Buildings; Vehicles; Airplanes; Airports; Bowman Field (Ky.)
Sky Trains, Inc. tows an airplane on tarmac facing building at Bowman Field, Louisville, Kentucky. The airfield, established in 1919 by Abram H. Bowman, is still in operation, although Standiford Field (now Louisville International Airport) took...
Cities & towns; Street railroads; Railroads; Buildings
Tall building behind a city square with streets and traffic on either side. More buildings line the streets, which contain streetcars and pedestrians. The sign on the tall building includes the word 'Bank.' On the right side is another tall...
Long row of freight cars filled with coal curving back along the railroad tracks. More tracks and another train are to the left. Industrial equipment is in the background. Title: 6705 - A Trainload of Coal - Fresh from Pittsburgh Fields for Lake...
Panoramic photograph. Man at left fuels large twin propeller airplane at Bowman Field while more men stand to the right. Plane faces left of photo diagonally. The airfield, established in 1919 by Abram H. Bowman, is still in operation, although...
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...
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,...
Address: 1915 W. Market Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Brooms lean against the exterior of a hardware store as a row of pots and buckets sits at the curb. A couple of reel mowers are also on display. An advertisement on the window reads,...
William Murphy Reed, of Benton, Kentucky, was born in 1848, in Graves County, Kentucky. He acquired his education in Benton Seminary, of Marshall County, Kentucky, and in Princeton College. He read law with Philander Palmer, of Benton, Kentucky,...
William Walter Cleary was born in Lexington, Kentucky, in 1831. He was an 1849 graduate of Transylvania University and in 1849, graduated from its law department with honors. In 1852, he was admitted to the bar and settled in Cynthiana, Kentucky....
Copy of a taxi poster for Music Under the Stars. The poster reads "Music Under the Stars. Lake Front Grant Park Chicago Park District and Chicago Federation of Musicians."
Metropolitan Sewer District (MSD) truck parked in water on Winnrose Way. Large green tube extends from the top of the truck into the water. Photograph was taken in the late morning.
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
WM. R. KING, a stern-wheel towboat with a composite hull which had steel frame and wood planking (123.5 ft. x 32 ft. x 5 ft.), was built at Howard in 1899. Owned by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the St. Louis district, WM. R. KING operated on the...
