Responding to research gaps in both cycling and women's rights history, the purpose of my thesis is to investigate conceptualizations of cycling in the 1890's suffrage press. I analyze six aspects of cycling in suffrage periodicals: advice and tips...
African Americans; African American singers; African American musicians; Nightclubs--Kentucky--Louisville; Singers; Musicians
Oral history interview with Robert Key, conducted October 25, 1977 by Robert Friedman. Mr. Key was a musician. He was born in Louisville but really launched his career in Chicago before touring as a singer. In this interview, he discusses his...
African Americans--Education (Elementary); African Americans--Education (Higher); National Training School for Women and Girls (Washington, D.C.); Fisk University; Howard University; African Americans; Race relations; Civil rights; African...
Oral history interview conducted with Ruth Bryant on July 24, 1977 by Kenneth L. Chumbley. Mrs. Bryant, a community activist, primarily discusses her involvement in community organizing and political activism during the 1960’s in Louisville. ...
A cast-iron stove sits next to a wooden rocker bench in an automotive store. To the right is a roll-top desk with paperwork on it and a map hung above it. A cash register sits on a counter behind a framed-in section with one section open. Numerous...
Automobile service stations; Signs (Notices); Buildings
Address: 602 W. Oak Street, Louisville, Kentucky. The Gulf Refining Company service station on Oak Street is shown. Gas pumps stand outside near a street lamp. Signs read "That Good Gulf Gasoline" and "Map and Touring...
Automobile service stations; Signs (Notices); Dwellings; Houses; Buildings
Address: 602 W. Oak Street, Louisville, Kentucky. The Gulf Refining Company service station on Oak Street is shown. Gas pumps stand outside near a street lamp. Signs read "That Good Gulf Gasoline" and "Map and Touring...
Automobile service stations; Signs (Notices); Dwellings; Houses; Buildings
Address: 602 W. Oak Street, Louisville, Kentucky. The Gulf Refining Company service station on Oak Street is shown. Gas pumps stand outside near a street lamp. Signs read "That Good Gulf Gasoline" and "Map and Touring...
Portrait of Charles F. Towle wearing jacket, vest, tie, and pince nez. His inscription indicates that he managed the touring company of "Ben Hur" that performed at Macauley's Theatre in March 1908. Inscription on mount, lower center: To...
Portrait of twin sisters Helena (Mrs. William Hoey) and Minnie (Mrs. Charles E. Evans) French, of the French Twin Sisters dance team, who met their husbands while touring with them. They wear identical pin-striped dresses with black collars....
Three-quarter length character portrait of actress Florence Rockwell in costume including long dress and coat and hat with ostrich plumes. The inscription indicates that Rockwell was touring with Mrs. Le Moyne (also known as Sarah Cowell Le Moyne)....
Actress Emily Rigl was born in the Netherlands and began performing in musicals and burlesques in the United States by the mid-1860s. American actor Charles Fisher was born in 1816 and died in 1891. In this full-length portrait, on the set of...
Group portraits; Theatrical productions; Opera houses
Group portrait of the San Carlo Opera Company, a touring company including soprano Alice Nielsen. They appear onstage in New Orleans during Act II of "Carmen," in 1906. Their first appearance at Macauley's Theatre, from that 1906-1907...
Three-quarter length seated portrait of Harry Ridings, apparently a manager of the touring group performing operetta "The Merry Widow" at Macauley's Theatre. He wears a suit and necktie, and holds a cigar in his right hand. His...
Autographed full-length character portrait of performer Joseph Holland costumed for the role of "Falkland" in "The Rivals," which he performed in the 1896 touring production. He stands before an indoor backdrop with a chair and...
Full-length character portrait of left profile of actor E. M. Holland costumed for the role of "Fag" in "The Rivals," which he performed in the 1896 touring production. He wears a military costume, and tips his hat. Holland,...
Full-length character portrait of left profile of actor E. M. Holland costumed for the role of "Fag" in "The Rivals," which he performed in the 1896 touring production. He wears a military costume, and tips his hat. Holland,...
Entertainers; Bands; Signs (Notices); Tobacco industry
Bandleader and trombonist Tommy Dorsey with his band at an NBC radio show sponsored by Brown & Williamson cigarette brands Kool and Raleigh and touring a tobacco factory in Louisville. Title supplied by cataloger.
The University Choir and their director, Walter O. Dahlin, stands around a piano on an unidentified stage. Dahlin directed the University Choir and the University Touring Choir during his tenure at the University of Louisville.
