A quarter of a century ago, Abraham Epworth Rounds, aged forty-five, came shambling out of mountainous Eastern Tennessee to one of our Kentucky cities. He was intent on making a living in easier fashion than scratching it from the lean soil of the...
African Americans; African Americans--Education; Boy Scouts of America; Elderly poor; Floods--Ohio River; Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; National Council of Senior Citizens; Senior House; Senior centers; Scouting (Youth activity); Urban elderly;...
Oral history interviews conducted with Mr. Steward Pickett on May 23, June 4, and June 25, 1979 by Mary Bobo. Mr. Pickett, a retired assistant Boy Scout executive and board member of Senior House, talks about his family, growing up on an...
Three unidentified women, perhaps relatives of the Howards, sitting on steps outisde a frame home, or perhaps the Howard stable. The woman on the left, probably a relative of the Howards, is also in at least two other images in this collections...
Portrait of actress and director Ethel Barrymore with her dark hair piled atop her head, wearing a white tunic with arm bands. Barrymore was born August 15, 1879 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her parents (Maurice Barrymore and Georgiana Drew),...
Character portrait of actress and director Ethel Barrymore seated on an elegant divan with a parasol leaned against her lap. She wears a chiffon dress with a flower print, white gloves, black choker, pearl necklace, and a fascinator with plumage....
Portrait of actress and director Ethel Barrymore wearing a dark dress, with her dark hair pulled back on either side of her part. Barrymore was born August 15, 1879 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her parents (Maurice Barrymore and Georgiana Drew),...
Theatre Magazine page featuring actress and director Ethel Barrymore, who was born August 15, 1879 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her parents (Maurice Barrymore and Georgiana Drew), siblings (John Barrymore and Lionel Barrymore), and other...
Full-length photogravure portrait of actress and director Ethel Barrymore wearing a long dress, turned to her right with her hands behind her back. Barrymore was born August 15, 1879 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her parents (Maurice Barrymore and...
A woman wearing a costume and holding a small dagger is stooped slightly as if "ready to strike." The woman is believed to be Helen Gifford, a resident of Pewee Valley, Kentucky. Kate Matthews frequently persuaded relatives and neighbors...
Elizabeth Fletcher, wearing a light spring dress with matching hat and heels, is holding a flower up as if to show it to a bird in a birdcage. The birdcage is hanging from a large tree on the lawn of Twigmore. Elizabeth is daintily holding her...
Young woman in an antebellum dress and bonnet is picking flowers outside the open windows of a home. On the oval print's lower right border is photographer Kate Matthews' signature and also in her handwriting "June, 1860". Given that...
Picture of a framed, tinted print of a little girl in Dresden shepherdess attire seated on cast-iron bench in a garden. The girl is holding a hoop and stick. Kate Matthews frequently persuaded relatives and neighbors to pose in tableaux vivants, or...
A young girl, with braids in her hair, stands facing a blackboard, apparently thinking about her next answer. Written on the blackboard are: "Cat," "rat," and an addition problem. Kate Matthews frequently persuaded relatives and...
A woman in a plaid skirt and velvet jacket is entering the door of a frame cabin or house. Ivy covers the steps and walkway and Wisteria blooms over the door. Kate Matthews wrote "Sallie, 1860" on an album page with another print of this...
A woman dressed as a nun stands in the middle of a tree-lined dirt road in Pewee Valley, Kentucky. Photographer Kate Matthews' signature is on lower right corner of mount. Matthews frequently persuaded relatives and neighbors to pose in tableaux...
Mary Johnston, wearing a light dress and hat and holding flowers and a small parasol, poses on the front walk at Clovercroft, Kate Matthews family home in Pewee Valley Kentucky. Kate Matthews frequently persuaded relatives and neighbors to pose in...
Elizabeth Fletcher, the photographer's niece, in the garden area at Twigmore. Kate Matthews frequently persuaded relatives and neighbors to pose in tableaux vivants, or living pictures, based on fairy tales, books, or poems. This may be one of...
A young man holds a lamb up on a rail fence as a woman standing on the other side wraps the lamb's foot with a bandage. Another Kate Matthews photograph with this same woman carrying the lamb was published in 1897 with the title "Bringing Home...
Kate Matthews frequently persuaded relatives and neighbors to pose in tableaux vivants or living pictures based on fairy tales, nursery rhymes, books, or poems. This appears to be a tableau based on a nursery rhyme or children's story. Title...
Two young women in costumes pose in a garden. One wears a red tunic and is standing by a sundial. The other, in a dark hat and dress, is sitting by a little pond and is about to pick a lily to add to the flowers in her basket. Kate Matthews...
