113 maps, plus legends and information about publishers Louisville Title Company, Inc. (a real estate insurance and mortgage company), representing the city of Louisville, Kentucky and surrounding county ca. 1913, with color coding for railroads,...
"Tea Time at 'Clovercroft'" inscribed in Kate Matthews' handwriting on the verso of a similar image (ULPA 1984.24.207.p), but it may also be the photograph that Kate Matthews' niece, Lillian Fletcher Brackett, referred to in a speech as...
"Tea Time at 'Clovercroft'" is inscribed in Kate Matthews' handwriting on the verso of this print, but it may also be the photograph that Kate Matthews' niece, Lillian Fletcher Brackett, referred to in a speech as "The Sisters at...
Wash tubs; Washboards; Trees; Streams; Country life
A "battling board" and a wash tub sit in the "laundry" area under trees by a creek. Wet clothes were placed on the battling board, or the "butcher block" table on the right, and beat with paddles to loosen dirt. This...
A blooming tree hangs over a walkway during the month of May on the grounds of photographer Kate Matthews' family home, Clovercroft, in Pewee Valley Kentucky. Handwritten on verso in Kate Matthews' handwriting: "Fringe trees in bloom,...
A boy ginseng hunter poses with a ginseng root in his right hand and his "sang" hoe and "sang" bag in his left. A bull-tongue plow and grinding wheel lean against a fence in the background. Handwritten on bottom border: 418. ...
A boy, in overalls and a hat, plays a tune bow outside a log cabin. A little girl stands in the doorway behind him. The stick on a tune bow is bent slightly and holds a wire fastened tight at both ends. It sounds similar to a Jew's harp....
A cabinet card of the exterior of a stately brick house with an overgrown lawn, apparently belonging to Henry Bell, Jean Thomas' uncle. A little girl wearing a dress with pinafore standing outside one door of the house is Henry's daughter, Nellie...
A drawing of the new Kentucky state house, flanked by smaller drawings of the four previous structures. The smaller drawings, which are framed with circles, are labeled "temporary state house 1793," "1st state house 1794-1813,"...
A family portrait of a man, woman, and girl wearing Victorian attire. The man has a white beard and mustache and wears a dark coat with tails. The blonde girl is wearing a long-sleeved long black dress and boots, and holds a rolled-up paper. The...
A farmer uses a hand-operated corn planter to plant his crop in a hillside field. Handwritten on bottom border: 493. Verso inscription is partially obscured by scrapbook paper that has adhered to the print, but appears to say: "___ plant__...
A fork in a dirt road in Mockingbird Valley in Jefferson County, Kentucky. One leg of the road goes uphill and the other downhill. Both lead into forested areas. Postmarked 1913 (on verso).
A girl with long curly hair, wearing a plaid dress and white pinafore, sits in a large wooden chair. She holds a book in her left hand and is looking up as if daydreaming. Her feet and the chair rest on a bearskin rug. Annie Fellows Johnston's...
A girl with long hair wearing a white, or light-colored, dress poses in a swing suspended from a tree. The girl is believed to be the photographer's niece, Elizabeth Matthews, who was the real-life model for the character Betty Lewis in the Little...
A group of women pose at a garden or lawn party. Two are sitting on an outdoor bench. The others stand or sit on folding chairs. Most are wearing ankle length dresses and many have hats. Signed in lower right border by photographer: "Kate...
A large two-story frame house with a front porch spanning its entire width, is partially obscured by large trees. The home, known as The Beeches, was once owned by the Lawtons, the model for the Walton family in the Little Colonel books. The author...
A man sits on a chair with a towel draped across his shoulders while he gets a haircut in an outdoor barbershop. Handwritten on bottom border: 437. Handwriting on verso is partially obscured by scrapbook paper that has adhered to the print, but...
A man uses mules to pull stumps and clear a hillside for farming. Handwritten on bottom border: 475. Verso inscription is partially obscured by scrapbook paper that has adhered to the print, but appears to say: "Clearing on __(school?)...
A path or walkway in Pewee Valley, Kentucky. A white fence is on the left side and tree-lined Ashwood Avenue is on the right. Handwritten on verso of print: "To you who oft this, lovely path have trod, with one you loved, in sunlight and...
