Lock of the Louisville and Portland Canal, on the Ohio River, looking north (upstream) to Shippingport Island. The lower lock gate and two stone buildings are in the foreground. The upper lock gate and an access bridge to Shippingport Island is in...
In front of a wooded bank, the Kentucky River flows over a dam. At the front of the photograph is a cross section of a lock's chamber, containing the lock gear including the paddles and winding gear. A man stands at the top of a ladder on the...
Lock of the Louisville and Portland Canal looking towards the Kentucky and Indiana Terminal Bridge down the Ohio River. The Canal later became the McAlpine Dam and Locks.
Wide canal between two rows of brick buildings. In front of the buildings on the left is a wooden dock. A boat is tied under an elevated building. A bridge is in the background. Title: 1669. Weigh Lock Junction Oswego & Erie Canal Syracuse,...
Transportation; Rivers; Paddleboats; Louisville and Portland Canal (Ky.)
The paddleboat Ida-Mae out of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, moves down the Louisville and Portland Canal. A small sign on the shore indicates "U.S. Lock 41." A man walks along the fence line on the opposite part of the canal near a stone...
Horses in starting gate at Latonia Race Track in Covington, Kentucky. A man helps lock eleven horses into the starting gate. The jockeys are young, not in silks, and do not wear helmets although some wear caps. "BAHR" is printed above the...
Waterways; Canals; Louisville and Portland Canal (Ky.); Shipping
Barges at lower part of Portland Canal Locks, Dam 41, Louisville, Kentucky. Bridge in the distance. Bottom right of the photo is marked "Lock--Louisville." Caption on back of image: "Lower part of locks -- Dam 41, Louisville Ky....
Waterways; Canals; Louisville and Portland Canal (Ky.); Shipping
Portland Canal's Dam 41 in Louisville, Kentucky, and the Falls of the Ohio, where many fossilized organisms can be seen. The river curves right; beyond, it narrows and curves left. Two bridges are shown. Caption on back of image: "View looking...
A wooden jewelry or keepsake box is opened to reveal a lace-edged handkerchief; a pocket watch; a rosary; a ring; a lock of hair; newspaper clippings; and letters tied with string, along with other unidentified objects belonging to Jean Thomas....
A wooden jewelry or keepsake box is opened to reveal a lace-edged handkerchief; a pocket watch; a rosary; a ring; a lock of hair; newspaper clippings; and letters tied with string, along with other unidentified objects belonging to Jean Thomas....
Portraits; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union; Generals--American--1860-1870; Generals; Military uniforms; Military officers; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Portrait of Orlando M. Poe, a United States Army officer (brevet brigadier general) and engineer in the United States Civil War. After helping General William Tecumseh Sherman's March to the Sea, he was responsible for much of the early lighthouse...
Portraits; Military uniforms; Military officers; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Profile portrait of Orlando M. Poe around 1890. Poe was Sherman's chief engineer during the Civil War and was brevetted brigadier general. He oversaw the burning of Atlanta. After the war in 1870 Poe was responsible for much of the early lighthouse...
Drawings; Portraits; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union; Generals--American--1860-1870; Generals; Military uniforms; Military officers
Sketch of two military men, one sitting on a camp stool, the other standing beside him. In the background a soldier is standing guard with a rifle on his shoulder. A photo of Orlando M. Poe is pasted on the body of the seated man and another photo...
Portraits; Military uniforms; Military officers; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Portrait of Orlando M. Poe around 1890. Poe was Sherman's chief engineer during the Civil War and was brevetted brigadier general. He oversaw the burning of Atlanta. After the war in 1870 Poe was responsible for much of the early lighthouse...
River or creek running beneath a stone arch bridge with a mountain in the distance. Sand Springs, which was renamed Greylock Hall, was a hotel or resort at the site of mineral springs. Handwritten title: Grey lock [ ] from Adams. Text on left:...
"In de Kooning's black canvases the elimination of color was conditioned as much by financial constraints as by the need to simplify pictorial problems in the spirit of Analytic Cubism. The deliberately artless use of shiny enamel housepaints...
