Children riding and exiting a toboggan slide on a lake at Chester Park in Cincinnati, Ohio. Only the end of the slide is visible; a pair of children are seen riding on a toboggan near the bottom. A large, apparently wood, building with porches and...
One automobile driving on unpaved road. There are other cars lining the road; there are people in and around the cars. The car in the road is occupied by one man; it is an open-air vehicle and the driver is seated on the right rather than the...
Baseball players; Baseball managers; Athletes; Parkway Field (Louisville, Ky.)
Boston Red Sox baseball player Ted Williams with Louisville Colonels manager Mike Ryba at Parkway Field, Louisville, Kentucky. Handwritten on bottom of mounted print: "R.G. Potter, Collection; University of Lou. Photo Archives; Parkway Field...
Men, mostly in shirts and ties, sit and stand in two rows on top of a houseboat with the name Skippy-K painted on the side. The text on the photo reads "Louisville Chapter P.D.C.A. Summer Boat Outing Aug 7, 1946."
Two men and two women on a speed boat at a dock. The man at the wheel wears a jacket and hat. The boat has the name Jo-Polly and the number L1764 painted on the side. Caption on back: Abe Bowman in Jo-Polly boat leavig Louisville Boat Club. aug 4,...
A family Bible propped open to a page of the book of Malachi, facing a page marked 'Family Record.' On the left-hand (Malachi) side is handwritten "Mrs. Kate L. Bell, our dearly beloved mother, passed away Dec. 31, 1925 at 8:30 p.m. Funeral...
Distilling industry; Industrial facilities; Stills (Distilleries); Whiskey; Barrels; Men
General Distillers Corporation, located at 1726 Mellwood Avenue in Louisville, Kentucky; worker stands over a barrel of bourbon whiskey, gauging it, as others watch. Stamped on bottom of barrel: "General Distillers Corporation of Kentucky, No....
This leather-bound account book has a worn front cover with undecipherable writing at the top and "Cadet O. M. Poe. Sept (?) 1852" written in the center. On top left corner of the inside front cover is a stamp that reads: Sold by David...
Catherine Lawton, dressed as the character Kitty Walton in the Little Colonel books, sits on a lawn with a basket of flowers. She is wearing a full dress and a straw hat with flowers. Handwritten on verso of postcard in Kate Matthews' handwriting:...
A girl with long hair wearing a white, or light-colored, dress poses in a swing suspended from a tree. The girl is believed to be the photographer's niece, Elizabeth Matthews, who was the real-life model for the character Betty Lewis in the Little...
Group photograph of a segment of students and some faculty and staff in the Training School for Nurses at Louisville City Hospital. Two rows of women with one man in the center of the top row standing on the steps of a stone building. The women in...
Louisville City Hospital school of nursing 1918 - Composite photograph of Louisville City Hospital school of nursing class of 1918. Two rows of individual oval-shaped portraits of students in nursing uniforms and caps with four portraits across the...
Illustrated map of Kentucky with small drawings showing cities, landmarks, agricultural crops, and other points of interest. Includes a drawing in the upper left corner based on a painting of Daniel Boone and a horse racing scene below the frame....
Huston Quinn, mayor of Louisville, Kentucky from 1921 until 1925, sitting on "mechanical horse" (metal structure with saddle-shaped seat, stirrups, and motor). Handwritten on bottom of mounted print: "R.G. Potter, Collection /...
Portrait of Ernest L. Vogt's grandchildren, Charles Lyman Vogt, Virginia Louise Vogt and Ernest Barker of Louisville, Kentucky, posed in front of the fireplace. The photograph is marked with discolorations and yellowing from age. Stamped on back of...
Charles B. Braitling, Warren LeRoy Bryan and Stanton Kenneth Bryan of Louisville, Kentucky wearing suits and ties. Handwritten on back of image: credit Walton Jones (Louisville photographer). Stamped on back: Herald-Post, Page No. 2, Photo No. 5,...
Judge Neill W. Funk of Louisville, Kentucky standing in his court room, wearing a suit and tie. The photograph has some discoloration. Stamped on back of image: Herald-Post, Page No. 6, Photo No. 5, Issue of Aug. 24th; September 22, 1930....
Portraits; Men; Women; Business people; Ocean travel; Ships
Blakemore Wheeler and his wife, Minnie M. Wheeler of Louisville, Kentucky, standing on the deck of a ship. Crop marks outline Mr. Wheeler's image, and the photograph is damaged along the edges and discolored from age. Handwritten on back of image:...
Portrait of actor Barney Bernard wearing a suit jacket and bow tie. Bernard was born Aug 17, 1877 in Rochester, New York, and died March 21, 1924 in New York City. He appeared in four productions at Macauley's Theatre between 1909 and 1923. His...
Portrait of actor, director, and stage manager Thomas Coffin Cooke wearing a suit jacket and black bow tie. It is inscribed to Boyd Martin, longtime theatre critic for Louisville's Courier-Journal newspaper and also director of the University of...
