Buildings; Airports; United States. Works Progress Administration; Bowman Field (Ky.)
Architectural rendering in pencil of the Administration Building at Bowman Field in Louisville, Kentucky. Stamp on back of image: "This photograph and any accompanying data are furnished free of charge by the Works Progress Administration in...
African American journalists; African American politicians; African American newspapers; African Americans; Politics & government; Politicians; Race relations; Democratic Party (Ky.); Mammoth Life and Accident Insurance Co. (Louisville, Ky.);...
Interview with William J. Ealy, Louisville newspaperman and political activist. This interview was conducted on August 5 and 22, 1977 by Dwayne Cox of the University of Louisville Oral History Center. Mr. Ealy discusses his early life and education...
Buildings; Airports; United States. Works Progress Administration; Bowman Field (Ky.)
Groundbreaking for the Administration Building, Bowman Field, Louisville, Kentucky. The dirt is being shoveled by a man in an overcoat and dark hat who is surrounded by men in suits and work uniforms. A small sign in the grass to the left says...
Buildings; Airports; United States. Works Progress Administration; Bowman Field (Ky.)
Addition to Administration Building under construction, Bowman Field, Louisville, Kentucky, 1936. The building is shown emerging from the worksite rubble. To the left of the building is a small sign saying "USA Work Program WPA"--and the...
Buildings; Health care facilities; Hospitals; Marine hospitals; United States. Marine Hospital, no. 11 (Louisville, Ky.); United States. Works Progress Administration; Murals
Section of WPA project mural by Hendrik Martin Mayer (also known as Henrik) of Indianapolis at U. S. Marine Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky. Mural shows men working on the docks and steam boat. Muscular men work by a steam boat, carrying barrels,...
Buildings; Health care facilities; Hospitals; Marine hospitals; United States. Marine Hospital, no. 11 (Louisville, Ky.); United States. Works Progress Administration; Murals
Section of WPA project mural by Hendrik Martin Mayer (also known as Henrik) of Indianapolis at Marine Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky. Mural depicts the meeting between European and Native American cultures. A priest stands in the center in front...
Buildings; Health care facilities; Hospitals; Marine hospitals; United States. Marine Hospital, no. 11 (Louisville, Ky.); United States. Works Progress Administration; Murals
Section of WPA project mural by Hendrik Martin Mayer (also known as Henrik) of Indianapolis at Marine Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky. Men stand in a cup shaped boat in the shallows, transporting barrels and steering with poles. Men and women work...
Marine hospitals; United States. Marine Hospital, no. 11 (Louisville, Ky.); United States. Works Progress Administration; Murals
Section of WPA project mural by Hendrik Martin Mayer (also known as Henrik) of Indianapolis at Marine Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky. Mural section appears to be a quick sketch. A man stands on a small train and waves; a man riding a horse waves;...
Laborers; Blacksmiths; Horses; United States. Works Progress Administration
Blacksmith at work, Kentucky. A smiling man in a hat and apron stands with his back to two bridled horses attached to a cart (not pictured). The man is kneeling and holding a horseshoe and a small hammer. A toolbox is in front of him. Behind the...
Agricultural laborers; Tobacco industry; United States. Works Progress Administration
Men hauling what looks like tobacco, Kentucky. Two dark horses pull a white-covered cart on which two men sit. Behind them, two white horses pull a smaller cart, also covered, on which one man sits. There are some trees, a telephone pole, and a...
Lumberyards; Lumber industry; United States. Works Progress Administration
Lumberyard, Kentucky. On a snowy river bank there is a shack, with a poster advertising "The national joy smoke: Prince Albert." Stacked lumber is located at either side of the shack. In the foreground is a cart and four horses. The...
Bridges; Rivers; Bridge construction; United States. Works Progress Administration
Men building bridge at Rough River, Kentucky. Six men work to build the final span of a rough wood bridge. Large logs are being laid lengthwise from the last support to the bank. Across similar logs, small logs have already been laid horizontally...
Bridges; Rivers; Bridge construction; United States. Works Progress Administration
Man building bridge at Rough River, Kentucky. A man holds a horizontal log to a vertical log. He is standing in a recess, like a dam. Behind him is a wall of horizontal logs, reaching his shoulders. To the side is a sloping, similar wall. The area...
Laborers; Road construction; United States. Works Progress Administration
Road grading, Kentucky. Three men drive tractors in a row, grading a dirt road right between two hills; trees are visible on the left bank. The tractor in front says "35."
Laborers; Erosion protection works; United States. Works Progress Administration
Erosion control near Marion, Kentucky. A shirtless man controls a tractor through the dirt as a man to his right observes from a rock and dirt pile. In the distance behind them is a large truck in front of a steep dirt bank.
Laborers; Quarrying; Rocks; United States. Works Progress Administration
Loading rock at Wolfe County, Kentucky. Seven young men in overalls or jeans and white shirts surround a wheelbarrow and bend to hit rocks with mallets. The rocks are fist sized and light in color. The men are surrounded by a wall of dark boulders.
Laborers; Trails & paths; Caves; United States. Works Progress Administration
Working on underground trail at Mammoth Cave, Kentucky. Twenty men at work lifting or inspecting the rocky ground around a cavern. In the background is a forested area.
Roads; United States. Works Progress Administration
Road between Winchester and Boonesboro in Kentucky. A car is parked at the side of a gently rolling road flanked by low stone walls and trees. There are also telephone lines along the left side.
Roads; United States. Works Progress Administration
Road near Falmouth, Kentucky. View of left roadside with rolling hills, dipping in the middle, and a few trees. Along the close side of the road a car is parked beside a wire fence.
