Bledsoe, Albert Taylor, 1809-1877; Slavery--Southern States--Justification; Southern States--Intellectual life--19th century; Secession--Southern States
This thesis explores the life and career of Albert Taylor Bledsoe, a conservative Whig intellectual and proslavery theorist. It seeks to understand an apparent contradiction in Bledsoe's public comments regarding slavery and secession. Bledsoe...
Buildings; Banks; Liberty Insurance Bank (Louisville, Ky.)
Address: 207-209 W. Market Street. The interior of Liberty Bank had waist-high white marble counters. A row of benches and writing tables runs between two rows of enclosed teller counters. At the far end of the room is a gated vault with the words...
Streets; Buildings; Stores & shops; Department stores
4th Street at Liberty looking west. A policeman standing in the intersection of 4th Street and Liberty Street. The Kaufman Strauss building is to the south. Crowds of people are on the sidewalks in front of stores and other buildings.
Address: Corner of East Liberty Street and Lexington Road, Louisville, Kentucky, 40204. The sign can only be seen from the hill in Irish Hill Park across East Liberty Street.
Buildings; Banks; Liberty Insurance Bank (Louisville, Ky.)
Address: 207-209 W. Market Street. The interior of Liberty Bank had waist-high white marble counters. A row of benches and writing tables runs between two rows of enclosed teller counters. At the far end of the room is a gated vault with an ornate...
Buildings; Banks; Liberty Insurance Bank (Louisville, Ky.)
Address: 207-209 W. Market Street. This view of the Liberty Bank shows the teller counters, marble floors, tables and benches, and the buildings front doors. The ceiling is ornately decorated and has two rows of chandeliers. There appear to be...
Southwest corner of 4th Street and Liberty Street. F.W. Woolworth Company. A long row of window displays beneath the awning and sign at the corner of 4th and Liberty Street.
Statue of Liberty. A few people can be seen near the base of the statue. Information on the statue is printed on the image, such as "right arm, length 42 ft.," "12 persons can stand in torch." Postmarked 1953 on verso.
Liberty Bell. The crack faces the viewer. Text printed on verso reads, "This famous relic was first cast in London 1752. It bore the motto: 'Proclaim Liberty throughout the land unto all the inhabitants thereof.' It was afterward recast in...
Jefferson County Jail (Louisville, Ky.); Automobiles; Street railroad tracks; Buildings; Detention facilities; Jails
Address: 540 W. Liberty, Louisville, Kentucky. At the corner of Armory Place and Liberty Street is the Jefferson County Jail. The stone and brick building includes a raised basement plus three stories topped by two hexagonal towers with lightning...
Transportation; Street railroads; Streets; Automobiles; Stores & shops
The invoice for this photograph indicates it was taken at 4:40 P.M. A number of cars and trolleys drive down Liberty Street in Louisville, Kentucky. Businesses line the street including Gibson-Winer Insurance, Liebschutz Book Store, and Woolworth's.
A streetcar drives past buildings on Fourth Street at Liberty Street, Louisville, Kentucky. The streetcar bears the number 1083 and the designation "Park 3rd." The front of the bus has ads for Crab Orchard Kentucky Straight Bourbon...
Location: Fourth Street and Liberty Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A number of pedestrians cross Liberty Street in front of Woolworth's. The street scene shows many people walking and cars driving along or parked on Fourth Street. Many of the people...
Baptist churches; Churches; Education; Universities & colleges; Men; Liberty Female College
The Baptist Church of Glasgow, Kentucky, a brick church with a pointed turret and arched windows, is seen in the foreground; a man in a suit stands in front along one of the weathered picket fences encircling parts of the yard, which also contains...
Rear of a two-story brick building at 719 West Liberty Street. Lumber and a casting of a sewage pipe elbow are in the yard. Part of a sign reading ""Roxy Cigars"" is painted on the building.
Northwest corner of 4th Street and Liberty Street. A multi-story stone building with Bon Ton on the ground level. A policeman stands in the intersection.
