Lucius P. Little was born in Daviess County, Kentucky, in 1838 and served as district court judge in Owensboro from 1880 to 1893. He was the author of "Ben Hardin, His Times and Contemporaries" (1887). He died in 1918.
A native of Henry County, Kentucky, William S. Pryor was born near New Castle in 1824. He was admitted to the bar in 1844 and practiced in New Castle until he was elected circuit court judge in 1866. In 1871, he was appointed to a vacancy on the...
John W. Barr was born in Versailles, Kentucky, in 1826. He prepared for the bar at Transylvania University at Lexington, graduating in 1847. He started a law office in Versailles, but later relocated to Louisville where he soon established a...
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,...
Josiah T. Noe was born in Washington County, Kentucky, in 1850. After reading law in the office of his brother, William B. Noe, he was admitted to the bar in 1872 and joined his brothers Calhoun, Kentucky, practice. In 1874 he was elected county...
Lawyers; Municipal officials; Legislators; Judges; Portraits
William Pollitt McClain was born in 1849 in Henderson, Kentucky. He attended Notre Dame College, graduating in 1869. He then attended the law department of the University of Virginia, graduating in 1872. After practicing law in Missouri, he...
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Child actors; Boys; Costumes; Posing; Military uniforms
Full-length character portrait of child actors Willie Collier and George Brenning in costume for their roles in "H. M. S. Pinafore." Both wear hats, jackets, and sailor pants, and the taller of the two holds a musket while the shorter,...
Autographed portrait of R. G. (Robert Green) Ingersoll seated, wearing a three-piece suit and tie. Ingersoll lectured on "Why I Am an Agnostic" at Macauley's Theatre on February 23, 1898. In previous years, he had given lectures on...
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Opera singers; Women; Costumes; Posing
Full-length character portrait of soprano Emma Abbott wearing a long white wedding gown and veil. Abbot performed with the Emma Abbott Grand [English] Opera Company at Macauley's Theatre eleven times between March 1880 and November 1889. Location...
Full-length character portrait of actress Marie D. Shotwell in costume for the role of "Shirley Rossmore" in Charles Klein's "The Lion and the Mouse," produced at Macauley's Theatre in November 1907. She wears a shimmery evening...
Full-length character portrait of comedic actor Digby Bell wearing white tie and tails. His receding hairline forms a tuft at the crown of his head and is powdered white at the temples, next to his whiskers, and his thick eyebrows appear to be...
Portrait of left profile of author, actress, director, and producer Dorothy Donnelly wearing a pearl necklace and a white dress. Donnelly was born January 28, 1880 in New York City. She performed at Macauley's Theatre in three George Bernard Shaw...
Widely-reproduced photogravure of full-length character portrait of actor, director, producer, and writer John Brougham in the role of Sir Lucius O'Trigger in Richard Brinsley Sheridan's "The Rivals." He wears a hat, cloak, and boots, and...
Photogravure character portrait of actor William Warren in the role of "Herr Weigel" in "My Son." In this well-known and widely-reproduced image, Warren wears a jacket, vest with watch fob, ascot, and plaid pants, and holds a...
Character portrait of left profile of performer Sallie Fisher wearing a hat with large ostrich plume and heavy tunic over long-sleeve, high-necked shirt. She may be costumed for the role of Phyllis Crane in "The Goddess of Liberty," which...
Portrait of left profile of performer Vernona Jarbeau, with her head against a circular motif and a cross around her neck. Jarbeau appeared at Macauley's Theatre five times: in "Evangeline" and "Conrad, the Corsair" (March...
Full-length character portrait of performer, producer, and arranger Joseph Jefferson III in costume for the role of Bob Acres in "The Rivals." He stands before an outdoor backdrop, wearing a tri-corner hat, jacket with tails, and pants...
Colored (by Bonnaudtype, a new process at the time) and autographed portrait of performer, producer, and arranger Joseph Jefferson III in costume for the title role in "Caleb Plummer." He wears a stovepipe hat, striped shirt, suit jacket,...
Character portrait of actress Minnie Palmer with bangs peeking out from underneath hat. She wears a blouse with lace trim, fastened with a white bow and a brooch. Palmer was born circa 1860 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and died May 21, 1936 in...
Portrait of William W. Jefferson, seated, and Joseph Jefferson, standing behind him; both wear suits and ties. William Winter Jefferson, born ca. 1875 and died February 10, 1946, and Joseph Jefferson (1869-1919) performed together at Macauley's...
