African Americans; African American singers; African American musicians; Nightclubs--Kentucky--Louisville; Singers; Musicians
Oral history interview with Robert Key, conducted October 25, 1977 by Robert Friedman. Mr. Key was a musician. He was born in Louisville but really launched his career in Chicago before touring as a singer. In this interview, he discusses his...
African Americans; African Americans--Education; African Americans--Social conditions; African American social workers; African American educators; African American college teachers; Segregation in education; Civil rights leaders; Lincoln Institute...
Oral history interview with Eleanor Young Love, conducted on October 2, 1978 by Kenneth Chumbley. Dr. Love was a U of L professor and administrator, and sister of civil rights leader Whitney Young, Jr. Dr. Love discusses her parents, Laura and...
African Americans; Civil rights demonstrations; Race relations; Public relations; Discrimination in housing; Housing; African American legislators; Insurance agents; Women legislators; African American legislators; Kentucky--Politics and...
Oral history interview conducted with legislator Mae Street Kidd on October 10, November 11, and December 5, 1978 by Ken Chumbley. Ms. Kidd discusses her life, including her childhood growing up in Bourbon County. Kidd attended the Lincoln...
Arches; Cities & towns; Grand Army of the Republic; People
Stone arch over a city street with streetcar tracks running down the center. The arch has the letters G, A, and R on it. People cross the street. Most likely for the GAR (Grand Army of the Republic). Descriptive information on back of card:...
Chrysler Thunderbolt car and what is possibly a Douglas B-18 Bolo United States Army Corps aircraft parked on runway. Handwritten on back of print: "1941, Chrysler Thunderbolt." Title supplied by cataloger.
Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Steel hull of the MISSISSIPPI (Way #3977) on grade at Howard Shipyard. This hull (185 ft. x 38 ft. x 7.2 ft.) was built for the stern wheel inspection boat MISSISSIPPI in 1927. Owned by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the hull was towed to...
"Artifacts from the wreck include: the ivory figurine of a female acrobat with her feet on her head; a gold pendant of a nude fertility goddess holding gazelles in her hands; a partly gold-clad bronze figurine of a goddess, perhaps the ship's...
"A full-scale replica of the ship in the Museum of Underwater Archaeology in Bodrum, Turkey." (Caption, p. 315); "Without doubt it was a royal cargo. And an exceptional one, at that. We can only guess how its loss, toward the end of...
Buildings; Charitable organizations; Salvation Army; Hotels; Henry Clay Building (Louisville, Ky.); Brick wall signs
Three-story Salvation Army building with cars parked on the road in front and a parking lot to the side. The Henry Clay building is visible to the right.
Buildings; Educational facilities; Schools; Louisville Male High School (Louisville, Ky.)
Boys High School, later Male High School, at the corner of Brook Street and Breckinridge Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Four-story building with front entrance pillars and also a small side porch. There are pediments over the top floor's windows,...
