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...
Louisville City Hospital school of nursing 1917 - Composite photograph of Louisville City Hospital school of nursing class of 1917. Five rows of individual oval-shaped photographs of students in nursing uniforms and caps. Text: Louisville City...
An African-American woman wearing a long dress and head scarf sits at a table on a porch, writing. A portrait of Abraham Lincoln is propped up on the table. In her 1940 book 'The Sun Shines Bright,' Thomas recalls that Aunt Charity had been hired...
An African-American woman wearing a long dress and head scarf sits at a table on a porch, writing. A portrait of Abraham Lincoln is propped up on the table. In her 1940 book 'The Sun Shines Bright,' Thomas recalls that Aunt Charity had been hired...
Salvation Army workers delivering basket of food and toys to young woman and family. Young woman stands in doorway with towel on her head as workers give her presents; most likely Christmas. Title supplied by cataloger.
Women and children seated in long tables, with silverware and cups at each place and vases of flowers and plates of bread in the center. Some children have already received their dinner plates, served by female workers wearing white aprons. Other...
Two men in Salvation Army uniforms and a man in Santa Claus costume holding a sack in a room filled with food and toy items, presumably for holiday charitable donation. Products include Kellogg's Shredded Biscuit, Jack Frost Sugar, Domino Cane...
Women and children line up beside a Christmas tree to receive cotton sacks, presumably full of food and toys, from a man in a suit, who is flanked by men and women in Salvation Army uniforms. Behind them, on stage, are uniformed children with...
Well-dressed man and women, along with man in Salvation Army uniform, stand on steps of stone building with "The Salvation Army" and "Social Service" crests on doors, surrounded by men in more ragged clothing, some of whom are...
