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...
Floods; Automobiles; Automobile service stations; Buildings; Transportation; Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; Flood damage
A car ruined by the 1937 flood sits outside the Bybee Bros. service station. The car is covered in mud, inside and out, as is shown by the open car door and the front tire is flat. A sign for Standard Oil products stands above the gas pumps.
Kentucky--Governor (1859-1862 : Magoffin); Kentucky--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
This thesis seeks to understand Beriah Magoffin as Governor of Kentucky. Adding to the work begun by Michael T. Dues and Lowell H. Harrison during the 1960s and 1970s, this thesis fleshes out a man little studied in history. It addresses several...
Interior of church damaged by flood, likely the 1937 Ohio River flood: floor covered in inches of mud, ruined Bibles scattered along pews and floor, furniture on altar covered in powdery mold. Title supplied by cataloger.
Cities & towns; Debris; Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871; Buildings
Ruined shell of a building. There is one wall still standing, but the rest of the building is mostly rubble with a dirt road in front of it. The Honore Block was located at South Dearborn and West Adams Streets at the northwest corner. Text on...
Address: 649 S. Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. An automobile is parked by the sidewalk in front of the Kentucky Theater. Scaffolding holds a sign perpendicular to the building from the roof. It has a lot of little lights and the word Kentucky...
Warehouses; Tobacco industry; Tornadoes; Disasters; Carriages & coaches; Men
View of the debris from the remains of at least one tobacco warehouse, located on West Main, following the tornado that struck Louisville, Kentucky on March 27, 1890. Ruined buildings and an intact smokestack are in the background. A tall utility...
