Memorial church containing the log cabin in which Abraham Lincoln's parents were married in Harrodsburg, Kentucky. Newspaper caption on back of image: "Church covering famed cabin. The above church, designed from the edifice which once stood...
Jackson Jail in "bloody Breathitt County." A dark building (or dark photograph), behind a telephone pole and flanked by trees. Image from Associated Press Photo, Chicago Bureau. AP caption: "Kentucky mob invades jail to seize...
Jackson Jail in "bloody Breathitt County." A dark building (or dark photograph), behind a telephone pole and flanked by trees. Caption from Associated Press: "Jail from which mob took victim--the Breathitt County Jail at Jackson,...
Turkish tobacco sale in Paintsville, Kentucky. Twelve men inspect a package of tobacco leaves for purchase on a wood table outdoors. Newspaper caption: "Kentucky's first crop of Turkish tobacco, grown in Floyd and Johnson counties, brought as...
Installation of brew tanks, Fehr's Brewery, Louisville, Kentucky. A huge brew tank is suspended on its side by a crane (to which it is tied by one cable) outside Frank Fehr Brewing Company, where there is a square hole cut in the second floor brick...
New construction, architect Carl J. Epping, Louisville Distillery of Frankfort Distilleries. Terraced brick buildings with flat roofs, some low, some medium height, amid a smoke stack. The beginning of a railroad is visible. Caption on back: New...
Hubert Johnston Jenkins home at 1908 Tyler Lane, Louisville, Kentucky. Two-story white wood house with attic under peaked roof. Every window except the attic window has a dark canopy. There is a porch on the far side of the house. In the foreground...
The Silver House & Gallery, belonging to Brainerd C. Lemon, at 223 E. Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky. Two-story house with steeply peaked roofs. Stone first floor; second floor and up to the roof is concrete with dark wood in windowpane...
Eighteenth Street in Louisville, Kentucky. Caption on back: "Louisville to Nashville." One car drives away and three cars approach along a long, wide street lined by telephone lines on each side. An arrow to the left of the street points...
Vehicles; Cruisers (Warships); United States. Navy
Model of U.S.S. Louisville sits on display on a rustic cart in front of a Great Northern Railroad emblazoned emblem, 1930. A man in nautical uniform points toward the model ship and two men in white hats and a woman with a cloche and a fur collar...
Eighteenth Street in Louisville, Kentucky. Caption on back: "Louisville entrance from Nashville." Diagonal view of a narrow road with a jagged left edge. There is gravel to the left. To the right are many telephone wires and a wide...
Vehicles; Cruisers (Warships); United States. Navy
Launching of U.S.S. Louisville at Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington. The official launching was on September 1, 1930. Flags are hung on lines from mast to bow and stern and at top is a U.S. flag. Crowds line the docks. There is fog in...
Vehicles; Cruisers (Warships); United States. Navy
U.S.S. Louisville rescuing 465 passengers from the steamship Harvard stranded on reef off California coast on May 30, 1930. Passengers standing on deck. Ship's shadow visible in the calm water. Associated Press caption on back of image: "The...
Waterways; Canals; Louisville and Portland Canal (Ky.); Shipping
Dry dock at Dam 41, Portland Canal and Locks, Louisville, Kentucky. To the left are telephone lines and in the water at the right is a barge with a crane. Beyond, the canal curves to the right. Caption on back of image: "Transfer back mix and...
Buildings; Health care facilities; Hospitals; Central State Hospital (Ky.)
Administration building at Central State Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky. Caption on back: "Administration Building, Central State Hospital for Insane, Lakeland. Built about 1872." Four-story brick building with steepled turrets rising...
Buildings; Health care facilities; Hospitals; Central State Hospital (Ky.); Cooks
Cooks in the Central State Hospital kitchen, Louisville, Kentucky. Caption on back: "Kitchen, Central State Hospital for Insane, Lakeland, Chef in center." Three men in white clothes, white aprons, and white hats. There is a large...
Buildings; Health care facilities; Hospitals; Central State Hospital (Ky.); Dining rooms
Main dining room of Central State Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky. Caption on back: "Main dining room, Central State Hospital for Insane, Lakeland, about 1,200 patients eat here." Long, rectangular, clothed, set tables in rows amid square...
Waterways; Canals; Louisville and Portland Canal (Ky.); Shipping
Barges at lower part of Portland Canal Locks, Dam 41, Louisville, Kentucky. Bridge in the distance. Bottom right of the photo is marked "Lock--Louisville." Caption on back of image: "Lower part of locks -- Dam 41, Louisville Ky....
Buildings; Health care facilities; Hospitals; Louisville City Hospital; Operating rooms
Operating room at Louisville City Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky. Caption below: "A view of one of the operating rooms." A room a skylight, and streaked walls contains an adjustable dark metal bed folded into an accordion shape; a wheeled...
