Water treatment facilities strive to provide potable drinking water to the community which they service. The most common way of insuring drinkable water that is free of pathogens is water chlorination, but this can lead to the production of...
African Americans; African Americans--Education; African Americans--Social conditions; Louisville Municipal College for Negroes (Louisville, Ky.); Central High School (Louisville, Ky.); Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity; African Americans--Employment;...
Oral history interview conducted with James Shively on December 18, 1978 by Dwayne Cox. Mr. Shively focuses largely on his education in Louisville, at Louisville Central High School and the Louisville Municipal College, in the 1930s and 1940s. He...
"Gala-Leda rendered 'in accordance with the modern "nothing touches" theory of intra-atomic physica' (Dali)." (Caption); Dali himself was only too happy to admit his debt to Gala. In the early 1930s he had begun to sign his...
Maps; Forts & fortifications; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Two-page spread, featuring three maps. Published by the United States Department of War in 1895 as Plate 102 of Atlas to accompany the official records of the Union and Confederate Armies 1861-1865. Map 1 is "Defenses of Munfordville, Ky....
Integration; African Americans; Hospitals; Red Cross Hospital (Louisville, Ky.)
D.W. Beard was interviewed on November 29, 1979 about the Red Cross (Community) Hospital. He was a member of the board of Community Hospital, which was known previously as Red Cross Hospital. He discusses public perception of the hospital and the...
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...
In a printing ink plant, phthalocyanine (Pc) aqueous slurries are produced by grinding the Pc pigment in water using a media mill. Mostly, dispersions of Pc in water are used in heat-set printing inks to make the color phthalo blue. Typically, Pc...
Buildings; Educational facilities; Universities & colleges; University of Louisville--Buildings
Architect's rendering of Belknap Campus, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, 1936. Aerial view shows an oval path in the center surrounded by buildings nearby and in the distance. Trees line the campus in something like a diamond shape...
Louisville General Hospital; University of Louisville--Buildings; Nursing students; Dormitories
Class of 1962 at Louisville General Hospital School of Nursing. Cluster of women on the steps outside Henninger Hall. Text printed on bottom of photograph: And so we find our three years of nursing education behind us and the world, we think, at...
Buildings; Apartments; Building construction; Dartmouth Apartments (Louisville, Ky.)
Address: 1416 Willow Ave. Between 1912 and 1930, 165 apartment buildings were constructed in Louisville. During this period, Joseph & Joseph built three luxury apartment buildings near Cherokee Park which are regarded as cultural landmarks: The...
Map of Tennessee and Kentucky shows mountain ranges, rivers, major creeks, canals, proposed and finished railroads, counties, cities, and towns. State and county borders are traced in color and relief is shown by hachures. Printed below map frame,...
Maps; Forts & fortifications; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Reprint of a Civil War-era map of Louisville, Kentucky, highlighting forts. Printed in lower lefthand corner:"Accompanying report of Lieut. Col. J.H. Simpson Corps of Engrs., U.S. Army, dated June 24, 1865. SERIES I. VOL. XLIX." Printed...
A group of adults sit around a table set for a luncheon or dinner. They appear to be in a meeting room in a finished basement because a map and other items are tacked on one wall, the electric outlets are in the ceiling, and the ceiling is...
The photographer's sister, Florence Matthews, poses with a sled and a dog in a snow scene in Vermont. Handwritten on verso: "With Christmas Love, To Florence, From Kate" An inscription on another print of this image (1985.09.021)...
Goodwill Industries of America; Charitable organizations; Women; Toys; Dolls
Woman paints lips on a doll. The dolls behind her appear to be finished (they are clothed and have hair); the dolls in front of her on a table lack body parts and clothing. Title supplied by cataloger.
A large group of men, women, and children stand in front of a brick building with a cornerstone reading Kenwood Baptist Church 1945. The building is not finished and appears to still be under construction. Title supplied by cataloger.
Youth organizations; Boy Scouts of America; Exhibitions; Birdhouses
A group of boys in Boy Scout uniforms work at a booth building birdhouses at tables with finished birdhouses hanging from tree displays behind them at the Jefferson County Armory.
Simmons University (Louisville, Ky.); Classrooms; African American college students; College students; African American educators; African American college teachers; Teachers; Education; African Americans--Education (Higher); Home economics;...
Female students in their millinery class adding accents to their finished hats. The back of the photograph reads: "A Class in Millinery Art." The university has gone by many names since its founding in 1879: The Kentucky Normal and...
Large factory room filled with locomotive cars being built. Title: 7090 - General View of the Erecting Shop, Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia, Pa. Text on left: Keystone View Company. Copyrighted. Manufacturers. Publishers. Made in U.S.A....
