Ferries; Side wheelers; Steamboats; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
SUNSHINE, a side-wheel excursion and ferry boat with wood hull (175 ft. x 37 ft. x 5.8 ft.), was built at Howard in 1888. Owned by Louisville & Jeffersonville Ferry Co., SUNSHINE operated on the Ohio River in the Louisville area until 1907 when...
Baseball cards; Athletes; Baseball players; Boston Braves (Baseball team)
Al Mattern or Alonzo Albert Mattern (1883-1958). Color portrait of Al Mattern. A 'B' is in the top left corner and 'Rustlers' is in the top right. The team is the Boston Rustlers. Verso: A.A. Mattern. A.A. Mattern, the star southpaw of the Boston...
Baseball cards; Athletes; Baseball players; Chicago White Sox (Baseball team)
Jim Scott or James Scott (1888-1957) also known as Death Valley Jim. Color portrait of Jim Scott with the Chicago White Sox. A white stocking is in the top left corner and 'White Sox' is in the top right. Verso: James Scott. James Scott, one of the...
Location: Main and Johnson Streets, Louisville, Kentucky. Six dappled horses pull a white wagon hauling steers. Two men in white coats and hats drive the wagon as another man in a dark hat rides along. "Falls City Brewing Co." is written...
A two-story white brick house with semicircular Corinthian portico. A buggy and a cart are parked near the house, which is set back from a large lawn spotted with large trees. Built in the 1860s by Edward Anderson, banker Edward Atkins bought the...
A two-story white brick house with semicircular Corinthian portico, set back from a large lawn. Built in the 1860s by Edward Anderson, banker Edward Atkins bought the house in 1903 and had noted Paducah architect A. L. Lassiter transform the...
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
ROSE HITE, a sternwheel packet with wood hull (155 ft. x 28 ft. x 4 ft.), was built in 1895 at Howard Ship Yard and Dock Company in Jeffersonville, Indiana. Owned by Louisville & Evansville Packet Co., ROSE HITE operated on the Ohio River...
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
HELEN H., a stern-wheel towboat with a diesel engine and steel hull (85 ft. x 22 ft. x 4.3 ft.), was built at Howard in 1931. HELEN H. operated in the Louisville area. HELEN H. was bought by Amherst Barge Company in 1956 and renamed EMMA No.3.
Side wheelers; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
SPREAD EAGLE in the Ohio River, after being launched at Howard Shipyard. Tugboat FULTON is en route to catch her. SPREAD EAGLE, a side-wheel packet with wood hull (225 ft. x 35 ft. x 6 ft.), was built at Howard in 1892. Owned by Eagle Packet...
Port side view of WABASH, a naptha-powered pleasure boat, moored in the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. Edmonds J. Howard bought the WABASH to entertain shipyard guests.
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Port side view of ED.J. HOWARD, under construction, tied to the bank of the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard. The Howards converted the CHICKAMAUGA (Way T0411), a stern wheel towboat with a steel hull they bought from U.S. Engineers, into the ED.J....
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Ship trials; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
J.H. MENGE, a stern-wheel packet with wood hull (188 ft. x 38 ft. x 5.8 ft.), was built at Howard in 1910. Owned by Mississippi Packet Co., J.H. MENGE operated on the Mississippi River between New Orleans and the Ouachita River initially, and then...
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Ship trials; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
JULIEN POYDRAS, a stern-wheel packet with wood hull (145 ft. x 28 ft. x 4 ft.), was built at Howard in 1898. Owned by Baton Rouge & Bayou Sara Packet Co., JULIEN POYDRAS operated on the lower Mississippi River. JULIEN POYDRAS was bought by...
View of audience at Masonic Theatre in Louisville, Kentucky, apparently watching a performance of "When Knighthood Was in Flower," starring Anna Day. The Masonic Theatre was bought by the Shubert organization in 1909. Location of photo...
Full-length character portrait of performer Frank Mills wearing a tuxedo with top hat and cane. Mills performed in "Bought and Paid For" at Macauley's Theatre in March 1914. Inscription on print, lower center: Every best wish to dear...
Full-length character portrait of performer Frank Mills wearing a tuxedo with top hat, overcoat, and cane. Mills performed in "Bought and Paid For" at Macauley's Theatre in March 1914. Inscription on print, lower center: With cordial...
A woman stands next to a row of tall irises in a garden. The woman is probably Mamie, or Mary, Johnston and the garden is probably at the Beeches in Pewee Valley, Kentucky. Ms. Johnston was the step-daughter of author Annie Fellows Johnston who...
A circular driveway leads to The Beeches, Annie Fellows Johnston's home in Pewee Valley, Kentucky. The two-story frame house is partially obscured by large beech trees. Two women sit in the shade of a tree on the left. Mrs. Johnston bought The...
Annie Fellows Johnston and Hattie Cochran pose under trees on the driveway at The Beeches, an estate in Pewee Valley, Kentucky. They are holding hands and Mrs. Johnston holds a folded parasol in her other hand. Hattie is the real-life person upon...
Annie Fellows Johnston and Hattie Cochran pose under trees on the driveway at The Beeches, an estate in Pewee Valley, Kentucky. Mrs. Johnston holds an open parasol over her right shoulder. Hattie is the real-life person upon whom Annie Fellows...
