Film stills; Motion pictures; Processes & techniques; Time; Falling; Metals; Hands; Fingers; Body parts; Locomotion; Human locomotion
"This 3-minute 30-second film, like others produced by Serra in the same year, related to a famous 'verb list' which he compiled in 1967-8. The verb involved in this instance is 'to grasp' but the list also included 'to roll, to crease, to...
Barges; Ferries; Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Barge for a Memphis float or landing dock being launched onto the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. JIM T. DUFFY towboat (Way T1375) is standing by to catch the barge. Packet BOB DUDLEY (Way #658) and ferry...
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
E.T. SLIDER, a stern-wheel towboat with wood hull (110 ft. x 24 ft. x 3.5 ft.), was built at Howard in 1900. Owned by Slider Sand & Gravel Co., she operated in the Louisville area until she was dismantled in 1914.
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
GENERAL H.L. ABBOT, a stern-wheel towboat with wood hull (170 ft. x 32 ft. x 5 ft.), was built at Howard in 1895. Owned by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the St. Louis district, GENERAL H.L. ABBOT operated on the Mississippi River. She was renamed...
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
ARTHUR HIDER, a stern-wheel towboat with steel hull (163 ft. x 30 ft. x 6 ft.), was built at Howard in 1898. Owned by Mississippi River Commission, the tugboat operated on the lower Mississippi River until 1935 when she was sold to A. O. Kirschner...
Ferries; Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
It appears the photographer labeled two of these three images "B.J. Ferry" and the other "J.B.", but no other information is available. They may have been sister ships built around the same time, or they may actually be the same...
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
PETERS LEE in the Ohio River after launch at Howard Shipyard. A tugboat is ready to catch her. PETERS LEE, a stern-wheel packet with wood hull (220 ft. x 42 ft. x 7 ft.), was built at Howard in 1899. Owned by Lee Line in Memphis, Tennessee, PETERS...
Baseball cards; Athletes; Baseball players; Boston Red Sox (Baseball team)
Red Kleinow or John Peter Kleinow (1877-1929). Color portrait of Red Kleinow framed by two baseball bats. A 'B' is in the top left corner and 'Red Sox' is in the top right. The team is the Boston Red Sox. Verso: John Kleinow. 'Jack' Kleinow, the...
Baseball cards; Athletes; Baseball players; New York Giants (Baseball team)
Red Murray or John Joseph Murray (1884-1958). Color portrait of Red Murray with the New York Giants. An 'NY' is in the top left corner and 'Giants' is in the top right. Verso: John J. Murray. 'Red' Murray, whom the Giants got from St. Louis in...
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
SCIMITAR II, a stern-wheel pleasure boat with wood hull (136 ft. x 29 ft. x 4 ft.), was built at Howard in 1905. Owned by S. Hart in St. Louis, SCIMITAR II operated briefly in the Nashville-Burnside area before being sold to the U.S. Army Corps of...
Side wheelers; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
DeKOVEN, a side-wheel railroad transfer with wood hull (232.3 ft. x 37 ft. x 6.1 ft.), was built by Howard in 1894. Owned by Ohio Valley Railroad, DeKOVEN operated in the Paducah-Brookport area until 1912 when she was sent to Helena, Arkansas....
Side wheelers; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
SPREAD EAGLE in the Ohio River, after being launched at Howard Shipyard. Tugboat FULTON is en route to catch her. SPREAD EAGLE, a side-wheel packet with wood hull (225 ft. x 35 ft. x 6 ft.), was built at Howard in 1892. Owned by Eagle Packet...
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
AMERICA (Way #240), a sternwheel packet with wood hull (200 ft. x 38 ft. x 6.5 ft.), was built in 1898 at Howard Ship Yard and Dock Company in Jeffersonville, Indiana. Owned by Capt. LaVerrier Cooley, AMERICA operated on the Ouachita River from...
African Americans; Race relations; Civil rights demonstrations; Civil rights; Louisville Free Public Library; Girl Scouts; Libraries; Integration; African Americans--Social conditions
Oral history interview with Murray Atkins Walls and John Walls, conducted July 27, 1977 by Dwayne Cox. Most of the interview focuses on Murray Atkins Walls, although her husband, John Walls, is also an active participant. They were both involved in...
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Launchings; Tugboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
GOLD DUST, a stern-wheel packet with wood hull (170 ft. x 34 ft. x 5 ft.), was built at Howard in 1901. Owned by Louisville & Evansville Packet Co., GOLD DUST operated on the Ohio River between the two cities. She burned and was lost on her...
Coaches (Athletics); Basketball; University of Louisville--Basketball; University of Louisville--Sports;
University of Louisville's head basketball coach Bernard "Peck" Hickman holds a whistle in his mouth has his left hand raised as if to catch a ball. He wears a shirt that reads, "Property of UofL."
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
SUNRISE, a stern-wheel packet with wood hull (180 ft. x 36 ft. x 5 ft.), was built at Howard in 1897. Owned by Red River Line, she operated on the Mississippi River between New Orleans and Vicksburg. SUNRISE burned at New Orleans, Louisiana on...
