Amish--Books and reading; Amish--Ohio--Social life and customs; Literacy--Ohio
Following in the tradition of scholars who treat literacy in context such as Deborah Brandt, Shirley Brice Heath, and David Barton and Mary Hamilton, I conducted my dissertation research not in an academic classroom but in the valleys of Hanley, a...
Electronic commerce--Corrupt practices--Prevention; Internet advertising--Corrupt practices; Internet fraud
Online search advertising is currently the greatest source of revenue for many Internet giants such as Google™, Yahoo!™, and Bing™. The increased number of specialized websites and modern profiling techniques have all contributed to an...
City & town life; Street railroad tracks; Carriages & coaches; Horses; Theaters; Stores & shops; People; Transportation; Buildings
Address: 438 S. Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. This skyline view of Fourth Street looks down at Byck's Shoes, Avenue Theatre, Kentucky Engraving Company and other businesses. Many of the businesses have signs or canopies above the sidewalk....
City & town life; Street railroads; People; City & town halls; City Hall (Louisville, Ky.); Clocks & watches; Buildings; Transportation
Address: 400 block of W. Jefferson Street, Louisville, Kentucky. This view of Jefferson Street captures trolley cars, businesses, the Court House and City Hall. In the foreground on the left are businesses including a stationery store, Laub Bros....
An aerial photograph shows the exhibit area of the Merchants & Manufacturing building at the 1921 Kentucky State Fair. The room is draped with flags of the United States and red, white, and blue bunting. Men, women, and children explore the...
Uptown Theatre and surrounding businesses, 1500 block of Bardstown Road (at the corner of Bardstown Road and Eastern Parkway), Louisville, Kentucky; marquee advertises 1929 film "Where East is East." Other businesses on the block include...
Theaters; Motion picture theaters; Cultural facilities; Buildings; Drugstores; ; Delicatessens
Uptown Theatre and surrounding businesses, 1500 block of Bardstown Road (at the corner of Bardstown Road and Eastern Parkway), Louisville, Kentucky; marquee advertises 1929 film "Where East is East." Other businesses on the block include ...
City & town life; Buildings; Stores & shops; People
View of a city block with rows of shops and businesses. Some of the signs read "Van's Men's Shop," "Readmore Card Shop," "Burdorf Rugs Furniture," and "The Cake Shop." Pedestrians are on the sidewalk. A few...
African Americans; African American business enterprises; African American Business people; Drugstores; Pharmacists; African American pharmacists; Urban renewal; Service stations; Standard Oil Company; Civil rights
Oral history interview with Frank Moorman, Sr., conducted on August 17, 1978 by Kenneth Chumbley. Mr. Moorman was a businessman in Louisville's Walnut Street area. Mr. Moorman discusses his parents and grandparents, and his early life in Owensboro,...
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...
City & town life; Canopies; Stores & shops; Automobiles; Street railroad tracks; Bicycles & tricycles; Transportation
Address: 240-244 W. Jefferson Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A man in a suit and white hat holds a "STOP" sign in the middle of the intersection at Third and Jefferson Streets in Louisville, Kentucky. The busy intersection includes...
Rialto Theatre (Louisville, Ky.); Theaters; Cultural facilities; Street railroad tracks; Cobblestone streets; Buildings; Motion picture theaters
Address: 616 S. Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A cobblestone road with trolley tracks runs in front of the Rialto Theatre. The entryway to the theater includes an inset, multi-story area with a ticket booth and decorative tile flooring. The...
Office buildings; Banks; Street railroad tracks; Transportation; Buildings
Address: 431 W. Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Trolley lines cross the street in front of the Keller Building. The first floor of the building is labeled "National Bank of Commerce" and windows of upper stories advertise brokers,...
Address: 528 W. Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Several trucks are parked in front of a row of businesses, including C. C. Bickel Co., The Phil. Hollenbach Co., and Jno. J. Schulten & Co. Above the entry to the C. C. Bickel Co. is a sign...
City & town life; Sculpture; Automobiles; Office buildings; Buildings; Transportation
Address: 500 block of W. Jefferson Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Rows of black automobiles and a statue of Thomas Jefferson can be seen from the South-facing steps of the Courthouse. Jefferson's figure is posed atop a bell-shaped pedestal adorned...
Streets; City & town life; Automobiles; Stores & shops; Horses; Carriages & coaches; Buildings; Transportation
A median separates two brick streets in a business district of Jeffersonville, Indiana. At the end of the median is a long low building with a rounded roof where a number of horse-and-carriage rigs are parked. More carriages and cars are parked...
City & town life; Streets; Banks; Automobiles; Buildings; Historic buildings; Stores & shops
Address: 208 S. Fifth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. At the intersection of Fifth and Market Streets in downtown stands the Louisville Trust Building. Oversized arches mark the entries and are repeated several stories above with smaller arched...
Address: 903 W. Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A cobblestone street with trolley tracks runs in front of a building with a sign declaring it, "9th St. Public Warehouse." Other signs indicate a number of businesses using the building,...
Address: 2400 block of Bardstown Road. Vehicles park along the muddy edge of Bardstown Road. Utility lines trace along either side of the street. A row of businesses is separated from the paved street by a dirt expanse of several feet. The business...
Industry; Sand; Bridges; Transportation; Rivers; Waterfronts; Big Four Bridge
Address: 129-133 River Road, Louisville, Kentucky. Sand is heaped in piles at the Ohio River Sand Company along the Ohio River, next to the buildings for Pittsburgh Fuel Company. Rows of railroad cars are parked next to the businesses. Three boats...
