English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700; Geographical discoveries in literature
It is the purpose of this thesis to show what influence the sixteenth century voyagers had on the Elizabethan writers. For expediency, we have divided these voyages into two classes: namely, the early, from Columbus, 1492, to Vasca de Gama, 1498;...
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
LORETTA HOWARD, a stern-wheel towboat with steel hull (145 ft. x 30 ft. x 4.9 ft.), was built at Howard in 1929. Owned by Captain Jim Howard, LORETTA HOWARD operated on the Ohio River. She was launched by President Herbert Hoover on October 23,...
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
BIG KANAWHA, on the Ohio River near Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. A stern wheel packet with a wood hull (152 ft. x 30 ft. x 4.5 ft.), BIG KANAWHA was built at Madison, Indiana in 1887. Owned by Captain Marlin Brown,...
Oval-shaped character portrait of left profile of actor Walton Townsend wearing a dinner jacket with white ascot. He is costumed as Captain Halliwell in J. M. Barrie's play "The Little Minister," which was performed at Macauley's Theatre...
A man stands beside a small stream alongside a fenced cornfield with scarecrows, while another man on horseback leads two horses into the stream. Captain James Harrod established a settlement here in 1774.
Buildings; Vehicles; Airplanes; Airports; Air pilots; Bowman Field (Ky.)
Captain Russ executes a loop in an airplane above Louisville, Kentucky. The airplane is based at Bowman Field. The airfield, established in 1919 by Abram H. Bowman, is still in operation, although Standiford Field (now Louisville International...
Portrait of Captain Albert W. Woody of Louisville, Kentucky with Captain A.B. Ballard, standing in front of a military plane. The photograph is painted on, cropping their images, damaged along the edges, and discolored from age. Handwritten in back...
Portrait of Captain Albert W. Woody of Louisville, Kentucky with Captain A.B. Ballard, standing in front of a military plane. The photograph is painted on, cropping their images, damaged along the edges, and discolored from age. Handwritten in back...
Portraits; Men; Military officers; Military uniforms; Government officials; People associated with education & communication
Captain Sam D. Jones of Louisville, Kentucky, wearing an army uniform, coat and hat. He also served as Business Director for the Board of Education. The photograph has been cut to an irregular size, attached to card stock, and painted on....
United States. Coast Guard; Buildings; Lifesaving stations
On the cobblestone in front of the Louisville, Kentucky, Coast Guard station, five coast Guard members wearing uniforms and boots stand at attention, shouldering rifles, while their captain looks on. From left, they are: Captain Walter Farrell,...
Fireplace and surrounding area, which includes a chaise lounge, fox skin rug and small stuffed alligator, in Captain Jim Howard's bedroom in the Howard Mansion in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. This room was also known as the pansy room...
James E. "Captain Jim" Howard sitting in an automobile, believed to be a 1904 Eldredge Runabout, on the driveway outside the west entrance to the Howard Mansion in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana.
James E. "Captain Jim" Howard sitting in an automobile, believed to be a 1904 Eldredge Runabout, on the carriage road in front of the west entrance to the Howard Mansion in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana.
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
CITY OF CAMDEN, a stern-wheel packet with wood hull (175 ft. x 35 ft. x 5 ft.), was built at Howard in 1893. Owned by Captain LaVerrier Cooley in New Orleans, CITY OF CAMDEN operated on the lower Mississippi River between New Orleans and the...
James E. "Captain Jim" Howard leans against the bow of a motorboat he built. The boat sits on a trailer or other wooden structure in a grassy, tree rimmed area, possibly in Howard Shipyard.
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
NATCHEZ (Way #4111), a stern-wheel packet with wood hull (225 ft. x 40 ft. x 8 ft.), was built at Howard in 1891. Owned by the Leathers family, she was the last, and only stern-wheel, NATCHEZ of the famous Leathers fleet. She operated on the lower...
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Port side of P.D. STAGGS, sitting with steam up, at the bank of Ohio River at Howard Shipyard. P.D. STAGGS, a stern-wheel packet with wood hull (161 ft. x 28.6 ft. x 4.4 ft.), was built by Howard in 1893. Owned by Alex Kendall and Captain A. T....
