Children and war; World War, 1939-1945--Kentucky--Louisville; World War, 1939-1945--Indiana--Madison; Girls--Indiana--Madison; Girls--Kentucky--Louisville
This thesis presents the view of World War II, a watershed event in U.S. history, through the lenses of a group that is not normally called upon, that of young children. The war was viewed by and affected young girls differently than others....
School yearbooks; Schools; Students; University of Louisville--Students; Alumni & alumnae; University of Louisville--Alumni and Alumnae; Student organizations; Universities & colleges; Medical students; Law students; Dental students;...
Yearbook published by the senior class of the University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, 1929.
Madison (Ind.)-Milton (Ky.) Bridge across the Ohio River, dedicated December 20, 1929. On back of image: AP Photo Chicago Bureau. Associated Press story on back of image: "The new Madison-Milton, Ky. Highway bridge which was dedicated at...
Aerial view of race track at Churchill Downs, Louisville, Kentucky, 1929. Behind the track are diagonal residential blocks. In front of the track, both perpendicular and diagonal, are a number of similar long, low buildings with peak roofs. The...
View of track and infield from grandstand at Churchill Downs, Louisville, Kentucky, 1929. The stands are filled mostly with men in suits and hats, fading to black shadow near the back. On the track, horses with riders are walking in the sunlight....
Churchill Downs spectators in the grandstand and photographers at the track, Louisville, Kentucky, 1929. The grandstand is filled, and a large crowd also gathers in front of it, on the dirt behind the track's fence. This crowd includes men and some...
View from the press box at Churchill Downs, Louisville, Kentucky, 1929. Crowd watching race in progress, on the final stretch. In the infield, there are small clumps of bushes variously spaced. Behind the track are some buildings, one with a...
View from the infield at Churchill Downs, Louisville, Kentucky, 1929. A man in uniform sits behind a row of bushes on a horse in the infield, watching a race in progress on the track along with two other men also behind the bushes. Behind the...
Spectators at Churchill Downs, Louisville, Kentucky, 1929. A crowd of mostly men wear suits mills around shoulder to shoulder in a space between outdoor buildings and spilling underneath the pillars of some of the buildings. The 1929 Kentucky Derby...
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
LORETTA HOWARD, a stern-wheel towboat with steel hull (145 ft. x 30 ft. x 4.9 ft.), was built at Howard in 1929. Owned by Captain Jim Howard, LORETTA HOWARD operated on the Ohio River. She was launched by President Herbert Hoover on October 23,...
1929 Kentucky Derby winner Clyde Van Dusen, in Winner's Circle draped with garland of roses, Churchill Downs, Louisville, Kentucky. Owner - (of horse) H.P. Gardner, Trainer - Clyde Van Dusen, Jockey - Linus McAfee. A group of men, including two...
Students; Schools; Group portraits; Religious facilities; Buildings; People
Address: 3136 W. Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky. Students dressed in white uniforms stand on the front steps of Holy Cross Church. The girls wear ribbons in their hair and the boys where dark bow ties. A man in the back is holding the United States...
Several people pose behind a table with a white tablecloth. The people wear paper or cloth hats with shiny bands. One man holds a menorah, another has an accordion, another a bottle of wine, and one woman holds a noise-maker. Another bottle of...
Two men in suits and hats shake hands as a crowd watches. Between the two men is a ribbon. This is the opening ceremony for the Municipal Bridge in October 1929. The bridge was renamed the George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge in 1949. The bridge...
A crowd of people fill the Municipal Bridge during its opening in October 1929. The bridge was later renamed the George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge. The bridge spans the Ohio River from Second and Main Streets in Louisville, Kentucky, to Illinois...
Address: Fourth Avenue and Guthrie Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Crowds teem in downtown Louisville during the American Legion Convention of 1929. Flags of the United States line the street as people in civilian clothes and military uniforms roam...
Streets; Stores & shops; Crowds; Banks; American Legion; Signs (Notices)
Address: Fourth Avenue and Guthrie Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Crowds teem in downtown Louisville during the American Legion Convention of 1929. Flags of the United States line the street as people in civilian clothes and military uniforms roam...
Cars park along the brick road on one side of the Brown & Williamson Company plant. Railroad tracks abut the building on another side. This tobacco product manufacturing plant near Hill and Sixteenth Streets in Louisville, Kentucky, opened in...
Madison (Ind.)-Milton (Ky.) Bridge across the Ohio River, dedicated December 20, 1929. The river banks are covered in a light snow. Typed note on back of image: "Enclosed is a photograph of the new Madison-Milton bridge with Milton and the...
Portrait of Reverend Jackson G. Akin of Louisville, Kentucky, wearing a jacket and tie. Handwritten on back of image: (credit) Scottow Studios (Louisville); Reverend at Broadway Methodist. Stamped on back: January 2, 1929.
