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...
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,...
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...
"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...
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...
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; 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; 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; 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...
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...
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...
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...
