Ship docked at a wooden pier with waterfall in the background. Men stand on different levels of the ship. On the interior side of the dock are rocks and a rowboat. Title: 4203. The Maid of the Mist, Niagara Falls, U.S.A. Text on right: Entered...
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...
African Americans; African Americans--Education; African Americans--Social conditions; African American college teachers; African American educators; African American newspapers; Integration; Segregation in education; Race relations; Baptists;...
Oral history interview conducted with sociologist Charles H. Parrish, Jr. on December 1 and 14, 1976 and February 21, 1977 by Dwayne Cox and William Morison. Dr. Parrish discusses his father, Charles H. Parrish, Sr., who was a Baptist minister and...
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...
African Americans; Women; Hats; Political participation; Dogs; Political posters; People
Two African American women talk on the street as a dog watches. Utility poles and walls are plastered with political signs, including ones for Senator Ernst and Chas. F. Ogden for Congress.
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Men; Government officials; Legislators
Portrait of Kentucky state representative John Young Brown of Lexington, Kentucky wearing a striped suit and polka-dot bow tie. Photograph has been painted on to crop his image. Handwritten on back of image: Member of Congress, Kentucky Democrat....
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Men; Government officials; Legislators; Lawyers
Portrait of Glover Cary of Owensboro, Kentucky, U.S. Representative from Kentucky from 1931-1936, wearing a jacket and striped tie. Handwritten on back of image: Owensboro Attorney, Democratic Congress 2nd District 1930. Stamped on back: January...
Portrait of William W. Duffield of Harlan, Kentucky, wearing a suit and tie. The photograph is missing a corner. Handwritten on back of image: Wm W. Duffield, -Harlan, Ky- GOP candidate for Congress 1930. Stamped on back: October 24, 1930.
Portrait of Charles Rowland Peaslee Farnsley of Louisville, Kentucky, wearing his hair combed to the side and a tie. Farnsley later served as mayor of Louisville (1948-1953).The photograph is discolored and blemished. Handwritten on back of image:...
Portrait of Patrick H. Taylor of Danville, Kentucky, wearing wire-frame glasses and stripe printed tie. The photograph has been painted on outlining/cropping his image, damaged along the edges, and marked with discolorations. Handwritten on back of...
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...
Solomon P. Sharp was born in 1787 in Virginia. His family moved to Logan County in Kentucky shortly before the end of the century. Sharp was called to the bar in his early 20's, opening a legal practice first in Russellville, Kentucky, later in...
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,...
John Hardin McHenry was born near Springfield, Washington County, Kentucky, in 1797. He was tutored privately, read law and was admitted to the bar in 1818, starting his practice in Leitchfield, Kentucky, where he also acted as postmaster. He was...
Lawyers; Municipal officials; Legislators; Judges; Portraits
William Pollitt McClain was born in 1849 in Henderson, Kentucky. He attended Notre Dame College, graduating in 1869. He then attended the law department of the University of Virginia, graduating in 1872. After practicing law in Missouri, he...
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...
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...
William Morgan Beckner was born in 1841 in Moorefield, in Nicholas County, Kentucky. He attended the schools of Bath and Fleming counties, before attending Centre College in Danville. He read law under Judge E. C. Phister and was admitted to the...
