusick Studio, Frankfort.
Albert B. "Happy" Chandler of Versailles, Kentucky, Governor of Kentucky from 1935-1939 (and again from 1955-1959), reading from a paper and holding a gavel. Photograph has been cut irregularly, the paper he is holding has been cut from...
Portraits; Group portraits; Men; Government officials
Albert B. "Happy" Chandler, Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky from 1931-1935 and Governor of Kentucky from 1935-1939 (and again from 1955-1959), seated at a desk with two unidentified men, with eleven men standing behind them. Photograph...
Portraits; Men; Government officials; Governors; Inaugurations
Albert B. "Happy" Chandler, Governor of Kentucky from 1935-1939 (and again from 1955-1959), with Ruby Laffoon (right) (Governor of Kentucky from 1931-1935) and Joe Burman (center) (Chandler's aide), possibly on the occasion of Chandler's...
Portraits; Crowds; Men; Women; Government officials; Governors; Inaugurations
Albert B. "Happy" Chandler, Governor of Kentucky from 1935-1939 (and again from 1955-1959), and wife, Mildred Watkins Chandler, making their way through a crowd of people, possibly on the occasion of Chandler's inauguration. Handwritten...
Portraits; Group portraits; Men; Women; Government officials; Governors; Inaugurations
Albert B. "Happy" Chandler and wife, Mildred Watkins Chandler, with Keen Johnson and wife, Eunice Nichols Johnson. They are all dressed in formal wear, among a group of people, probably on the occasion of Chandler's inauguration as...
Buildings; Military facilities; Armories; Fires; Kentucky. National Guard
Arsenal of the Kentucky National Guard in Frankfort, Kentucky, engulfed in flames as fire services try to put out the fire and spectators look on. The arsenal caught on fire during the night of June 30, 1933, after an explosion on the second floor....
Buildings; Military facilities; Armories; Fires; Kentucky. National Guard
Close-up of fire at Arsenal building of the (Frankfort) Kentucky National Guard. The arsenal caught on fire during the night of June 30, 1933, after an explosion on the second floor. A cluster of men spray a fire hose at the smoke coming from the...
Buildings; Military facilities; Armories; Fires; Kentucky. National Guard
Interior of Arsenal building of the (Frankfort) Kentucky National Guard destroyed by fire. The arsenal caught on fire during the night of June 30, 1933, after an explosion on the second floor. The building held the state's munitions. On back of...
Capitol building in Frankfort, Kentucky, a Beaux-Arts style building with columns and dome, and a statue, lawn, and two driveways in front. The photograph has been retouched along the dome and sky. Caption on back of image: "All of Kentucky's...
Capitol building in Frankfort, Kentucky, a Beaux-Arts style building with columns and dome, and a statue, lawn, and two driveways in front. A car drives away from the building at left. The photograph has been marked in white to be cropped, with...
Capitol building in Frankfort, Kentucky, a Beaux-Arts style building with columns and a dome, photographed from the left side from a bridge or walkway, behind some pine trees.
Governor's Mansion, in Frankfort, Kentucky, a two-story limestone Beaux-Arts building with a flat roof, columns, and wings, viewed from the front with an expanse of lawn in the foreground.
State dining room at the Governor's Mansion in Frankfort, Kentucky, featuring ornate wallpaper and designs on the ceiling, a table with two chairs and a floral centerpiece, a rug, and chairs against the wall.
Main entrance to the Governor's Mansion in Frankfort, Kentucky. An arched doorway flanked by patterned armchairs leads to two curved staircases and one central staircase heading down to French doors.
