Color lithograph advertising Emerson's Megatherian Minstrels, which featured performer Billy Emerson (pictured here). Billy Emerson (Edmund) was born in Belfast, Ireland in 1846 and died in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1902. Emerson's Megatherian...
Color lithograph advertising Emerson's Megatherian Minstrels, which featured performer Billy Emerson and were managed by Richard M. Hooley (pictured here). Hooley was born in Ballina, County Mayo, Ireland in 1822 and died in Chicago in 1893. The...
African Americans; African American singers; African American musicians; Nightclubs--Kentucky--Louisville; Singers; Musicians
Oral history interview with Robert Key, conducted October 25, 1977 by Robert Friedman. Mr. Key was a musician. He was born in Louisville but really launched his career in Chicago before touring as a singer. In this interview, he discusses his...
African Americans; African American churches; African American single mothers ; African American teenage mothers; Nursing homes; Nursing home administrators; People's Baptist Church (Louisville, Ky.); Single mothers; Teenage marriage; Teenage...
Oral history interview conducted on May 9, 1979 with Frances Smith by Mary Bobo. Mrs. Smith, a former nursing home owner and administrator discusses her childhood in Russellville, Kentucky, moving to Louisville at age twelve to tend to an aunt,...
A Franklin automobile is shown with four men in it. The top is down for the picture, but the road appears icy and a little bit of snow appears at the base of the statue of Abraham Lincoln at the side of the Louisville Free Public Library at 301...
Baseball cards; Athletes; Baseball players; Chicago Cubs (Baseball team)
Mordecai Brown (1876-1948) also known as Three Finger Brown. Color portrait of Mordecai Brown in a uniform with a 'C' on it. The team is the Chicago Cubs. Verso: Base Ball Stars. This card is one of a set of 30 stars from original photographs.
Baseball cards; Athletes; Baseball players; Chicago Cubs (Baseball team)
Frank Chance or Frank LeRoy Chance (1876-1924) also known as Husk or the Peerless Leader. Color portrait of Frank Chance in an action shot. The team is the Chicago Orphans or Chicago Cubs. Verso: Base Ball Stars. This card is one of a set of 30...
Baseball cards; Athletes; Baseball players; Chicago Cubs (Baseball team)
Johnny Evers or John Joseph Evers (1881-1947) also known as Crab and Trojan. Color portrait of Johnny Evers in an action shot. The team is the Chicago Orphans or Cubs. Verso: Base Ball Stars. This card is one of a set of 30 stars. Manufactured only...
Baseball cards; Athletes; Baseball players; Chicago Cubs (Baseball team)
Bill Foxen or William Aloysius Foxen (1879-1937). Color portrait of Bill Foxen. A cub is in the top left corner and 'Cubs' is in the top right. The team is the Chicago Cubs. Verso: William A. Foxen. Southpaw William A. Foxen, of the Chicago...
Baseball cards; Athletes; Baseball players; Chicago Cubs (Baseball team)
Rube Kroh or Floyd Myron Kroh (1886-1944). Color portrait of Floyd Kroh. A bear is in the top left corner and 'Cubs' is in the top right corner. The team is the Chicago Cubs. Verso: Floyd M. Kroh. Floyd Kroh, the southpaw pitcher whom the...
Baseball cards; Athletes; Baseball players; Chicago Cubs (Baseball team)
Harry McIntire or John Reid McIntire (1879-1949). Color portrait of Harry McIntire with the Chicago Cubs. A bear is in the top left corner and 'Cubs' is in the right. Verso: Harry McIntire. Harry McIntire commenced playing professional ball with...
Baseball cards; Athletes; Baseball players; Chicago Cubs (Baseball team)
Ed Reulbach or Edward Marvin Reulbach (1882-1962) also known as Big Ed. Color portrait of Ed Reulbach with the Chicago Cubs. A bear is in the top left corner and 'Cubs' is in the top right. Verso: Edward M. Reulbach. 'Big Ed' Reulbach, the Chicago...
Baseball cards; Athletes; Baseball players; Chicago Cubs (Baseball team)
Frank Schulte or Frank M. Schulte (1882-1949) also known as Wildfire. Color portrait of Frank Schulte with the Chicago Cubs. A bear is in the top left corner and 'Cubs' is in the top right. Verso: Frank M. Schulte. Frank M. Schulte, one of the...
Baseball cards; Athletes; Baseball players; Chicago Cubs (Baseball team)
Joe Tinker or Joseph Bert Tinker (1880-1948). Color portrait of Joe Tinker with the Chicago Cubs. A bear is in in the top left corner and 'Cubs' is in the top right. Verso: Joseph B. Tinker. 'Joe' Tinker, the brilliant Chicago shortstop, has a...
Baseball cards; Athletes; Baseball players; Chicago White Sox (Baseball team)
Jiggs Donahue or John Augustus Donahue (1879-1913). Color portrait of Jiggs Donahue framed by two baseball bats. A white stocking is in the top left corner and 'White Sox' is in the top right. The team is the Chicago White Sox. Verso: J. Donohue....
Baseball cards; Athletes; Baseball players; Chicago White Sox (Baseball team)
Freddy Parent or Frederick Alfred Parent (1875-1972). Color portrait of Freddy Parent with the Chicago White Sox. A white stocking is in the top left corner and 'White Sox' is in the top right. Verso: F. Parent. 'Freddy' Parent, the utility fielder...
Baseball cards; Athletes; Baseball players; Chicago White Sox (Baseball team)
Jim Scott or James Scott (1888-1957) also known as Death Valley Jim. Color portrait of Jim Scott with the Chicago White Sox. A white stocking is in the top left corner and 'White Sox' is in the top right. Verso: James Scott. James Scott, one of the...
Baseball cards; Athletes; Baseball players; Chicago White Sox (Baseball team)
Lee Tannehill or Lee Ford Tannehill (1880-1938). Color portrait of Lee Tannehill with the Chicago White Sox. Verso: Base Ball Series. 100 Subjects. Base Ball Caramels. Mfg' by American Caramel Co. Phila, PA.
Baseball cards; Athletes; Baseball players; Chicago White Sox (Baseball team)
Ed Walsh or Edward Augustine Walsh (1881-1959) also known as Big Ed. Color portrait of Ed Walsh with the Chicago White Sox. A white stocking is in the top left corner and 'White Sox' is in the top right. Verso: Edward Walsh. 'Ed' Walsh, star...
Baseball cards; Athletes; Baseball players; Chicago White Sox (Baseball team)
Doc White or Guy Harris White (1879-1969). Color portrait of Doc White with the Chicago White Sox. A white stocking is in the top left corner and 'White Sox' is in the top right. Verso: G.H. White. 'Doc' White, the Chicago Americans' left-handed...
