Portrait of right profile of performer Alice Oates wearing a hat, earrings, dramatic eye makeup, and a fringed shawl. Born Alice Merritt in Nashville, Tennessee in 1849, she married fellow actor James A. Oates and produced burlesque and comic opera...
Oval shaped frame decorated with floral elements. An open book is at the base of the frame. The name "Anna Gilbert Cowan" and the phrase "Her Book" are in the center of the frame. Anna Gilbert Cowan was the second wife of Andrew...
Archibald Dixon was born in Caswell County, North Carolina, in 1802. He moved with his parents to Henderson, Kentucky, in 1805. Educated in the local schools, he read law and was admitted to the bar in 1824. He established a practice in Henderson....
Maps, on a scale of 200 feet per inch, of "every lot or parcel of ground" in the central area of Louisville, Kentucky in 1876, including details such as precise dimensions, owners' names, building materials (wood vs. brick) and whether...
Belvard J. Peters was born in Fauquier County, Virginia, November 3, 1805. He attended Buck Pond Academy, in Woodford County, then Transylvania University, where he graduated in 1825. He read law under Chief Justice John Boyle, received a license...
Baptist churches; Churches; Education; Universities & colleges; Men; Liberty Female College
The Baptist Church of Glasgow, Kentucky, a brick church with a pointed turret and arched windows, is seen in the foreground; a man in a suit stands in front along one of the weathered picket fences encircling parts of the yard, which also contains...
Portrait of left profile of performer Bertha Galland (1876 - 1932) wearing a headband. Bertha Galland starred in four productions at Macauley's Theatre between 1901 and 1905: "The Pride of Jennico (April 1901); "Notre Dame" (December...
Portrait of performer Bertha Galland (1876 - 1932) wearing a hat with ostrich plume and a fur stole. Bertha Galland starred in four productions at Macauley's Theatre between 1901 and 1905: "The Pride of Jennico (April 1901); "Notre...
Side view of a train crossing a stone bridge identified as the Bolivar Bridge. The engine, first car, and part of the second train car can be seen approaching from the left. The bridge over a small body of water has two arches. A similar bridge is...
Three-quarter length character portrait of performer Cecelia Loftus standing in right profile, wearing a long white dress and reading an open book. Cecelia Loftus was born in Glasgow, Scotland on October 22, 1876, and died in 1943. She starred in...
Exhibition buildings; Buildings; Centennial Exhibition (1876: Philadelphia, Pa.); People
Large group of horse-drawn carriages on the street in front of a group of streetcars. In the background is a tall and long building. Some people walk on the street. Title: Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia--1876. Text on left: James Cremer,...
Portrait of actress Charlotte Walker wearing a beaded necklace and white dress with low neckline. Charlotte Walker was born December 29, 1876 in Galveston, Texas, and died March 23, 1958 in Kerrville, Texas. She performed at Macauley's Theatre in...
Railroad exhibit. On an elevated platform decorated with an image of a train is a model train, possibly made of straw or hay and a small building, made of similar materials. On the building is a sign with the words 'Samples. Products. Raised Along...
John T. Macauley, proprietor of Macauley's Theatre from 1879 until his death in 1915, is at left, wearing a bowler hat and three-piece suit with tie and pocket watch fob. Writer Irvin S. Cobb, at right, was born June 23, 1876 in Paducah, Kentucky,...
Large, two-story piece of equipment identified as an engine with at least three sets of ladders attached. Across a beam near the base of the machine are the words 'Geo. H. Corliss Providence R.I.' Title: 496- Corliss Engine. Text on left:...
Daniel Boone Logan was born in 1858 in Olive Hill, Kentucky. He received his early education at Morehead high school in Rowan County and Grayson Academy in Carter County. He was employed as a teacher from 1876 until 1886 in Bath, Rowan and Fleming...
Exhibition buildings; Buildings; World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition (1884-1885 : New Orleans, La.); Florida
Large room containing a deck, palm trees, a hut with grass roof, and a counter and display booth. Two men stand at the counter. Hanging in the background is a large sign that says 'Florida.' Title: 994. Florida Section, G. & S. Building. Stamp:...
Copy negative made from a "Boehl & Koenig" photograph of the ornate interior cabin on the steamboat GRAND REPUBLIC. The original photograph was taken by GRAND REPUBLIC, a side wheel packet with a wood hull, was originally built as...
Copy negative of a photograph of the steamboat GRAND REPUBLIC. GRAND REPUBLIC, a side wheel packet with a wood hull, was originally built as the GREAT REPUBLIC (Way #2438) in 1867 and then remodeled and renamed GRAND REPUBLIC in 1876. Owned by...
Map of Kentucky and Tennessee shows mountain ranges, rivers, creeks, railroads, counties, cities, and towns. State borders are traced in color, counties are lightly tinted and relief is show by hachures. Insets include hypsometric map illustrating...
