African Americans; African American educators; Segregation in higher education; Civil rights workers; African Americans--Education (Higher); Race relations; University of Louisville; University of Kentucky; Louisville Municipal College for Negroes...
Oral history interview conducted with Lyman T. Johnson on May 6, 1976 by Dwayne Cox. Mr. Johnson, a civil rights activist and educator focuses on Johnson’s involvement in the effort to integrate the University of Louisville and the University of...
Louisville Colonels pitcher, "Lefty" Seamonds during warm-up, Parkway Field, Louisville, Kentucky, 1942. In the background a row of cars can barely be seen in front of the trees. Stamped on back of the image is "Robert E. Stigers...
Buildings; Health care facilities; Hospitals; Louisville City Hospital; Amphitheaters
Amphitheater at Louisville City Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky. Caption below: "The Amphitheater." Stadium seating on collapsible round backless seats curves around the pit below, where there is a standing chalkboard and four wood chairs....
Buildings; Health care facilities; Maternity hospitals; Hospital wards; Louisville City Hospital
Baby ward at Louisville City Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky. A room of empty white metal baby beds without mattresses; a white metal hamper; and one white metal chair. There are large windows on two sides of the room. Known as Louisville Marine...
Assorted baseball players, including Ted Williams, at Hillerich & Bradsby Company looking at Louisville Slugger baseball bats or in uniform on a baseball field at Parkway Field in April 1942. In May 1942, Williams hit his 100th career home run....
Grover Hatfield, smoking pipe, listens to Bud McCoy, with York petition, next to auto while Grover's son (with rifle), daughter (with kitten), and puppy look on, Cannonsburg, Kentucky, June 1942. The Hatfield and McCoy families were involved in a...
Grover Hatfield's son with dog and Bud McCoy in front of house in Cannonsburg, June 1942. The Hatfield and McCoy families were involved in a famous feud in the 1870s-1880s. Title supplied by cataloger.
Full-length character portrait of performer Charles Dalton in costume for his role in "The Sign of the Cross." He stands before a backdrop of a temple (with columns), wearing a floor-length toga. Charles Dalton, born August 29, 1864 in...
Buildings; Health care facilities; Hospitals; Louisville City Hospital; Hospital wards
Detention ward at Louisville City Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky. Caption below: "Detention ward." One story light brick building with shingled, cylindrical-edged roof. Raised basement with stairs leading down to its door. Shot shows left...
Buildings; Health care facilities; Hospitals; Louisville City Hospital; Kitchens
Diet Kitchen at Louisville City Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky. Two women in white dresses and white hats stand at a rectangular table of trayed food; the woman on the right holds a smaller tray in the air. There is a huge cylindrical vent coming...
Buildings; Health care facilities; Hospitals; Louisville City Hospital; Dormitories
Employees' dormitory and garage at Louisville City Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky. Corner view of three story light brick building with three dark double doors on the side, rows of dark windows, and a sloping roof. The street is wet and railed and...
Buildings; Health care facilities; Hospitals; Louisville City Hospital; Medicines
Drug room at Louisville City Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky. A man in a white smock stands at right with his hands on a counter above rows of small drawers. On the counter are many bottles and a small typewriter. Above the counter and along the...
Angel suspended in sky holding ribbon banner that reads, "Glory to God in the Highest." An article in "The Louisville Courier-Journal" on November 12, 1942 described how this picture was produced: "In the attic of...
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...
Portrait of performer Effie Ellsler wearing a dress with a v-shaped neck. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, on September 17, 1855, she married Frank Weston and starred in ten productions at Macauley's Theatre between March 1878 and January 1901. She died...
Full-length character portrait of performer Effie Ellsler seated, wearing a dress and apron and holding a basket on her lap and something in each hand, possibly a knife and peeled potato. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, on September 17, 1855, she married...
Full-length character portrait of performer Effie Ellsler leaning against a chair, wearing a long dark dress and white apron, and holding a pair of men's boots in her left hand. The chair is beside a table with white tablecloth, and a man's suit...
Portrait of performer Effie Ellsler wearing a hat topped by a bird and feathers and a dress with pleated, buttoned bodice. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, on September 17, 1855, Ellsler married Frank Weston and starred in ten productions at Macauley's...
Portrait of Effie Ellsler superimposed on a bust. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, on September 17, 1855, she married Frank Weston and starred in ten productions at Macauley's Theatre between March 1878 and January 1901, including three performances of...
Portrait of right profile of performer Effie Ellsler, wearing her hair in a braid. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, on September 17, 1855, she married Frank Weston and starred in ten productions at Macauley's Theatre between March 1878 and January 1901....
