Churchill Downs executive (1902-1949) "Col. Matt" (Martin J.) Winn of Louisville, Kentucky, talking with boxer Max Schmeling. The photograph is marked with discolorations and yellowing around the edges. Stamped on back of image:...
Colonel Edward W. Starling wearing a suit and bowler hat, holding a dog, which is being examined by an unidentified man. The photograph has marks of discoloration and small cracks along the edges. Stamped on back of image: Associated Press Photo.
Portraits; Men; Teachers; College presidents; People associated with education & communication
Dr. John J. Tigert, professor at the University of Kentucky, seated at his desk, wearing a suit jacket and pencil tie. The photograph has marks of discoloration from age. Article attached to back of image: Associated Press Photo; to accept...
Edward Gay Hill of Louisville, Kentucky sitting on a bench, smoking a cigarette and writing. The photograph has spots of discoloration. Attached to back: Poet In Miami Beach; All poets do not live in garrets -here is one who lives in an apartment...
Irvin S. Cobb, Paducah, Kentucky-born author of more than fifty works and later an actor, standing outside, wearing a suit, holding a cane, and smoking a cigar. Photograph is cracking in a few places. Attached to back of image: Associated Press...
Jackson Jail in "bloody Breathitt County." A dark building (or dark photograph), behind a telephone pole and flanked by trees. Caption from Associated Press: "Jail from which mob took victim--the Breathitt County Jail at Jackson,...
Jackson Jail in "bloody Breathitt County." A dark building (or dark photograph), behind a telephone pole and flanked by trees. Image from Associated Press Photo, Chicago Bureau. AP caption: "Kentucky mob invades jail to seize...
James Ross Todd of Louisville, Kentucky with wife, Margaret Menefee Todd standing on the deck of a cruise ship. The photograph has marks of discoloration from age. Stamped on back of image: August 8, 1925; Associated Press Photo, New York City....
Jane Carroll sitting at a piano, singing. Stamped on back of image: July 17, 1928. Attached to the back: Associated Press Photo, From New York; New Metropolitan Opera American Star; Miss Carroll's real name is Helen Howard. She is a daughter of...
Jane Carroll sitting on the arm of a chair. Photograph has been slightly damaged. Stamped on back of image: July 17, 1928. Attached to the back: Associated Press Photo, From New York; New Metropolitan Opera American Star; Miss Carroll's real name...
Judge Robert Worth Bingham and wife, Aleen Kithgow Hilliard Bingham of Louisville, Kentucky, standing on a ship deck. The photograph has been marked with discolorations. Article attached to back of image: Associated Press Photo…From New York;...
Vehicles; Cruisers (Warships); United States. Navy
Launching of U.S.S. Louisville at Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington. The official launching was on September 1, 1930. Flags are hung on lines from mast to bow and stern and at top is a U.S. flag. Crowds line the docks. There is fog in...
Left side view from the Louisville, Kentucky, shore of Municipal Bridge. Now known as the George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge or the Second Street Bridge, it spans the Ohio River between Louisville, Kentucky, and Jeffersonville, Indiana. On back of...
Madison (Ind.)-Milton (Ky.) Bridge across the Ohio River, dedicated December 20, 1929. On back of image: AP Photo Chicago Bureau. Associated Press story on back of image: "The new Madison-Milton, Ky. Highway bridge which was dedicated at...
Buildings; Barns; Dwellings; Horse farms; Man o' War (Race horse); Horses
Man O'War grazing at Faraway Farm in Lexington, Kentucky. Dark horse with glossy coat wears a bridle and leans his neck down to graze in a field of grass. There are a few trees on the horizon and a fence to the right. Man O'War won the Preakness...
Dwellings; Horse farms; Man o' War (Race horse); Horses
Man O'War with owner Samuel D. Riddle at Faraway Farm in Lexington, Kentucky. Dark horse stands with perfect posture as a vested man behind him holds his bridle, accompanied by another man in suit and hat who holds a thin cane and looks at the...
Nola Minton of Barbourville, Kentucky, wearing a cloche hat and fur coat, leaning on a fence. The photograph has been marred with discolorations from age. Stamped on back of image: December 3, 1929. Article attached to back: Associated Press Photo;...
Placing judges, from left, Sam McMeekin, Sherman Goodpaster & William Shelley, Churchill Downs, Louisville, Kentucky. The men stand in a row on a white floor, wearing suits and hats; the two men on the sides have binoculars hanging around their...
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Men; Government officials; Governors
Portrait of Augustus Everett Willson of Louisville, Kentucky, wearing glasses and a printed tie. The photograph has been marked with discolorations. Article attached to back of image: Reported to be seriously ill: Governor of Kentucky (1907-1911);...
Portrait of Bishop H.P. Almon Abbott wearing clerical robes with a cross around his neck and ring on his left hand. Top right of picture is flawed. Handwritten on image back of image: Associated press photo from New York. Bishop of Lexington,...