A crowd of people fill the Municipal Bridge during its opening in October 1929. The bridge was later renamed the George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge. The bridge spans the Ohio River from Second and Main Streets in Louisville, Kentucky, to Illinois...
A crowd of people lines the sidewalk in Jeffersonville, Indiana during the opening of the Municipal Bridge which spans the Ohio River from Louisville, Kentucky. A police officer stands in the middle of the street at the beginning of the bridge....
A flooded house and street in Port Fulton or Jeffersonville, Indiana in 1913. According to the photographer's notes, this is "Ed Hoover's (?) house" on "Apr. 2, 1913 at 3:10."
Snow; Ice; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
A man sits on the snow covered deck of a boat that is under construction on the ways at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana in January 1910. According to the photographer's notes, the boat is "Gil's."
Floods--Ohio River; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company; Boat & ship industry
A man, perhaps Edmonds J. Howard, stands on an unfinished hull in Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana during the 1913 Ohio River flood. The sternwheel of the steamboat BOAZ is visible in the background.
Streets; City & town life; Automobiles; Stores & shops; Horses; Carriages & coaches; Buildings; Transportation
A median separates two brick streets in a business district of Jeffersonville, Indiana. At the end of the median is a long low building with a rounded roof where a number of horse-and-carriage rigs are parked. More carriages and cars are parked...
A small horse, hitched to a two-wheel cart, stands in front of the stable at the Howard Mansion on Market Street in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. The photographer's notes describe this picture as "Horse and buggy," and,...
A small podium has been erected on the Municipal Bridge in Louisville, Kentucky. One man stands at a microphone with other men on the podium and people are seated and standing around the stage to watch. This is the opening ceremony of the Municipal...
A tall, ornamental pillar marks the Louisville, Kentucky, approach to the Municipal Bridge. Now known as the George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge or the Second Street Bridge, it spans the Ohio River between Louisville, Kentucky, and Jeffersonville,...
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
HANDY, a stern-wheel packet with wood hull (110 ft. x 22 ft. x 3 ft.), was built at Howard in 1903-04. She operated in the Monroe, Louisiana area until she was lost in a storm in September, 1909.
A two-story brick building damaged by a tornado in Jeffersonville, Indiana in March, 1890. Three unidentified men are on the sidewalk outside the fence and others are examining the damage more closely. The roof and parts of the upper level...
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...
Dredges; Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
According to the photographer's notes, "Cincinnati dredge on grade." Presumably this is the Cincinnati dredge that was launched in 1908 from Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana, and the sternwheeler under...
Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
According to the photographer's notes, and unidentified "steel tug and dredge on grade" at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana.
According to the photographer's notes, this image is of people "building a flat on the Penn Street Levee April 1, 1913 @ 11:05." Penn Street was in Port Fulton, Indiana which was annexed by Jeffersonville in 1926.
According to the photographer's notes, this is "Albert Holmes' house & motor April 1, 1913 flood". A boat is tied between the flooded house and a telephone pole. In the 1910 census, Albert Holmes was living on Market Street in...
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.
According to the photographer's notes, this is "P. McDun's house . . . 1913" probably referring to Patrick McDunn, a carpenter at Howard Shipyard, who was living on Jefferson Street in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana at the time...
