Lyda Messer Caudill, said to be a descendant of Mary Queen of Scots, is pictured sitting on the porch of her log cabin in Rowan County, Kentucky. Mrs. Caudill, a teacher, was elected superintendent of Rowan County schools in 1906 and founded the...
Women; Machinery; University of Louisville. Speed Scientific School; Anniversaries; Sackett Hall (Louisville, Ky.)
Three women stand in front of a machine in the newly dedicated Mechanical Engineering Building (Sackett Hall) at the University of Louisville. The photograph was taken on Engineer's Day during the Speed School's 25th Anniversary Celebration.
Lyda Messer Caudill (left, wearing a hat) poses with three men (including her father, William Messer, second from right) and a young girl outside a church at Christy Creek in Rowan County, Kentucky. The young girl may be her daughter, Leona...
William and Alameda Sparks Messer, an elderly couple wearing work clothes, stand behind a chair outside their log cabin in Rowan County, Kentucky. Mr. Messer, descended from the Stewarts of Scotland, is said to be a descendant of Mary Queen of...
William and Alameda Sparks Messer, an elderly couple wearing work clothes, stand outside a small shed in Rowan County, Kentucky. Mr. Messer, descended from the Stewarts of Scotland, is said to be a descendant of Mary Queen of Scots. Alameda Sparks...
William and Alameda Sparks Messer, an elderly couple wearing work clothes, stand outside a small shed with a saw leaning against it in Rowan County, Kentucky. Mr. Messer, descended from the Stewarts of Scotland, is said to be a descendant of Mary...
William and Alameda Sparks Messer, an elderly couple wearing work clothes, stand outside a small shed with a saw leaning against it in Rowan County, Kentucky. Mr. Messer, descended from the Stewarts of Scotland, is said to be a descendant of Mary...
Portrait of Edith Marie Cress. In 1908, when Edith was a 12-year-old orphan living with her poor grandmother, she wanted an education so desperately that she took what few clothes she had and began to walk over twenty-five miles to ask Professor...
A group of women sit and stand in rows at the end of a women decorated for a banquet. Caption: Louisville Girls High School 50th Anniversary. Pendennis Club. June 8, 1968.
Women sit in five rows in a large room during a high school reunion for Louisville Girls High School. Caption: 50th Class Reunion L.G.H.S. June 14, 1969.
Lyda Messer Caudill stands in the yard of a frame house next to a sign reading 'Knowledge and Understanding / Adult Education / … New Day.' Mrs. Caudill, a teacher, was elected superintendent of Rowan County, Kentucky schools in 1906 and founded...
Riverside Baptist Church, located less than a mile from Oneida, up Goose Creek road at the mouth of Lick Branch. The Oneida school charter was signed here by the Board of Trustees in 1899. The church was later converted to a residence.
Boys and girls in band uniforms with capes stand on the steps of St. Paul's School with their musical instruments, including a drum with a ship on it. Address: St. Paul's School, 1034 South Jackson Street, Louisville, Kentucky.
