Address: 4701 Brownsboro Road, Louisville, Kentucky. A stone staircase and wall provide the structure for a gate leading into a cemetery. The iron gate is swung open between two stone posts with a stylized T carved on them. The small mausoleum has...
Address: 4701 Brownsboro Road, Louisville, Kentucky. A stone wall forms the edge of the cemetery where former president Zachary Taylor was buried. In the foreground are headstones and in the background are a couple of houses and a number of...
Automobiles; People; Stores & shops; Transportation; Campaign headquarters; Political campaigns
Address: 609 S. Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A crowd gathers in front of the headquarters of Jouett Todd for Congress. A banner advertises, "Tax reduction through goverment [government] economy / Temperance through repeal and state...
Almost overhead view of train crossing a bridge that has criss-crossed supports and stone columns. In the background is a house set in the mountains. Title: 4830. The Railroad, 'Tis like life. Text on right: Entered according to act of Congress, in...
Andrew T. Wood was born in Fleming County, Kentucky, in 1834. He received a good common-school education and in 1862, he enlisted in the Federal army, Company C, Tenth Kentucky Cavalry. He was mustered out in 1863 and moved to Mount Sterling,...
Bearded man in classical dress holding a book and looking at a younger man sitting on steps in front of a set of columns. Books and a scroll are on the step next to the younger man. A globe and books are on the base of the column next to the...
Born in 1790 in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, George Robertson attended Transylvania University until 1806 and was admitted to the bar in 1809. He served in the U.S. Congress from 1817 to 1821 and in Kentucky's legislature from 1822 to 1827, in 1848, and...
City & town life; Street railroads; Railroads; Buildings; Pedestrians; People
Busy city street lined with buildings . The building on the front right corner is a five-story light-colored structure. The street is crowded with pedestrians, carriages, and streetcars. Text on bottom: Entered according to Act of Congress in the...
Color map of Kentucky and Tennessee shows mountain ranges, rivers, major creeks, railroads, counties, cities, and towns. State borders are traced in color, counties are lightly tinted and relief is shown by hachures. Printed at lower right, within...
Politicians; Political corruption; United States. Congress; Legislators--United States; Legislators--Kentucky;
Congressman Romano L. (Ron) Mazzoli, interviewed by Kevin Collins on August 6, 2010 as part of the Romano L. Mazzoli oral history project. This is the sixth of 17 interviews conducted with the Congressman, who represented the Third District of...
Politicians; United States. Congress. House--Speakers; United States. President; Celebrities; United States. Congress; Legislators--United States
Congressman Romano L. (Ron) Mazzoli, interviewed by Kevin Collins on May 24, 2010 as part of the Romano L. Mazzoli oral history project. This is the fourth of 17 interviews conducted with the Congressman, who represented the Third District of...
Politicians; Political corruption; United States. Congress;
Congressman Romano L. (Ron) Mazzoli, interviewed by Kevin Collins on May 25, 2010 as part of the Romano L. Mazzoli oral history project. This is the fifth of 17 interviews conducted with the Congressman, who represented the Third District of...
Equipment; Steel, High strength; Steel, Heat resistent; United States--Civil War, 1861-1865--Destruction & pillage
E. Moliter, noted Civil War lithographer, drew this image of the hook used by Sherman's Army on the March to the Sea (1864) and Campaign of the Carolina's (1865), for twisting and destroying railroad iron. Many of Moliter's illustrations were drawn...
East Broadway in Louisville, Kentucky during the flood of 1884. A dog stands in road on dry ground, and people row canoes in background. Handwritten on bottom of mounted print: "View looking east on Broadway, flood of February 1884. Chas. D....
Elevated railroad and accompanying station as viewed from down the street. A train is on the tracks. Streetcars, carriages, and pedestrians are on the street below. A large building is to the left and a clock tower is in the background. Title:...
Elevated railroad tracks with the front car approaching from the left. Men stand on the street below. A building with a dome roof is in the background. Title: 6505. Castle Garden, New York, U.S.A. Text on right: Entered according to act of...
George Mosby Davison was born in Stanford, Kentucky in 1855. He attended the Stanford Academy and the Meyers Academy, read law and was admitted to the bar in 1879. He established a practice in Stanford, Kentucky. He served as collector of internal...
Henry C. Burnett was born in the county of Essex, Virginia, in 1825. Shortly after his admission to the bar, he was in 1851 elected clerk of the Circuit Court of Trigg County, Kentucky. In 1853 he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives...
Horatio W. Bruce was born in 1830 in Lewis County, Kentucky. He attended school in Lewis County and in Manchester, Ohio, and worked as a salesman and bookkeeper at a general store in Vanceburg, Kentucky. In 1850, he went to Flemingsburg, Kentucky,...
Clock towers; Historic buildings; Pedestrians; Sculpture; Independence Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Independence Hall, a large red brick structure with a white clock tower. Pedestrians can be seen in front of the building, near a statue. Text printed on verso reads, "The hall is located on Chestnut street, one of the principal thoroughfares...
