Character portrait of left profile of actress Stella Boniface Weaver in costume for the role of Amrah in "Ben Hur," which was performed at Macauley's Theatre five times between 1891 and 1917. She was probably part of the March 1905 cast,...
Buildings; Educational facilities; Schools; Louisville Male High School (Louisville, Ky.)
Boys High School, later Male High School, at the corner of Brook Street and Breckinridge Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Four-story building with front entrance pillars and also a small side porch. There are pediments over the top floor's windows,...
Portrait of performer and producer Charles E. Evans wearing a mustache, buttoned suit jacket, and tie. Born in Rochester, New York, in either 1856 or 1857, Evans performed with William Hoey, and the two men married twin sisters Minnie and Helena...
Edward P. Campbell was born in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1832. He was reared on a farm and attended Cumberland College, graduating in 1854. In 1855, he read law under Judge George B. Cook, of Princeton, Kentucky, and in 1856, was admitted to...
Full-length character portrait of stage comedian and Vaudeville actor Eddie Foy in costume for the role of "Sister Anne" in "Mr. Bluebeard." He wears a pointed hat, pigtails, and white dress with short pleated skirt. Born Edwin...
Portrait of performer Etienne Girardot leaning his cheek on his left index finger, wearing a three-piece checked suit with bow tie. Born in London, England, on February 22, 1856, Girardot starred in productions of "Miss Francis of Yale"...
Horatio W. Bruce was born in 1830 in Lewis County, Kentucky. He attended school in Lewis County and in Manchester, Ohio, and worked as a salesman and bookkeeper at a general store in Vanceburg, Kentucky. In 1850, he went to Flemingsburg, Kentucky,...
Portrait of performer Harry Conor in left profile, wearing a three-piece suit with boutonniere and tie. Born circa 1856, Conor performed in "Vivian's Papas" at Macauley's Theatre in September 1904. He died in Roxbury, Massachusetts in...
Character portrait of performer J. E. Dodson costumed for a role in "The Two Orphans," wearing a floppy hat and tattered jacket and shirt. Born circa 1856 in England, Dodson died on December 9, 1931 in New York City. Inscription on print,...
Louisville (Ky.)--Maps; Jefferson County (Ky.)--Maps
Three atlases of Louisville and environs comprising 149 maps (plus covers, title pages, and other explanatory materials) of Louisville and Jefferson County in 1876, 1884, and 1913; 76 maps, one index, and one appendix from the Lafon Allen Kentucky...
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Entertainers; Men
Portrait of minstrel show performer, producer, and director Lew Dockstader with balding hair and mustache, wearing a suit jacket and necktie with stickpin. Born August 7, 1856 in Hartford, Connecticut, Dockstader died October 26, 1924 in New York...
Buildings; Schools; Louisville Female High School (Louisville, Ky.)
The Louisville Female High School, located on First Street, in Louisville, Kentucky, opened in 1856 but moved to this location in 1864, where a new structure was built for it in 1873. People are standing around the front of the building.
Lyttleton Cooke was born in Virginia in 1831. He spent his childhood in boarding schools and academies until age 18 when he entered the law school of the University of Virginia. Involved in a duel, he left before graduation, and moved to St. Louis,...
Map of Louisville, Kentucky, in 1856, at a scale of 4 inches to a mile. Includes lists of Louisville, Portland, and Shippingport streets, as well as a Reference to Public Buildings. Note beneath title reads "Published by W. Lee White. Reduced...
Portrait of left profile of stage and screen actor Roland Reed (1856 - 1901), wearing a suit jacket with leather glove in breast pocket and tie with stickpin. Reed starred in seven productions at Macauley's Theatre between April 1884 and January...
Portrait of right profile of mustachioed man in military attire, with nameplate reading "T. P. Brooke." Thomas Preston Brooke was a trombonist, band conductor, and composer born in Dubuque, Iowa, in 1856. He died in Chicago, Illinois, in...
Thomas H. Hanks was born in 1823 near Lawrenceburg, Kentucky. He received a common school education, and at the age of twenty-four was elected to represent Anderson County in the Kentucky legislature. He was elected circuit clerk of Anderson County...
Cities & towns; Government facilities; Buildings; United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
View from across the street, at an angle, of the U.S. Capitol Building and extension. Streetcars cross in front. Text on left: Stereoscopic Views. Text on right: Of Washington City. Descriptive information on back of card: The U.S. Capitol. The...
Copy of an engraving depicting downtown Louisville: men converse in street while children play off to the side and a horse-drawn carriage drives ahead; pedestrians stroll along tree-lined sidewalks; buildings, including two churches, are visible....
William Walter Cleary was born in Lexington, Kentucky, in 1831. He was an 1849 graduate of Transylvania University and in 1849, graduated from its law department with honors. In 1852, he was admitted to the bar and settled in Cynthiana, Kentucky....
