Alexander Craig Culbertson and wife, Bess Haldeman Culbertson of Louisville, Kentucky, walking arm-in-arm. Alexander Craig Culbertson and his brother, William S. Culbertson, were the inspiration of Annie Fellows Johnston's characters Malcolm and...
Alexander Craig Culbertson and wife, Bess Haldeman Culbertson of Louisville, Kentucky, standing together on a ship, dressed formally. Alexander Craig Culbertson and his brother, William S. Culbertson, were the inspiration of Annie Fellows...
African Americans; African American singers; African American musicians; Jazz; Jazz singers; Women jazz musicians
Oral history interview with Helen Humes, a jazz singer from Louisville, conducted on June 12, 1979 by Mary Bobo, for the University of Louisville Archives and Records Center. In this interview, Ms. Humes discusses her career, including her start in...
Jean Thomas' sister, Trixy Lydia Ross Bell, and two other women identified as "Bess" and "Sade" pose outside a two-story frame house that belonged to Thomas' father or grandfather, Dr. "Doc" Bell. The house is located...
A little blonde girl, wearing a white dress and bonnet, sits outdoors on a stool situated on a brick walkway. She resembles the child identified in other photos as Bess. Title supplied by cataloger.
Louisville City Hospital school of nursing 1915 - Student nurses, class of 1915, at Louisville City Hospital school of nursing, which later became Louisville General Hospital. Four rows of female students sitting on the steps in front of a...
Streets; Buildings; Stores & shops; Hotels; Restaurants; Street railroads
Southeast corner of main Street and 4th Street looking south. Multi-story brick buildings on either side of 4th Street, including Clarence L. Bess Restaurant and a hotel. Streetcar tracks run down both streets.