African Americans; African Americans--Education; Boy Scouts of America; Elderly poor; Floods--Ohio River; Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; National Council of Senior Citizens; Senior House; Senior centers; Scouting (Youth activity); Urban elderly;...
Oral history interviews conducted with Mr. Steward Pickett on May 23, June 4, and June 25, 1979 by Mary Bobo. Mr. Pickett, a retired assistant Boy Scout executive and board member of Senior House, talks about his family, growing up on an...
Multiple views of a flooding Beargrass Creek in Butchertown, including views of industrial buildings, train trestles, bridges, and debris. Images are labeled 1:10 PM, 1:20 PM, 1:30 PM, 1:40 PM, 1:50 PM, 2:00 PM, and 2:10 PM.
Beargrass Creek flowing under train bridges, including a stone trestle carved with L&N 1925. A train passes on a bridge. Includes views of Butchertown houses, fields, and a church.
Bridges; Stone bridges; Streams; Floods; Floods--Kentucky--Louisville
Curved portion of Beargrass Creek leading to a stone bridge with billboards on the road above. The creek has water in it. A car is parked next to the bridge. Part of an improvement project to the creek. Written on image: O.R.F.-63. 11:30 A.M.
Bridges; Stone bridges; Streams; Floods; Floods--Kentucky--Louisville
Curved portion of Beargrass Creek leading to a stone bridge with billboards on the road above. The creek has water in it. Part of an improvement project to the creek. Labeled time is 12:15 pm.
Bridges; Stone bridges; Streams; Floods; Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; Floods--Ohio River
Water rising in Beargrass Creek at a portion below a stone bridge with billboards on the road above. Part of an improvement project to the creek.Stamped on the image: Ohio River Flood January-February 1937. by Commissioners of Sewerage. Louisville,...
Wide portion of Beargrass Creek flowing through the Butchertown neighborhood with views of houses, other buildings, and bridges. Some flooding in the area.
Stone building submerged in water from the 1937 flood up to near the top of a doorway at the National Distillers' Sunnybrook or Sunny Brook plant. A taller brick building is in the background. Copy photograph.
Brick building, the National Distillers' Sunnybrook or Sunny Brook plant on 28th Street side, with water about halfway up a doorway. A dark diagonal line near the top of the building indicates how deep the water was. Copy photograph.
Sidewalk in a muddy yard leading to a dirt road. Across the road is a barbed-wire fence and a large pool of water, either a flooded field or a drainage pool. Title supplied by cataloger.
Sidewalk in a muddy yard leading to a dirt road. Across the road is a barbed-wire fence and a large pool of water, either a flooded field or a drainage pool. Title supplied by cataloger.
Sidewalk in a muddy yard leading to a dirt road. Across the road is a barbed-wire fence and a large pool of water, either a flooded field or a drainage pool. Title supplied by cataloger.
