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...
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...
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...
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.
Streets; Stores & shops; Buildings; Political posters
Address: 3900 block of Frankfort Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. An accident had happened on this street and the photograph was taken for the insurance company for the case Kroger Grocery & Baking Co. vs. Myrl Myers. This portion of the street is...
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Starboard bow view of towboat HARRY BROWN in an ice jam on the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. Men are standing on the ice around the boat. HARRY BROWN, a stern wheel towboat with a wood hull (210 ft. x...
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 &...
This was the scene of an accident between a Jameson car and a Louisville Water Co. truck. The firm of Caufield & Shook often did photographic work for insurance companies. Beyond the intersection, stoplights, and utility poles, the Confederate...
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,...
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...
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.
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...
