An aerial photograph of downtown Louisville, the Ohio River, and Southern Indiana with the George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge, also known as the Second Street Bridge, in the center of the river. Title supplied by cataloger.
Aerial view of downtown Louisville from east of Second Street to Seventh Street and from south of Broadway to the Ohio River and into Southern Indiana.
Aerial photographs; Industry; Clocks & watches; Colgate Company
This aerial view of southern Indiana catches the very edge of the Ohio River and the area around the Colgate & Co. plant in Clarksville. Even from the air the company's signs and large clock are visible. Besides the name of the company the...
African Americans; African Americans--Education; Boy Scouts of America; Elderly poor; Floods--Ohio River; Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; National Council of Senior Citizens; Senior House; Senior centers; Scouting (Youth activity); Urban elderly;...
Oral history interviews conducted with Mr. Steward Pickett on May 23, June 4, and June 25, 1979 by Mary Bobo. Mr. Pickett, a retired assistant Boy Scout executive and board member of Senior House, talks about his family, growing up on an...
African Americans; Race relations; Civil rights demonstrations; Civil rights; Louisville Free Public Library; Girl Scouts; Libraries; Integration; African Americans--Social conditions
Oral history interview with Murray Atkins Walls and John Walls, conducted July 27, 1977 by Dwayne Cox. Most of the interview focuses on Murray Atkins Walls, although her husband, John Walls, is also an active participant. They were both involved in...
Children and some adults play in the water of a swimming pool at Rose Island in Indiana. A few wear swimming caps. Two men in white suits stand at the edge of the pool next to a child. Some swimmers sit on bleachers as does a man in a suit without...
As my curatorial thesis project, I chose to curate an exhibit of George Washington Morrison's paintings. George Morrison was a well-known portrait painter in New Albany, Indiana during his time here from 1840-1893. His paintings are on display in...
Crankshaft and small alarm clock on a large piece of paper or metal. The crankshaft is presumably from the automobile parked behind it in a shed or garage at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana.
A child wearing a long vest over pants stands on the running board of a Model A Ford. A man wearing a suit and hat sits at the wheel of the car looking at the child. The convertible has its spare tire attached to the side of the car near the front...
Barges; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Barge tied to bank at Howard Shipyards in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana in 1925. According to the photographer's notes, this is the "twisted barge of Inland Waterways Co., Louisville, Ky."
Barges; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Eleven wooden barge hulls under construction for the government at Howard Shipyards in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. According to the photographer's notes, this picture was taken from the "St. Louis ferry."
Barges; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Looking down the ways toward the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard at Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. Barges and other boats line the river bank.
Barges; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Two rock barges under construction on the grade at Howard Shipyard in Jeffersonville, Indiana in 1928. According to the photographer's notes they were being built for the New Orleans port.
Barges; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Rock barges under construction on the grade at Howard Shipyard in Jeffersonville, Indiana in 1928. According to the photographer's notes they were being built for the New Orleans port.
Barges; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Two steel barges under construction one the grade at Howard Shipyard in Jeffersonville, Indiana. These appear to be the New Orleans rock barges also seen in images 1986.90.802 and ULPA 1986.90.802A.
