Side wheelers; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
CITY OF LOUISVILLE, a side-wheel packet with wood hull (301 ft. x 42.7 ft. x 7 ft.), was built at Howard in 1894. Owned by Louisville & Cincinnati Packet Co., CITY OF LOUISVILLE operated on the Ohio River between Louisville and Cincinnati. She...
Families; Flowers; Group portraits; Men; Women; Children; People
Colonel Charles Christopher Mengel and his wife sit in a room full of flowers surrounded by children who are likely their grandchildren. The six children range in age from approximately seven years old to fifteen years old. The elderly couple wear...
Families; Flowers; Group portraits; Men; Women; Children; People
Colonel Charles Christopher Mengel and his wife sit in a room full of flowers surrounded by children who are likely their grandchildren. The six children range in age from approximately seven years old to fifteen years old. The elderly couple wear...
Colonel Charles Christopher Mengel and his wife sit in a room full of flowers. Both wear corsages on their formal clothes. She wears a pale dress with a jacket. He wears a dark suit with lighter pin-striped pants. Col. Mengel was President of the...
Two mules in harness pull a young man on a seed drill on a farm. A little dog runs along a stream. In the middle ground there is a small stone outbuilding with two stars on it. In the background are a couple of homes and outbuildings.
Two mules in harness pull a young man on seed drill on a farm. On the back of the machine is lettering reading, "Alfalfa & Grass Seed Drill." A stream cuts through the picture. To the left there is a small stone outbuilding with two...
Parties; Dance; Card games; Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company; Bands; People
In an auditorium full of people, likely employees of the L&N Railroad Company, some sit playing cards at tables while others dance in couples around a stage. On the stage is multi-piece band with saxophone, trombone, and tuba players. Above the...
Women; First aid; Classrooms; African Americans; Asian Americans; American Red Cross; People
Women practice first aid techniques at the Dunbar school (908 Magazine Street). Many women bear bandages on their arms and legs as others practice their bandaging techniques.
Address: 224 S. Fifth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Three Terminix trucks parked at the side of the First National Bank on Fifth Street have signs indicating, "Terminix destroys termites." A small group of people stands at the corner of...
Stores & shops; Plumbing stores; Buildings; Utility poles
Address: 1534 Bardstown Road, Louisville, Kentucky. The Laib Co., a plumbing fixtures store on Bardstown Road, is a brick and stone building featuring a suspended sign with a clock above the entryway. Homes can be seen behind the store to the...
Address: 320 W. Market Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A young couple stands in front of a jewelry counter at Roth Jewelry. The young man wears a dark coat and a hat and the young woman wears a fur coat and small dark hat. They appear to be looking...
A two-story home is shown. The front porch is capped by a second-story balcony. Both levels have benches. The house is very symmetrical with matching shutters around the windows. The house is surrounded by a number of trees. There appears to be an...
Looking through a doorway, this image shows a dining room table, chairs, and sideboards in the home of Colonel Charles Christopher Mengel, at 1325 S. Third Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A floral arrangement is on the table and a tea set is on the...
A bedroom in the home of Colonel Charles Christopher Mengel, at 1325 S. Third Street, Louisville, Kentucky, is shown. The four-poster bed has a white spread and roll of pillow near the headboard. A small rocking chair and chest are directly in...
This may have been the library in Colonel Charles Christopher Mengel's home at 1325 S. Third Street, Louisville, Kentucky. The fireplace is flanked by bookcases which have pictures, vases and candles atop them. A number of seats are available as...
This sitting room within Colonel Charles Christopher Mengel's home at 1325 S. Third Street, Louisville, Kentucky has three doorways visible and includes a rocking chair and a stuffed chair and couch. The floor is covered in carpets and the table...
This view of a bedroom at Colonel Charles Christopher Mengel's home at 1325 S. Third Street, Louisville, Kentucky, shows the foot of a sleigh bed, a rocking chair, a roll-top desk, and a chaise. The fireplace has an oval mirror above it and on its...
Dwellings; Houses; Interiors; Dining rooms; Servants; African Americans; People
The dining room table has a white runner and a vase of flowers on it. Two servants in black suits, white shirts and black bowties stand in the corner of the room by two doors. To one side of the room some decanters, candlesticks and a pitcher sit...
A large sleigh bed sits against one wall in this bedroom scene within Colonel Charles Christopher Mengel's home at 1325 S. Third Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A dresser with an oval mirror has a marble top on which sits a number of photographs,...
