Maps; Housing; Real property--Kentucky--Louisville; Housing--Kentucky--Louisville; City planning--United States--Maps; City planning--Kentucky--Louisville
Maps of Louisville's properties created by federally-funded Works Progress Administration (WPA). Three copies of this book were used to create a complete set of maps, since each one lacked one or more of the maps. Printed on cover: "Volume II...
Maps; Floods; Disasters; Floods--Kentucky--Louisville--1920--1940; Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; Floods--Ohio River
Map, printed in green in on white paper, of the area of Louisville, Kentucky, affected by the 1937 flooding of the Ohio River. Includes description of the flood, chart of elevations and depths of selected sites in Louisville, two photographs of...
Maps; Floods; Disasters; Floods--Kentucky--Louisville--1920--1940; Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; Floods--Ohio River
Map showing, in blue, the areas of Louisville, Kentucky, affected by the 1937 flooding of the Ohio River. Includes Street Index on recto, and description of the flood, chart of elevations of the Ohio River during floods dating back to 1832,...
African Americans; African American business enterprises; African American Business people; Drugstores; Pharmacists; African American pharmacists; Urban renewal; Service stations; Standard Oil Company; Civil rights
Oral history interview with Frank Moorman, Sr., conducted on August 17, 1978 by Kenneth Chumbley. Mr. Moorman was a businessman in Louisville's Walnut Street area. Mr. Moorman discusses his parents and grandparents, and his early life in Owensboro,...
African Americans; Urban renewal; Small Business Administration (United States); African American business enterprises; African American real estate agents; Youth--Political activity; Busing (School integration); Low-income housing
Oral history interview conducted with Joseph Hammond on April 16, 1979 by Mary Bobo. Mr. Hammond, a small business owner and real estate agent, discusses his childhood, education and life as a young adult living and working in Louisville. He...
Algebra--Study and teaching (Elementary); Mathematical ability; Learning, Psychology of
The current study explored the impact that algebra knowledge in 1st and 2nd grade can have in growth and achievement in mathematics through 5th grade. Previous studies have shown the positive impact of teaching algebra in middle school (e.g. Smith,...
A fleet of black cars are parked in front of the Fourth District police station in what is likely Louisville, Kentucky. The shiny autos each have four doors and hard tops. Drivers with the occasional passenger sit in the cars; some wear suits while...
Barges; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Concrete mixer hull on grade at Howard Shipyard. This is one of two concrete mixer hulls built at Howard for the Corps of Engineers that year. One was for the Memphis district and the other was for the Vicksburg district.
Barges; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Concrete mixer hull on grade at Howard Shipyard. This is one of two concrete mixer hulls built at Howard for the Corps of Engineers that year. One was for the Memphis district and the other was for the Vicksburg district.
Barges; Tugboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
U.S. Engineers, Huntington, West Virginia District, barge under construction on grade at Howard Shipyard in Jeffersonville, Indiana. Pilothouse of DUNCAN BRUCE is visible in background.
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...
Buildings; Airplanes; Airports; Aerial photographs; Bowman Field (Ky.)
Aerial view, taken from the right, of Louisville, Kentucky's Bowman Field. Two adjacent buildings, an air strip, three rows of airplanes on the ground, and four planes in the air are shown. The airfield, established in 1919 by Abram H. Bowman, is...
Twelve white tents are pitched in Bowman Field, Louisville, Kentucky. The tents are pointed, with four sides, and do not reach the ground. There is white bedding inside some of the tents. The center tent has a pole with a cylinder on top sticking...
Address: 501 Main Street, Shelbyville, Ky. Construction was completed in 1913 for this building that houses the administrative offices of county government and the District and Circuit Courts. It was built in the Beaux-Art Classicism style of...
The Louisville Storefronts & Saloons Album (ca. 1912) collection consists of 114 exterior photographs of predominantly commercial buildings around the Central Business District, Portland, and Russell neighborhoods of Louisville, Kentucky in the...
Buildings; Vehicles; Airplanes; Airports; Aerial photographs; Bowman Field (Ky.)
Aerial view of Bowman Field, Louisville, Kentucky. Photo shows a plane on the tarmac, hangar, and administration building. The airfield, established in 1919 by Abram H. Bowman, is still in operation, although Standiford Field (now Louisville...
Buildings; Vehicles; Airplanes; Airports; Aerial photographs; Bowman Field (Ky.)
Low altitude aerial view of Bowman Field, Louisville, Kentucky. The layout of the airfield is shown. The airfield, established in 1919 by Abram H. Bowman, is still in operation, although Standiford Field (now Louisville International Airport) took...
Buildings; Vehicles; Airplanes; Airports; Aerial photographs; Bowman Field (Ky.)
Aerial view, taken from the right, of Louisville, Kentucky's Bowman Field. Two adjacent buildings, an air strip, three rows of planes on the ground, and three planes in the air are shown. The airfield, established in 1919 by Abram H. Bowman, is...
Buildings; Vehicles; Airplanes; Airports; Aerial photographs; Bowman Field (Ky.)
Aerial view, taken from the left, of Louisville, Kentucky's Bowman Field. Two adjacent buildings, an air strip, three rows of planes on the ground, and five airplanes in the air are shown. The airfield, established in 1919 by Abram H. Bowman, is...
Buildings; Vehicles; Airplanes; Airports; Aerial photographs; Bowman Field (Ky.)
Aerial view of buildings at Bowman Field, near front of photo, and tarmac, beyond. The airfield, established in 1919 by Abram H. Bowman, is still in operation, although Standiford Field (now Louisville International Airport) took over commercial...
