The Consumer and Industrial group of the General Electric Company (GE) allocates its shipping truckload to seventeen different trucking companies over 701 different routes from each of its nine terminals to 48 contiguous states. One of the...
Leopold, Aldo, 1886-1948; Naturalists--United States--Biography; Wildlife conservation--Study and teaching (Higher); Ecology--Study and teaching (Higher)
This historic case study addressed the issue of the lack of citizen action toward environmentally responsible behavior. Although there have been studies regarding components of environmental responsible behavior [ERB], there has been little focus...
African Americans; Social workers; Journalists; African American journalists; African American social workers; Beauty contests; African American newspapers; Newspapers; Louisville Defender (Louisville, Ky.); Civil rights demonstrations; Civil...
Oral history interview with Mrs. Vivian Clark Stanley conducted on August 5, 1985 by Janet Hodgson. She discusses her career as a social worker and her life with Frank Stanley, Sr., editor, manager, and publisher of the Louisville Defender. She...
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
HOMER SMITH, a stern-wheel excursion boat with wood hull (235 ft. x 40 ft. x 5.9 ft.), was built at Howard in 1914. Owned by Security Steamboat Co., HOMER SMITH operated on the Ohio River. Although she made two round trips between Pittsburgh and...
Oval photograph of the steamer City of Cincinnati, the sister boat of the steamer City of Louisville, Ohio River, 1933. Printed on card stock. Caption below image: "Steamboating on the Ohio, the Steamer City of Louisville and Sister Boat, City...
Side wheelers; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
ROB'T. E. LEE (Way #4778), a side-wheel packet with wood hull (315 ft. x 48.5 ft. x 10.5 ft. (305,48,10?)), was built at Howard in 1876. Owned by Capt. John W. Cannon, ROB'T. E. LEE (Way #4778) operated on the Mississippi River between New Orleans...
Side wheelers; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
CITY OF CINCINNATI, a side-wheel packet with wood hull (300 ft. x 38 ft. x 6 ft.), was built at Howard in 1899. Owned by Louisville & Cincinnati Packet Co., CITY OF CINCINNATI operated on the Ohio River opposite the City of Louisville. Every...
Side wheelers; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Port stern view of BONANZA unloading people at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana, prior to launch of the CITY OF LOUISVILLE, which is on ways on left side of photograph. BONANZA, a side wheel packet with a wood hull...
Picture of a mounted photograph of the starboard side and bow of ROB'T E. LEE at the bank of the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. ROB'T. E. LEE (Way #4778), a side-wheel packet with wood hull (315 ft. x...
Side wheelers; Steamboats; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Starboard side of CITY OF MONROE, probably on the Mississippi River in Louisiana. CITY OF MONROE, a side-wheel packet with wood hull (275 ft. x 45 ft. x 8 ft.), was built in 1887 at Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company in Jeffersonville, Indiana....
Side wheelers; Steamboats; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Starboard side of NEW SOUTH at the bank of the Ohio River. NEW SOUTH, a side-wheel packet with wood hull (257 ft. x 42.6 ft. x 7 ft.), was built in 1887 at Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company in Jeffersonville, Indiana. Owned by Shelby & Perkins...
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Starboard side of CAPE GIRARDEAU, under construction on ways at Howard Shipyard. CAPE GIRARDEAU, a stern-wheel packet with steel hull (210 ft. x 38 ft. x 6.5 ft.), was built in 1923. Owned by Eagle Packet Company in St. Louis, CAPE GIRARDEAU...
Side wheelers; Steamboats; Launchings; Ship trials; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
PILGRIM (Way #4501) being launched into the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard. PILGRIM, a side-wheel excursion boat with steel hull (202 ft. x 36.4 ft. x 6.1 ft.), was built in 1916. Owned by a subsidiary of K & I Railroad, PILGRIM operated on the...
Birds; Children; Animals; Play (Recreation); Men; Reading; Carts & wagons
Woodblock prints of, from top to bottom starting at top left: two boys grappling over nest with two birds, while girl and baby look on; girl sitting on log holds bird, while cat on fence looks on; boy riding stick as hobby horse trips over rock,...
