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 students of the University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, 1940.
Sewerage; Sewers; Buildings; Streets; Public utility companies; Public utilities--Kentucky--Louisville
The Metropolitan Sewer District (MSD) Collection records the construction of sewer lines, drainage work, and floodwall protection projects throughout Louisville in the early twentieth century through the beginning of World War II. While the scope...
The gate to photographer Kate Matthews' family home, Clovercroft, stands open along the path next to Ashwood Avenue in Pewee Valley, Kentucky. Handwritten on verso in Kate Matthews' handwriting: "'Clovercroft Gateway' =Photo. 1940=",...
Graph documenting flood levels of Louisville floods in January 1937, February 1884, March-April 1913, February 1883, January 1907, January 1913, and March-April 1933. Hydrograph of seven major floods of Ohio River at Louisville, Ky. May, 1940....
Distilling industry; Industrial facilities; Stills (Distilleries); Whiskey; Barrels; Men
General Distillers Corporation, located at 1726 Mellwood Avenue in Louisville, Kentucky; worker stands over a barrel of bourbon whiskey, gauging it, as others watch. Stamped on bottom of barrel: "General Distillers Corporation of Kentucky, No....
Looking down Seventh Street at dead-end construction in Old Louisville neighborhood, Louisville, Kentucky, 1940. Cohen's Store: Ladies Ready-To-Wear on left, cars parked on either side of street. Handwritten on back of print: "1400 block S....
Yellow Cab Co. panel truck with rear doors open to expose the interior. License plate, fastened above rear doors, bears date of 1940. Title supplied by cataloger.
Men in suits sit on both sides of two long tables. Caption: Louisville and Southern Indiana Gabriel Meeting Hotel Tyler - Louisville, KY - Feb 1, 1940. Signs for Gabriel are hung from the back wall. One sign on an easel reads "Gabriel the...
Men; Women; Dining tables; Parties; Young Men's Hebrew Association (Louisville, Ky.)
Men and women sit at round and rectangular tables in a large banquet room. Caption: Y.M.H.A. Golden Anniversary Dinner - Kentucky Hotel - March 3, 1940. Address: Kentucky Hotel, southeast corner 5th Street and Walnut Street (now Muhammad Ali...
Caption: Juniper Annual Game Dinner March 29, 1940. Group of men sit on either side of dining tables for a banquet. The men wear suits. For Pendennis Club.
African Americans; African Americans--Education; Boy Scouts of America; Elderly poor; Floods--Ohio River; Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; National Council of Senior Citizens; Senior House; Senior centers; Scouting (Youth activity); Urban elderly;...
Oral history interviews conducted with Mr. Steward Pickett on May 23, June 4, and June 25, 1979 by Mary Bobo. Mr. Pickett, a retired assistant Boy Scout executive and board member of Senior House, talks about his family, growing up on an...
Tugboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
MONTGOMERY, a propeller towboat with steel hull (140 ft. x 24 ft. x 8 ft.), was built at Howard in 1920. Owned by Federal Barge Line, MONTGOMERY operated on the Warrior and Tombigbee Rivers in Alabama initially and later on the Illinois River. Her...
E.A. WOODRUFF, on the Ohio River, passing Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. E.A. WOODRUFF, a side wheel snagboat with an iron hull (226 ft. x 48 ft. x 7.6 ft.) built in Covington, Kentucky, was completed in Pittsburgh...
Ferries; Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
EMILY, a stern-wheel ferry with wood hull (89 ft. x 32 ft. x 3 ft.), was built at Howard in 1891 and initially operated in the Kenova, West Virginia area. She was sold and renamed DIXIE BEE LINE (Way #1570) before burning at Henderson, Kentucky on...
Jean Thomas, wearing a coat and tam and clutching her 'Gold Coast' briefcase from Africa, stands outside by the gate of the brick fence at her 'Wee House in the Wood' property in Ashland, Kentucky. The briefcase had been a gift from former employer...
Jack Foy, wearing a plaid shirt, suspenders, and hat, and holding a guitar, and Jean Thomas, wearing her linsey-woolsey dress (derived from those worn in early England), look at a copy of her 1940 publication, "The Sun Shines Bright,"...
Jean Thomas, wearing her linsey-woolsey dress (derived from those worn in early England), stands on the porch of her Traipsin' Woman Cabin on the Mayo Trail near Ashland, Kentucky. She holds a copy of her 1940 publication, "The Sun Shines...
Jean Thomas, wearing her linsey-woolsey dress (derived from those worn in early England), stands on the porch of her Traipsin' Woman Cabin on the Mayo Trail near Ashland, Kentucky. She holds a copy of her 1940 publication, "The Sun Shines...
Jean Thomas holds and examines a sculpture of an oarsman. She is standing outside her 'Wee House in the Wood' in Ashland, Kentucky, wearing a polka dot dress and pearls. On her arm is an African briefcase with an inlaid pattern. The briefcase had...
