African Americans; African Americans--Education; African Americans--Social conditions; African American social workers; African American educators; African American college teachers; Segregation in education; Civil rights leaders; Lincoln Institute...
Oral history interview with Eleanor Young Love, conducted on October 2, 1978 by Kenneth Chumbley. Dr. Love was a U of L professor and administrator, and sister of civil rights leader Whitney Young, Jr. Dr. Love discusses her parents, Laura and...
Mickey Doolan or Michael Joseph Doolan (1880-1951) also known as Doc. Color portrait of Mickey Doolan. There is a 'P' in the top left corner and 'Phillies' in the top right. The team is the Philadelphia Phillies. Verso: Michael Doolan. Michael...
Portraits; Men; Military officers; Military uniforms
Portrait of Brigadier General, Robert Anderson, who headed the Union Army's Department of Cumberland, wearing his military uniform. Printed on the front of image: Eng. by J.C. Buttre, Brigadier General Robert Anderson.
John P. Grieb of Louisville, Kentucky posing beside newly bound books and a pile of books that are falling apart. The photograph has been painted on and marked with discoloration. Handwritten on back of image: John P. Grieb, Headed Grieb Printing...
Side wheelers; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
CITY OF LOUISVILLE, a side-wheel packet with wood hull (301 ft. x 42.7 ft. x 7 ft.), was built at Howard in 1894. Owned by Louisville & Cincinnati Packet Co., CITY OF LOUISVILLE operated on the Ohio River between Louisville and Cincinnati. She...
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
H.ST.L. COPPEE, a stern-wheel towboat with steel hull (140 ft. x 30 ft. x 6 ft.), was built at Howard in 1904. Owned by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the Vicksburg District, H.ST.L. COPPEE operated on the lower Mississippi River. H.ST.L. COPPEE...
Tugboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
MONTGOMERY, a propeller towboat with steel hull (140 ft. x 24 ft. x 8 ft.), was built at Howard in 1920. Owned by Federal Barge Line, MONTGOMERY operated on the Warrior and Tombigbee Rivers in Alabama initially and later on the Illinois River. Her...
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
D.A.B., a stern-wheel towboat with steel hull (63 ft. x 16 ft. x 3.0 ft.), was built at Howard in 1921. Owned by Wheeling Steel Corporation, D.A.B. operated in the Pittsburgh area. She initially had a gas engine with a chain drive stern-wheel, but...
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
DONORA, a stern-wheel towboat with steel hull (140 ft. x 32 ft. x 6 ft.), was built at Howard in 1924. Owned by American Steel & Wire Co., she operated on the Monongahela River until she was retired in 1948.
William Morgan Beckner was born in 1841 in Moorefield, in Nicholas County, Kentucky. He attended the schools of Bath and Fleming counties, before attending Centre College in Danville. He read law under Judge E. C. Phister and was admitted to the...
Portraits; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union; Admirals--American--1860-1870; Admirals; Military uniforms; Military officers
Portrait of Rear Admiral John Adolphus Dahlgren (1809-1870), who headed the Union Navy's ordnance department during the United States Civil War and designed several different kinds of guns and cannons that were considered part of the reason the...
Mansions; Dwellings; Du Pont, Bidermann, 1837-1923
DuPont residence in Central Park, Louisville, Kentucky. Trees, foliage and decorative birdbath in foreground. Handwritten on bottom of mounted print: "R.G. Potter Collection; Home of B. Coleman Bannen Du Pont in 1890 He was founder &...
Galleries & museums; Automobiles; Pedestrians; Sidewalks; Field Museum of Natural History
Field Museum of Natural History from a distance. Cars are headed to and from the museum, and people are seen on their way to and from the museum on the sidewalks. The museum is a large white marble building with many columns. There is a grassy area...
Paintings; Acrylic paintings; Mixed media; Graffiti; Poetry; Inscriptions; Music; Jazz; Portraits; Group portraits; Men; Musicians; Jazz musicians; Composers; Celebrities; People associated with entertainment & sports; Clothing & dress;...
"Although savvy enough to take [Robert] Rauschenberg and [Jasper] Johns as models, as well as to avoid the subways, Basquiat teamed up with a fellow dropout, Al Diaz, and headed for SoHo, where the art world soon knew the pair through their...
