The Faroe Islands are a small archipelago in the North Atlantic. With a current population of approximately 49,000 individuals and evidence of high levels of genetic drift, the Faroese are thought to have remained highly homogeneous since their...
Federal legislation in 1992 entitled the Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Act reordered many of the previous methods employed in the detention of juvenile offenders. Among the reform measures required by the act, there was a mandate to...
Carolyn Apperson Leech of Louisville, Kentucky. She is wearing an evening gown with long gloves. The photograph is torn in a few places, creased and discolored from age. Stamped on back of image: June 6, 1930. Attached to back: Founder of...
Donald E. Baxter Research Center (Louisville, Ky.); Delia B. Baxter Biomedical Research Building (Louisville, Ky.); Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Research facilities;
Corner view of the Baxter Buildings, with the street and nearby parking lot in view. The Research Tower rises behind the Baxter Buildilngs. There are cars in the street and parking lot. Both Baxter Buildings were built with support from the ...
African Americans; African American physicians; African Americans--Hospitals; African Americans--Social conditions; African Americans--Education; Segregation in education; African Americans--Medical care; Hospitals; Medical education; Race...
Oral history interview with Louisville physician Maurice Rabb. Dr. Rabb discusses his early life and education in Mississippi. He speaks of his experiences as a student at Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, comparing race relations in his...
A woman in a cap, jacket, and riding boots pauses on a horse. She is likely Mary Breckinridge, founder of the Frontier Nursing Service. The horse wears a bridle and a saddle with a blanket. The scene is set in a stream with woods and a building in...
A woman in a cap, jacket and riding boots pauses on a horse. She is likely Mary Breckinridge, founder of the Frontier Nursing Service. The horse wears a bridle and a saddle with a blanket. The scene is set at the edge of a woods near a stream. A...
Dwellings; Mansions; Stone buildings; Men; Children; Girls; Hunting trophies
Romanesque Revival residence of Daniel Lawson Moore (founder of D. L. Moore Distillery and state senator): a stone building with a crenellated tower; dormers; and a front porch with arched pillars and, above, a balcony rail. On the porch, which...
Mary Breckinridge of Wendover, Kentucky, founder and director of Frontier Nursing Service, dressed in military garb, sitting on a horse. Stamped on back: November 11, 1935.
Portrait of Mary Breckinridge of Wendover, Kentucky, founder and director of Frontier Nursing Service wearing a hat and fur-trimmed coat. Photograph has been painted on to crop her image. Handwritten on back of image: Lexington.
Portrait of Mary Breckinridge of Wendover, Kentucky, founder and director of Frontier Nursing Service. She is older in this picture, wearing her hair very short and a corsage pinned to her blouse. Handwritten on back of image: Frontier Nursing...
Painted portrait of attorney, editor, writer, civic leader, and honorary Kentucky colonel Reuben Thomas Durrett of Louisville, Kentucky. The plaque beneath the portrait reads: In memory of Reuben Thomas Durrett, Founder of The Filson Club,...
Portrait of Dr. J. Gordon Hawkins wearing wire-framed glasses, a jacket and silk tie. The photograph has some discolorations. Handwritten on back of image: Dr. J. Gordon Hawkins, International Chiropractors Research Founder.
Portrait of Carolyn Apperson Leech of Louisville, Kentucky. She is wearing a shawl of gauze material and clasping her hands on her lap. The photograph is marred with discolorations. Handwritten on back of image: Miss Carolyn Leech, Louisville,...
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Men; Business people
Portrait of William A. MacLean of Louisville, Kentucky, wearing his silver hair combed to the side. The photograph has been marred with discolorations. Handwritten on back of image: President and founder Wood-Mosaic Company. Stamped on back:...
Portrait of Dr. Leon L. Solomon of Louisville, Kentucky, wearing his hair wavy and parted down the middle. The background of the photograph has been painted on, as have small accented details. Stamped on bottom, front of image: Hesse, Louisville...
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Men; Business people
Portrait of Lewis Tingley of Louisville, Kentucky, founder of Louisville Resthaven Park & Cemetery, wearing a printed tie. The photograph is damaged around the edges and discolored from age. Stamped on back of image: credit, Griswold Studio...
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Men; Business people
Portrait of Charles C. Mengel, Sr. of Louisville, Kentucky, wearing a Windsor knotted tie and sack suit. The portrait is marked with discolorations from age. Signed on bottom, front of image: C.C. Mengel Jr., 1897-98-99. Handwritten on back:...
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Men; Business people
Portrait of James R. Duffin of Louisville, Kentucky, wearing his silver hair combed to the side, a suit and pencil tie. He has signed the bottom, front of the image. Stamped on back: September 26, 1923. Handwritten on back: James R. Duffin,...
A photograph of a daguerrotype of John and Martha Howard, parents of James Howard, founder of Howard Shipyard. The Howards immigrated from England in 1819.
