Busy dock on the Ohio River. Three wharfboats line the shore and two steamboats are docked behind them. The larger of the two boats is the City of Cincinnati steamboat which traveled daily between Cincinnati, Ohio and Louisville, Ky. Several people...
African American journalists; African American politicians; African American newspapers; African Americans; Politics & government; Politicians; Race relations; Democratic Party (Ky.); Mammoth Life and Accident Insurance Co. (Louisville, Ky.);...
Interview with William J. Ealy, Louisville newspaperman and political activist. This interview was conducted on August 5 and 22, 1977 by Dwayne Cox of the University of Louisville Oral History Center. Mr. Ealy discusses his early life and education...
Forts & fortifications; Historic sites; Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.); Buildings
Exterior view of the Alamo fort from across a road. Front wall and part of the side are visible. A star is at the top of the front wall. Title: 16578 'The Alamo' - Texas Cradle of Liberty (Dating from 1744), San Antonio. Text on left: Keystone View...
Aerial view of the Big Four Bridge across the Ohio River between Louisville, Kentucky, and Jeffersonville, Indiana, on a diagonal from bottom right of photo to upper left. Fog in areas on river banks. On back of image: "Photo by Ray Barclay...
Currently including 26 interviews (available as audio files and transcriptions), mostly conducted in the late 1970s, that document the many aspects of life in Louisville, particularly as experienced by African Americans, this digital collection...
Lieutenant Governor Albert B. "Happy" Chandler with aide Joe Burman, both wearing white suits and big smiles. Photograph has been cropped so that it contains only the two of them. Stamped on back of image: August 7, 1935. Handwritten on...
Albert B. "Happy" Chandler, Governor of Kentucky from 1935-1939 (and again from 1955-1959), shaking the hand of an unknown gentleman, wearing a big smile. Photograph has been drawn on. Stamped on back of image: June 11, 1936.
Address: 312 E. Walnut Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Three "1/2 ton cap." trucks are shown here in front of the American Dye Works building. Each truck includes a sign reading, "American Dye Works, F. Edmond Klein, Prop., 'A Personal...
Will Harris, Jean Thomas, and Anna Harris, all dressed in white, stand on the steps of the McGuffey Log School. Thomas acquired possession of this schoolhouse (similar to the one she had attended as a child) in Big Sandy country, and had it moved...
Will Harris, Jean Thomas, and Anna Harris, all dressed in white, stand next to the chimney of the McGuffey Log School. Thomas acquired possession of this schoolhouse (similar to the one she had attended as a child) in Big Sandy country, and had it...
Will Harris, Jean Thomas, and Anna Harris, all dressed in white, stand on the steps of the McGuffey Log School. Thomas acquired possession of this schoolhouse (similar to the one she had attended as a child) in Big Sandy country, and had it moved...
Baseball cards; Athletes; Baseball players; New York Giants (Baseball team)
Art Fletcher or Arthur Fletcher (1885-1950). Color portrait of Art Fletcher. A 'NY' is in the top left corner and 'Giants' is in the top right. The team is the New York Giants. Verso: Arthur Fletcher. Arthur Fletcher, the Giants' active young...
Beargrass Creek, Louisville, Kentucky. Chiaroscuro photograph of creek edged by dark shadows of leafy ground in the foreground and dark silhouettes of trees in the background. The scene is of the mouth of Beargrass Creek at the Ohio River with the...
Rails are embedded in a cobblestone road alongside the Big Four and Chesapeake & Ohio Freight building. A multi-car train is parked in front of the building. One of the cars is marked "N.Y.C. & H.R." while another says,...
Looking toward Louisville, Kentucky, at the Big Four Railroad Bridge the day after two large spans collapsed during construction. Fifty men were dropped into the icy Ohio River on December 15, 1893, forty of them died.
Looking toward Louisville, Kentucky, at the Big Four Railroad Bridge the day after two large spans collapsed during construction. Fifty men were dropped into the icy Ohio River on December 15, 1893, forty of them died.
Big Four Bridge between Louisville, Kentucky, and Jeffersonville, Indiana, and the banks of the Ohio River. Steamboat at front right. On back of image: "New York Studio Anything Photographic Louisville, Ky."
Big Four Bridge; Bridges; Railroad bridges; Men; People; Transportation
A man stands at the Louisville side of the Big Four Bridge as a train crosses the Ohio River. The train is Interstate Public Service Co #208, bound for Indianapolis. Along the left section of the bridge is a pedestrian walkway while the center of...
Portrait of Henry B. "Big Henry" Hensley, who operated a store on the Manchester road, had fourteen children and seventy-six grandchildren. He was baptized at the age of 66 by Mr. Burns.
