Barges; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
People are gathered to watch American Barge Line's first steel barge slide off the ways and onto the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard in Jeffersonville, Indiana.
Railroad tracks run around and through the complex of the American Car and Foundry Company in Jeffersonville, Indiana. A picket fence separates the industrial property from the street. Numerous long low buildings populate the area. A few...
College dropouts--Indiana; Educational attainment--Indiana; College freshmen--Indiana; Community college students--Indiana
The purpose of this exploratory study was to determine if student background variables (age, gender, race, academic preparation); student status (part/full-time student), and student circumstances (commuting distance, independent/dependent...
Ferries; Side wheelers; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
ANDREW CHRISTY, a side-wheel ferry with steel hull (170 ft. x 48 ft. x 7.4 ft.), was built at Howard in 1897. Owned by Wiggins Ferry Company in St. Louis, the ferry operated in the St. Louis area initially and, after being sold to Falls City Ferry...
Jeffersonville High School in Jeffersonville, Indiana. Four-story brick building with three-story wings on either side. Address: Court Avenue and Meigs Avenue, Jeffersonville, Indiana.
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
ARTHUR HIDER, a stern-wheel towboat with steel hull (163 ft. x 30 ft. x 6 ft.), was built at Howard in 1898. Owned by Mississippi River Commission, the tugboat operated on the lower Mississippi River until 1935 when she was sold to A. O. Kirschner...
Military facilities; Forts & fortifications; Barracks
Barracks and grounds at Fort Knox, Kentucky, including the Indiana National Guard at Artillery Camp. Fort Knox was known as Camp Knox until 1932. Parts of the photograph have been retouched to a bright white. On back of image: "Artillery Camp...
According to the photographer's notes, this is "Aunt Kate," presumably Edmonds J. Howard's sister Kate Isabella Howard Baird. The notes for another photograph (ULPA 1986.90.2204) identify the older child as "Lucy," who is...
According to the photographer's notes, this is "Aunt Marg" sitting in a chair in front of the fountain on the lawn of the Howard Mansion in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana.
The Howards' Haynes-Apperson motor carriage, probably built in 1897-1898, parked on the lawn of the mansion at 1029 East Market Street in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. Another view of this car is in image ULPA 1986.90.0979.
Barges; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Worker attaches sheet metal to the hull frame of a barge on the grade at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. According to the photographer's notes, this is "Bahmann's S.A. Barge," probably one of two built for a...
Barges; Stern wheelers; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
About ten men ride a barge as she slides off the ways and onto the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. Stern wheel packet CLYDE (Way #1202) is under construction at the bank of the river. According to the...
Barges; Launchings; Side wheelers; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Small barge is launched onto the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. Sidewheel steamer INDIANA (Way #2754) is under construction at the riverbank.
Barges; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Small barge is launched onto the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. Bow of ferry THREE STATES (Way #5384) is visible at right.
Barges; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Men ride a transfer barge hull down the ways and onto the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. The JULIEN POYDRAS is being disassembled at the bank down river from the launch.
Barges; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Eleven wooden barge hulls under construction for the government at Howard Shipyards in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. According to the photographer's notes, this picture was taken from the "St. Louis ferry."
Side wheelers; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
BELLE OF THE BENDS, a side-wheel packet with wood hull (210 ft. x 32.6 ft. x 7.4 ft.), was built at Howard in 1898. Owned by Vicksburg & Greenville Packet Co., BELLE OF THE BENDS operated on the lower Mississippi River between Greenville and...
