Entrance of Xalapa Farm in Lexington, Kentucky. The farm was owned by Mrs. E. F. Givens. High stone fence and large, squared stone pillar end at the road at an open wood gate with boards overcrossed with four "X's." A dark three-board...
Writing room at the Dr. and Mrs. Irvin Abell home, 1433 South Third Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A fireplace with fire screen has porcelain, lamps, and painting above. Loveseat, small table, stool and chairs. Two windows and a bureau with a glass...
Side wheelers; Ferries; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
WM. S. McCHESNEY, being launched into the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana in 1912. WM. S. McCHESNEY, Jr., a side wheel ferry with a steel hull (169 ft. x 50 ft. x 7ft.) was built at Howard in 1912. Owned...
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
WM. R. KING, a stern-wheel towboat with a composite hull which had steel frame and wood planking (123.5 ft. x 32 ft. x 5 ft.), was built at Howard in 1899. Owned by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the St. Louis district, WM. R. KING operated on the...
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
WM. McCLELLAND, a sternwheel towboat with wood hull (150 ft. x 28 ft. x 4.5 ft.), was built in 1901 at Howard Ship Yard and Dock Company in Jeffersonville, Indiana. Owned by Wiggins Ferry Company in St. Louis, WM. McCLELLAND operated in the St....
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Boat engines; Launchings; Ship equipment & rigging; Ship trials; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
WM. LARIMER JONES, a stern-wheel towboat with steel hull (136 ft. x 34 ft. x 7.3 ft.), was built at Howard in 1930. Owned by Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation, WM. LARIMER JONES operated in the Pittsburgh area. Wm. Larimer Jones was the first...
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
WM. GARIG, a stern-wheel packet with wood hull (175 ft. x 35 ft. x 5.2 ft.), was built at Howard in 1904. Owned by Baton Rouge & Bayou Sara Packet Co., WM. GARIG operated on the lower Mississippi and Ouachita Rivers. In 1918, she was sold to...
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
WILL J. CUMMINS, a stern-wheel packet with wood hull (160 ft. x 30 ft. x 4 ft.), was built at Howard in 1895. Owned by St. Louis & Tennessee River Packet Co., WILL J. CUMMINS operated on the Cumberland River until 1897, and then on the upper...
"The outstanding preserved example of early Sumerian temple architecture is the 5,000-year-old White Temple at Uruk, the home of Gilgamesh. Usually only the foundations of early Mesopotamian temples can still be recognized. The White Temple is...
Architecture; Buildings; Temples; Religious facilities; Walls; Drawings; Reconstructions; Architectural drawings
Reconstruction drawing (after S.E. Piggott). "The outstanding preserved example of early Sumerian temple architecture is the 5,000-year-old White Temple at Uruk, the home of Gilgamesh. Usually only the foundations of early Mesopotamian temples...
Sculpture of two interlocking parts, galvanized plaster for the wedge and dental plastic for the base; The following descriptive notes are from: Schwarz, Arturo. The Complete Works of Marcel Duchamp. 2nd rev. ed. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1970,...
Tugboats; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
WASH GRAY, a steam propelled tugboat with wood hull (90 ft. x 19 ft. x 8 ft.), was built at Howard in 1895. Owned by John Huffman, WASH GRAY operated in the Louisville area. She was sold to the Combine in 1900 and then to Mexico in 1920. She sank...
Stern view of towboat W.W. O'NEIL and other boats in ice on the Ohio River. Louisville Water Company pumping station is in the background. W.W. O'NEIL, a stern wheel towboat with a wood hull (201 ft. x 46 ft. x 8 ft.) was built at Pittsburgh in...
Ferries; Side wheelers; Steamboats; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
W.C. HITE, a side-wheel ferry with wood hull (155 ft. x 36 ft. x 6.3 ft.), was built at Howard in 1882. Owned by Louisville & Jeffersonville Ferry Co., W.C. HITE operated on the Ohio River between Louisville, Kentucky and Jeffersonville,...
"It was built illegally by private interests in the last decade of the first century B.C. [...]. Renovated in the Fourth Style after the earthquake of 62 A.D. [...]." (p.122); “The oecus is a rectangular vaulted hall six meters wide by...
"It was built illegally by private interests in the last decade of the first century B.C. [...]. Renovated in the Fourth Style after the earthquake of 62 A.D. [...]." (p.122); “The oecus is a rectangular vaulted hall six meters wide by...
Composite drawings; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Forts & fortifications; Armored vessels; Gunboats
Composite five sketches relating to the attack on Fort Hindman, a Confederate fort on the Arkansas River, in 1863. Each photo has a caption: View of the attack on Fort Hindman Jan. 11th 1863; the "Rattler," "Glide" and Ram...
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Distant starboard side view of towboat VEGA, tied to the bank of the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard. VEGA, a stern-wheel towboat with wood hull (104 ft. x 17 ft. x 3.3 ft.), was built at Howard in 1901. Owned by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,...
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
VALLEY QUEEN under construction at the bank of the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard. VALLEY QUEEN, a stern-wheel packet with wood hull (192 ft. x 35.8 ft. x 5.6 ft.), was built in 1889. Owned by Captain George W. Rea, VALLEY QUEEN operated on the Red...
Libraries; University of Louisville--Students; Books; Tables;
Several women sit at long tables next to bookshelves in the reading area of the University Library in Schneider Hall. Schneider Hall was named in honor of Evelyn Schneider, long-time University Librarian. The cornerstone was laid on January 12,...
