Nazi Saboteurs Trial, Washington, D.C., 1942; Trials (Sabotage)--Washington (D.C.); War and emergency powers--United States; Military courts--United States--History
For over two hundred years a major issue in the history of the United States is the contentious issue of military commissions. Military commissions are not new or specific to the United States, but the United States traces its first military...
Iron miners; Mining; Wheelbarrows; Shovels; Iron mining
A group of miners digging for iron in the middle of a field (may be a cornfield after the harvest) in Bath County, Kentucky. Some miners have shovels and buckets. There are also two wheelbarrows and some planks across ditches.
World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Eastern Front; Soldiers; Trails & paths; Mountains; Canteens (Beverage containers); Shovels
Soldiers, carrying canteens, picks, shovels, and other tools, walk single file along a mountain path during World War I. One man, slightly off the path, has his hands on his head, but it is unclear as to whether he is a prisoner or simply adjusting...
World War, 1914-1918; Trench warfare; Soldiers; Digging; Shovels
French soldier shovels dirt from a trench, probably in northeastern France, during World War I. He has a cigarette in his mouth and his jacket is lying on the ground above his head.
Men; Construction workers; African Americans; Shovels; Construction; Maintenance & repair; Sewerage; Construction equipment; Hoisting machinery
African-American men holding shovels stand next to a large pile of dirt in the middle of a road. A crane is in the ditch to the side. Title supplied by cataloger.
Men; Construction workers; Construction equipment; Shovels
A few men lie on the ground with other men standing nearby in a field surrounded by trees. A pick-up truck, shovels, and other equipment are on site. Title supplied by cataloger.
Rites & ceremonies; Building construction; Blueprints; Shovels
Address: 829 Logan Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Four men pose for a group portrait commemorating the breaking of ground for a new building on the lot at Logan and Breckenridge Streets. All four wear suits, overcoats, and hats. One is holding...
A round is being framed out for putting in concrete. Sacks of material with the word Speed on them sit along the side of the road and mules pull carts down the road. Further up the road workers operate a machine and shovels. Utility lines frame the...
Channel modification has played a vital part in shaping the rivers and streams as
they are seen today. Channel modifications range from the construction of dams and levees
for flood control purposes to channelization of an existing meandering...
Federal Art Project; Art and social action; Politics in art
This thesis project exhibition brought together Works Progress Administration prints
from the University of Louisville collection, as well as the University of Kentucky Art
Museum and Murray State University. The thirty-three works were...
A group of men with mule-drawn wagons stand on a road with a table in the middle of it. The table has a stack of cans arranged on it and there is a shovel, axe and sledge hammer arranged leaning on one another in the road in front of the table.
Iron ore (15 feet thick) in a mountainside in Bath County, Kentucky. A shovel, two pickaxes, and a spading fork lie on the ground around the mining site.
Several parallel railroad tracks going up a mountain. There are cut boards (possibly railroad ties) along the track and a stack of barrels. Uphill from the tracks, a group of men, many holding shovels, stand on flatcars of a train.
Portland riverfront at Water Street between 33rd & 35th Streets, Louisville, Kentucky. A photograph of when Water Street was first built. Telephone poles have already been installed left of a road shaped dirt clearing (still containing weeds)...
World War, 1914-1918; Trench warfare; Soldiers; Digging; Shovels
French soldier stands and tosses dirt from his shovel as he digs a trench, probably in northeastern France, during World War I. He has a cigarette in his mouth and his jacket is lying on the ground to his left.
The Louisville Leader was an African-American newspaper published from 1917 to 1950 by I. Willis Cole in Louisville, Kentucky. This issue says Vol. 32. No. 28. but is actually Vol. 33. No. 35.
