A man stands beside a small stream alongside a fenced cornfield with scarecrows, while another man on horseback leads two horses into the stream. Captain James Harrod established a settlement here in 1774.
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
BIG KANAWHA, on the Ohio River near Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. A stern wheel packet with a wood hull (152 ft. x 30 ft. x 4.5 ft.), BIG KANAWHA was built at Madison, Indiana in 1887. Owned by Captain Marlin Brown,...
Model ships; Side wheelers; Steamboats; Howard Steamboat Museum
Bow and port side of a scale model of the sidewheeler ROBT. E. LEE (Way #4777) on a table in the yard of the Howard Mansion, now the Howard Steamboat Museum. The real steamer ROBT. E. LEE (Way #4777), a packet with a wood hull (285.5 ft. x 46...
Beds; Brasswork; Mansions; Howard Steamboat Museum
Brass bed in James E. "Captain Jim" Howard's bedroom in the Howard Mansion, now the Howard Steamboat Museum. The bed, which is out of focus in the picture, was purchased at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893. The image is out of...
Captain George A. Mayberry of Louisville, Kentucky wearing a suit jacket with pens in the jacket pocket. The photograph has marks of discoloration. Handwritten on back of image: Superintendent of Home for the Aged & Infirm. Stamped on back:...
United States. Navy. Reserve Officers' Training Corps; Artillery (Weaponry); Military officers;
Captain Graham Gill of the University of Louisville Naval ROTC unit shows two unidentified men a bomb in the Naval Armory at the U of L campus. Other artillery pieces are installed around the room.
United States. Navy. Reserve Officers' Training Corps; Artillery (Weaponry); Military officers;
Captain Graham Gill of the University of Louisville Naval ROTC, in uniform, shows two unidentified men a large mounted gun in the Naval Armory on the Belknap Campus. There are several other pieces of military equipment installed about the room.
United States. Navy. Reserve Officers' Training Corps; Military officers; Mines (Warfare);
Captain Graham Gill, head of the Naval ROTC unit at the University of Louisville, stands beside a mine. A sign over the mine reads, "Notice: do not operate or touch any ordnance gear without permission." Stencilling on the mine reads,...
Captain James Howard`s home on Market Street in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana, during 1913 Ohio River flood. A woman and baby, possibly Loretta Howard and her daughter Martha, are sitting in a small boat pulled up on the lawn of the...
Portraits; Men; Military uniforms; Public service organizations
Captain John Pringle wearing a military uniform. The photograph is badly creased and marked with discolorations. Stamped on bottom, front of image: George H. Milliken, Photographer, Louisville. Handwritten on back: Officer-In-Charge, Salvation Army...
Portraits; Men; Air pilots; Military officers; Military uniforms
Captain of Air Corps Division, Burdette Skields Wright (born in New Albany, Indiana), wearing pilot headgear and a long coat. The photograph is discolored from age. Stamped on back of image: December 1, 1923.
Buildings; Vehicles; Airplanes; Airports; Air pilots; Bowman Field (Ky.)
Captain Russ executes a loop in an airplane above Louisville, Kentucky. The airplane is based at Bowman Field. The airfield, established in 1919 by Abram H. Bowman, is still in operation, although Standiford Field (now Louisville International...
Portraits; Men; Military officers; Military uniforms; Government officials; People associated with education & communication
Captain Sam D. Jones of Louisville, Kentucky, wearing an army uniform, coat and hat. He also served as Business Director for the Board of Education. The photograph has been cut to an irregular size, attached to card stock, and painted on....
Marathons; Youth organizations; Young Men's Hebrew Association (Louisville, Ky.); Cycling; Runners (Sports); Automobiles; People; Entertainers
Cars, bicycles, and runners participating in Baby Marathon, Third Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky, Thanksgiving 1914. Numbers have been painted above the heads of these "Famous Personages" and then handwritten on mounted print: "Cast of...
Character portrait of American actor and producer Lawrence Barrett wearing a mustache and goatee, brimless hat, high-collared shirt, and tunic, possibly for the role of Hamlet. Barrett was born Lawrence Brannigan in Paterson, New Jersey on April 4,...
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Actors; Men; Costumes; Military uniforms
Character portrait of left profile of performer H. J. Montague (also known as Harry) in costume for the role of Captain Molineaux in "The Shaughraun." He wears a military cap and jacket with epaulets. "The Shaughraun" was...
Character portrait of performer Beatrice Ingram in costume for the role of "Marguerite," wearing her hair in two braids, a cap, and a dress with high collar. Beatrice Ingram performed opposite Thomas M. Reynolds in "Captain...
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
CITY OF CAMDEN, a stern-wheel packet with wood hull (175 ft. x 35 ft. x 5 ft.), was built at Howard in 1893. Owned by Captain LaVerrier Cooley in New Orleans, CITY OF CAMDEN operated on the lower Mississippi River between New Orleans and the...
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...
