Amish--Books and reading; Amish--Ohio--Social life and customs; Literacy--Ohio
Following in the tradition of scholars who treat literacy in context such as Deborah Brandt, Shirley Brice Heath, and David Barton and Mary Hamilton, I conducted my dissertation research not in an academic classroom but in the valleys of Hanley, a...
Address: 1934 W. Market Street, Louisville, Kentucky. On the side of this brick building is the remnant of a sign that is mostly illegible. The word at the top may be acorn for Acorn Used Furniture which was located at 1930 W. Market Street....
Furniture store at a street corner. Sign on the side of the building reads Max Munsey Furniture & Auction Co. New & Used Furniture Bought & Sold Retail Wholesale Wabash 2441. Furniture is on display in the store windows. Address: 542...
Two men wearing denim overalls load tobacco sold at auction at Loose Leaf Tobacco Warehouse at Camp Taylor, while two other men look on. Above the piles of tobacco leaves, a cigarette ad (bearing the words "Sir Walter Raleigh" is visible...
Auctioneer R. D. Jones (presumably the man at center, wearing black gloves with his three-piece suit and hat), presiding over the auction at Loose Leaf Tobacco Warehouse at Camp Taylor. Men inspect tobacco and talk.
Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Gardencourt (Louisville, Ky.); Houses; Gardens;
Gardencourt with statuary in foreground and a garden to the side. Gardencourt was built in 1906 and was a gift to the University of Louisville by the Norton family. It was deeded March 14, 1947. It served as the site of the University of...
Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Storage facilities;
This building currently holds university records being stored under the university's Records Management program. It also houses the surplus property area, where materials awaiting repurposing within the university or public auction are stored....
Business logistics; Production management; Manufacturing processes; Industrial efficiency
In today's competitive business environment, companies face enormous pressure and must continuously search for ways to design new products, manufacture and distribute them in an efficient and effective fashion. After years of focusing on reduction...
Side wheelers; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
COL. A. MACKENZIE, a side-wheel snag-boat (160 ft. x 33 ft. x 5 ft.), was built at Howard in 1900. Owned by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, she initially operated on the upper Mississippi River. When Captain David Tipton died at her wheel in Lake...
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Tugboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
U.S. PATROL being launched into the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana in 1895. PATROL, a stern-wheel towboat and packet with a wood hull, was originally built in Sewickley and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in...
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Port side of U.S. PATROL tied to the bank of the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard in Jeffersonville, Indiana. PATROL, a stern-wheel towboat and packet with a wood hull, was originally built in Sewickley and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1893 for the...
