White two story house with balconied flat roof and two story square pillars. Domed window above screened entrance door. Four windowed double doors with low rectangular embellishments on top flank the entrance door, opening onto the porch. Labeled...
Port side bow view of KATE ADAMS. KATE ADAMS (Way #3216), a side-wheel packet with wood hull (250 ft. x 36 ft. x 8.5 ft.), was built in 1888 at Howard Ship Yard and Dock Company in Jeffersonville, Indiana. Owned by Memphis & Arkansas City...
Side wheelers; Steamboats; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
ED RICHARDSON tied to a river bank. ED RICHARDSON, a side-wheel packet with wood hull (309 ft. x 49 ft. x 12 ft.), was built in 1878 at Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company in Jeffersonville, Indiana. Owned by Capt. John W. Cannon, she operated on...
University of Louisville. Medical Dept.; Medical students; Teachers; University of Louisville--Students; University of Louisville--Faculty
University of Louisville 1888 - 1889 medical class. Composite photograph for the University of Louisville medical school in Louisville, Kentucky, of faculty and graduating students for the class of 1888-1889. Rows of individual oval-shaped...
Medical education; Medical students; University of Louisville. Medical Dept.
Catalog for the University of Louisville medical department for 1888-1889 Includes list of board of trustees and faculty, annual announcement or circular, catalog of class for the 1887-1888 session listing student name, residence, and preceptor,...
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...
Watson A. Sudduth was born in Bath County, Kentucky in 1854. He graduated from Centre College, Danville, Kentucky, in 1874, read law in the office of Andrews & Sudduth, and was admitted to practice in 1876. He grew a successful practice in...
Stern wheelers; Paddleboats; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
This digital collection currently features images of boats built, or being built, at Howard Shipyard in Jeffersonville, Indiana. It will be expanded to include the entire photograph collection taken by Captain James E. Howard (1875-1956) between...
Full-length character portrait of English-born actor, comedian, and writer E. A. Sothern (ca. 1826 - 1881). He stands in front of a set backdrop of an interior, wearing a long black jacket, white vest, and silk tie, and holding a letter. His hair...
Full-length character portrait of elegantly-attired woman (in dress with feather trim at bodice; opera-length gloves; bustle and train) leaning against a mantel on a stage set including a backdrop with window and ledge. The reference to...
Portrait of actress Mabel Bert as a young woman, with her hair pulled back, wearing a sleeveless white dress. Mabel Bert performed three plays opposite McKee Rankin at Macauley's Theatre on September 10-15, 1888. This portrait may have been...
Well-known and widely reproduced full-length photogravure character portrait of performer, producer, director, and writer William Jermyn Florence in costume for the role of The Honorable Bardwell Slate in "The Mighty Dollar," which he...
Well-known and widely reproduced full-length photogravure character portrait of actress Mrs. W. J. Florence in costume for the role of Mrs. General Gilflory in "The Mighty Dollar," which she performed six times at Macauley's Theatre: in...
Well-known and widely reproduced photogravure of character portrait of actors James Lewis and Mrs. G. H. Gilbert costumed for their roles in "A Night Off." Lewis, as the Professor, wearing vest and overcoat, stands over Gilbert, as Mrs....
Full-length character portrait of actress Florence Ashbrooke posed in fear or supplication against a rocky outcropping. She wears a long white dress and holds her hands above her head, with her eyes directed above as well. This is possibly related...
Portrait of left profile of actress Florence Ashbrooke, who starred in "The Twelve Temptations" at Macauley's Theatre in October 1888. Her hair is pulled back, and she wears a sleeveless dress decorated with tassels. Location of photo...
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...
Group portraits; Portrait photographs; Actors; Men; Costumes; Posing
Group portrait of three men from the Gilbert, Donnelly, & Girard comedy troupe (presumably John Gilbert, Henry V. Donnelly, and Edward Girard, although not necessarily in that order from left to right), which performed at Macauley's Theatre in...
Full-length portrait of Melora Henson Emerson standing in right profile with hands clasped, wearing a long white dress with cap sleeves. Emerson performed in a "Grand Sacred Concert by Boston Stars" at Macauley's Theatre on February 26,...
Three-quarter length portrait of musician Walter Emerson playing cornet. He wears a mustache and a tuxedo with pocket watch on a fob. Emerson performed in a "Grand Sacred Concert by Boston Stars" at Macauley's Theatre on February 26,...
