Sketch of Kentucky Wagon Manufacturing Plant. Located on thirty-two acres at Third Street and Eastern Parkway in Louisville, Kentucky, the company was established in 1878. There is an oval company sign grown on the grass at the bottom left of the...
Sketch of Kentucky Wagon Manufacturing Plant. Located on thirty-two acres at Third Street and Eastern Parkway in Louisville, Kentucky, the company was established in 1878. There is an empty circle grown on the grass at the bottom left of the...
Ferries; Side wheelers; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
NEW SHALLCROSS tied to the snow covered bank of the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard. NEW SHALLCROSS, a side-wheel ferry with wood hull (160 ft. x 36.9 ft. x 6.1 ft.), was built at Howard in 1878. Owned by Louisville & Jeffersonville Ferry...
Wilbur Fisk Browder was born in Clarksville, Tenn., in 1848, but was chiefly reared in Montgomery, Ala. When sixteen years old, he entered the Randolph Macon College, of Virginia, attending one year, before transferring to the University of...
John Graham Simrall was born in Fayette County, Kentucky, in 1840. He graduated from Centre College at age 17, ranked second in his class. Too young to read law, his father placed him under the tutorship of Judge George Robertson, of Lexington, who...
Eli H. Brown was born in Meade County, Kentucky, in 1841. He was educated at the academy of Hawesville, Kentucky, in Hancock County, He read law with George W. Williams and in 1862 joined the Hancock County bar. Brown was soon elected City Judge...
Medical education; Medical students; Hospital College of Medicine, Louisville (Ky.)
Catalog for Hospital College of Medicine 1878-1879. Includes list of medical faculty for college, program information, and graduates from 1874-1878. Printed on cover: 1878. Annual Announcement of the Hospital College of Medicine. Medical Department...
Lithograph character portrait of actor John E. Owens in the role that he made famous, as Solon Shingle in the play "Solon Shingle, or, The People's Lawyer" by Joseph Stevens Jones. He is peering over eyeglasses, and wears a hat, jacket...
Photogravure portrait of actor and writer Stuart Robson wearing a jacket and tie. Robson, who married actress May Waldron, was born March 4, 1836 in Annapolis, Maryland, and died April 29, 1903 in New York City. He first performed at Macauley's...
Retouched portrait of George M. Cohan in suit jacket and tie. Performer/producer/composer/lyricist/writer Cohan's life story was immortalized in the 1943 film "Yankee Doodle Dandy," starring James Cagney as Cohan. Cohan was born July 4,...
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Actors; Men; Costumes; Military uniforms
Character portrait of left profile of performer H. J. Montague (also known as Harry) in costume for the role of Captain Molineaux in "The Shaughraun." He wears a military cap and jacket with epaulets. "The Shaughraun" was...
Full-length character portrait of performer and producer William H. Crane in costume for the role of Lemuel Moreword in "Father and the Boys," which he performed at Macauley's Theatre in November 1909. He stands with thumbs hitched in...
Full-length character portrait of performer and producer William H. Crane in padded period costume, probably for a role as Falstaff. He wears a hat with ostrich plume; wig with tufts of gray hair; and velvet tunic, and leans on a cane. Crane was...
Performance program for fiftieth performance of "The Henrietta," a comedy by Bronson Howard, produced by the comedians Robson & Crane at Union Square Theatre, New York, Monday evening, November 14th, 1887. Includes list of characters...
Full-length character portrait of performer and producer William H. Crane in costume for the role of Sir Anthony Absolute in "The Rivals." He wears a tri-cornered hat, overcoat, frilly collar, boots, and leans on a cane. Crane was born...
Full-length portrait of actor, playwright, and manager Nathan Salsbury (also known as Nate or N. Salsbury) standing in a garden, wearing a suit and top hat and leaning on a cane. Salsbury was born in Freeport, Illinois on February 28, 1846 and died...
Portrait of performer and producer Ralph C. Herz (1878 - 1921), a balding man wearing suit jacket and tie. He starred in "Dr. De Luxe" to Macauley's Theatre in February 1912. Inscription on print, lower right: "To Col. J. T. Macauley...
Character portrait of Shakespearean actor George Rignold (1839-1912) in costume for a theatrical role as King Henry V, which he performed at Macauley's Theatre from February 14-19, 1876 and April 29-30, 1878. He has a mustache which appears to be...
Full-length character portrait of performer Effie Ellsler with her arms around then neck of an unidentified mustachioed man, who raises both arms in the air. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, on September 17, 1855, Ellsler married Frank Weston and starred...
