African Americans; African Americans--Education; African American newspapers; Louisville Leader (Ky.); Kentucky Reporter (Louisville, Ky.); Louisville Municipal College for Negroes (Louisville, Ky.); Mammoth Life and Accident Insurance Co....
Oral history interview with Lattimore Cole conducted on November 26, 1977 by Dwayne Cox. In this interview, Mr. Cole discusses his early education in Louisville, working for his father’s newspaper the Louisville Leader and describes what it was...
Photograph first published in the New York evening newspaper PM Daily, 7 September, 1944; "The freelance newspaper photographer Arthur Fellig, better known as 'Weegee', was notorious in New York in the 1930s for being the first to arrive at...
A large group of men stands outside in front of brick buildings. Two women crouch in front of them holding a large flag or banner that reads Accident Prevention.
Men examine early aviation accident at Churchill Downs. Biplane wing appears to have broken in what R.G. Potter described as a "slight mishap" that occurred when American aviation pioneer Glen H. Curtiss brought two planes to Churchill...
Intersection at Brook and Burnett Aves where Wymond and Aronson automobiles collided. A light hangs in the center of the intersection. Cars are parked on the street. A business or shop is on one corner. On the other side of the street is a home...
A booth at the Kentucky State Fair displays information about the Department of Labor. A table and three chairs sit in front of the display. From the display, "Dept. of Labor, Edward F. Seiller. Chief. Bureau of Agriculture, Labor and...
Watson A. Sudduth was born in Bath County, Kentucky in 1854. He graduated from Centre College, Danville, Kentucky, in 1874, read law in the office of Andrews & Sudduth, and was admitted to practice in 1876. He grew a successful practice in...
This study of Mably’s works was undertaken because of the scant treatment thus far accorded the writings of a philosopher, important in his own century, and peculiarly interesting today in view of the present partial realization of many of his...
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Men; Business people
Portrait of Harry R. Kendall, who was born in Kentucky. He is wearing a pocket-watch on his jacket lapel. The photograph has a few creases and is yellowing from age. Handwritten on back of image: Harry R. Kendall, special agent, Fidelity Life &...
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Men; Business people
Portrait of Dinwiddie Lampton of Louisville, Kentucky, wearing a striped jacket. The photograph is discolored from age. Handwritten on back of image: President American Life & Accident Insurance Company.
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Men; Business people
Portrait of Thomas O. West of Anchorage, Kentucky, wearing a suit jacket and tie. The photograph has indentation marks to accentuate small details of his image, and is discolored from age. Handwritten on back of image: Secretary & treasurer,...
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Men; Business people
Portrait of Thomas O. West of Anchorage, Kentucky, wearing a striped tie. The photograph has marks of damage along the edges and discolorations from age. Handwritten on back of image: Insurance executive (Kentucky Central Life & Accident...
Wreckage of a train accident, possibly from a bridge. Railroad cars lie in the water and off a bridge at various angles. Men stand around the train cars. Descriptive information on back of card: Views of the Tariffville Disaster. January 14, 1878....
View of train accident. Ground is covered with logs, branches, wheels, and pieces from the train. A crumpled train slides off the tracks on the left. Some people stand among the rubble. Title: 5532. Johnstown Calamity - wreck of the Day Express,...
Skyscrapers; Cityscapes; Rivers; Bridges; Water tanks; Railroads; Streets
Chicago skyline looking down the Chicago River. There are several tall buildings in background, and a bridge is visible near the mouth of the river. There is a water tank on the roof of a building in the foreground, and there are trains on the...
