A man's philosophy is his view of life. And every man who has lived his life – not merely spent it – has a philosophy. The convictions which go to make up this philosophy are rooted in the sub-soil of his experience. This sub-soil may contain...
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Gunboats; Carondolet (Gunboat); Vehicles
Stylized, dark sketch of the gunboat Carondelet in battle. A label inset at the bottom right corner says, "The 'Carondelet' running the Confederate batteries at Island Number 10 (April 4, 1862). After a sketch by Rear-Admiral Walke." The...
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Fort Henry, Battle of, Tenn., 1862; Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Armies
Sketch of the "Reembarkation of Grant's troops after the battle. From a drawing by Rear-Admiral Walke." Dark smoke and light clouds obscure the boats, but their stacks can be seen. The ships are near the left shore. The right shore is...
Eli H. Brown was born in Meade County, Kentucky, in 1841. He was educated at the academy of Hawesville, Kentucky, in Hancock County, He read law with George W. Williams and in 1862 joined the Hancock County bar. Brown was soon elected City Judge...
Landaff W. Andrews was born in Flemingsburg, Kentucky. In 1826, he graduated from Transylvania University and was admitted to Fleming County bar, where he served as county attorney from 1829 to 1839. He served in the Kentucky House of...
The exterior of Kehoe's Grocery. The long but narrow brick building has a canopy over the front door reading "Kehoe's Grocery." The entryway has a number of baskets and boxes by it as well as a stand holding brooms. One of the boxes...
Men; Suits (Clothing); Group portraits; Eating & drinking; People
Over twenty men pose for a shot at a dinner at The French Village in the basement of the Heyburn Building at 332 W. Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky. It is likely that the men are the employees of Anderson Manufacturing Company. Long tables are set...
Address: 1153 Logan Street, Louisville, KY 40204. Side of building features new painted sign for Smoketown USA. Older ghost sign advertises the Feed and Seed store that occupied the building beginning in 1862.
Portraits; Men; Military officers; Military uniforms
Photogravure portrait of Major General Ormsby MacKnight Mitchel wearing his military uniform. Stamped on front of image: Engraved by J.C. Buttre; Maj.-Gen. O.M. Mitchel. Handwritten on back: born in Union Co., Ky. (July 28, 1809 - October 10, 1862).
A group of young girls wearing hoop skirts, petticoats, and bonnets poses beneath a historical marker reading "Johnston Birthplace / Near here on February 3, 1803, General Albert Sidney Johnston, Confederate leader, was born. He resigned from...
A group of young girls wearing hoop skirts, petticoats, and bonnets poses beneath a historical marker reading "Johnston Birthplace / Near here on February 3, 1803, General Albert Sidney Johnston, Confederate leader, was born. He resigned from...
Henry Lane Stone was born in Bath County, Kentucky, near Sharpsburg, in 1842. After his father moved the family to Indiana, he attended the Indiana common schools and was also a student in an academy in Bainbridge, Indiana. After a period as a...
Thomas W. Bullitt was born at Oxmoor in Jefferson County, Kentucky, in 1838, a representative of one of Kentucky's oldest and most distinguished families. Raised on the family estate, he attended Centre College, graduating in 1858. He then went to...
Lawyers; Municipal officials; Legislators; Judges; Portraits
William Pollitt McClain was born in 1849 in Henderson, Kentucky. He attended Notre Dame College, graduating in 1869. He then attended the law department of the University of Virginia, graduating in 1872. After practicing law in Missouri, he...
Henry C. Burnett was born in the county of Essex, Virginia, in 1825. Shortly after his admission to the bar, he was in 1851 elected clerk of the Circuit Court of Trigg County, Kentucky. In 1853 he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives...
Richard T. Petree was born in Todd County, Kentucky, in 1822. He was educated at an academy in Elkhorn, Kentucky, and read law under F.M. Bristow. He was admitted to the bar in 1848 and became a leading member of the Hopkinsville, Kentucky, bar. He...
Franklin Wyatt Darby was born in 1837 in Caldwell County. He was educated in Cumberland College in Princeton, Kentucky, and read law under E.P. Caldwell. He was admitted to the bar in 1862. In 1866, he was elected county judge in Caldwell County....
Andrew T. Wood was born in Fleming County, Kentucky, in 1834. He received a good common-school education and in 1862, he enlisted in the Federal army, Company C, Tenth Kentucky Cavalry. He was mustered out in 1863 and moved to Mount Sterling,...
Laban Theodore Moore was born in Wayne County, Virginia. (now West Virginia), near Louisa, Kentucky, in 1829. He attended Marshall Academy in Virginia and graduated from Marietta College in Ohio. He attended the Transylvania Law College at...
English actor and producer John E. Kellerd was born May 14, 1862 and died June 18, 1929. He specialized in Shakespeare, and appeared in six productions at Macauley's Theatre from 1916 to 1918. In this three-quarter length character portrait, he...
