Address: 312 E. Walnut Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Three "1/2 ton cap." trucks are shown here in front of the American Dye Works building. Each truck includes a sign reading, "American Dye Works, F. Edmond Klein, Prop., 'A Personal...
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Towboat DUNCAN BRUCE tied off outside HELEN H, which is under construction at Howard Shipyard. Behind HELEN H. is the small PATTIE T. towboat. DUNCAN BRUCE, a stern wheel towboat with a steel hull (133.6 ft. x 35.1 ft. x 6 ft.) was built in...
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Stern and port side of stern-wheeler TALLULAH, at the bank of the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard. TALLULAH, a stern-wheel towboat with steel hull (127.5 ft. x 23 ft. x 4.5 ft.), was built by Howard in 1922. Owned by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in...
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Port side of CHALMETTE at the bank of the Ohio River at Howard Shipyards. CHALMETTE, a stern-wheel towboat with steel hull (89 ft. x 21 ft. x 4.5 ft.), was built in 1915 at Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company in Jeffersonville, Indiana. Owned by...
Covered wagons; Mules; Men; American Folk Song Festival; Folk festivals
A wagon with tattered canvas cover conveyed by mules carries a male passenger. Known as a 'jolt' wagon, it is used as a prop in the American Folk Song Festival. From 1969 festival program book: "In such a jolt wagon Jean Thomas, The Traipsin'...
Buildings; Cafes; Signs (Notices); Street lights; Eating & drinking facilities
Three-story white brick building at 117 South Seventh Street, Louisville, Kentucky, housing Eagle Cafe and Jack Sheridan Prop, advertising "Fay-mus I K". Sign to the right of the building advertises "Kentucky's Leading Brands"...
Concession stand in the open air with two women, presumably customers, at the counter. There are other people behind the counter through service windows. A horse-drawn carriage stands to the right of the concession stand. A sign on the booth reads,...
Gelatin silver print. "[...] in 1930 he made his best-known film, the abstract 'Light play, black and white and grey,' based on his own machine-powered mobile, the Light Prop." (excerpt, p.[183])
