Tugboats; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
WASH GRAY, a steam propelled tugboat with wood hull (90 ft. x 19 ft. x 8 ft.), was built at Howard in 1895. Owned by John Huffman, WASH GRAY operated in the Louisville area. She was sold to the Combine in 1900 and then to Mexico in 1920. She sank...
Tugboats; Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
LUCILLE NOWLAND (Way #3616) being rebuilt at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana after she burned at Evansville in December, 1911. She was renamed ABIGAIL (Way #0041). Other boats under construction at the bank of the Ohio...
University of Louisville--Buildings; Buildings; Brigman Hall (Louisville, Ky.); Grawemeyer Hall (Louisville, Ky.);
View of Belknap Campus looking east across Eastern Parkway. Brigman Hall and the Administration Building (Grawemeyer Hall) are in the foreground. This photo was taken before the construction of the Naval Science Building and Natural Science...
University of Louisville--Buildings; Theaters; Buildings;
Playhouse during the 1932 renovations, with trees in the foreground. Records indicate that work was also done to the Playhouse in 1933 and funded by a federal relief program. Note on back of photo: "Playhouse. Alterations. Oct 22 1932."...
University of Louisville--Buildings; Theaters; Buildings;
Interior of the University of Louisville Playhouse, looking at the stage curtain. A note on the back indicates that the curtain was brown velvet, stenciled in gold, that the interior was a "warm gray" with the trusses painted black. The...
University of Louisville--Students; Fraternities & sororities; Fund raising; Students;
Fraternity and sorority members gathered around a round table with two older men. The older men are Gil Adams (left) and Sid Appel (right). There are packets and papers on the table. The students are being told what their part will be in...
University of Louisville. Speed Scientific School; University of Louisville--Buildings; Hoisting machinery; Construction; Construction equipment;
View of the back of W. S. Speed Hall during the construction of Ernst Hall at the University of Louisville's Speed Scientific School (now the J.B. Speed School of Engineering). A crane and a cement truck stand in the construction area. Note on...
Utility poles; Louisville Gas and Electric Company; Buildings
Address: 1200 block of W. Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky. Utility lines run along the sidewalk in front of a number of buildings. Trolley tracks line the street and cars are parked along the sidewalk. One of the buildings has a sign for Auto Supply...
Utility poles; Louisville Gas and Electric Company; Buildings; Commercial facilities
Address: 900 block of E. Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky. Utility lines crisscross over the street. On one side is a cafeteria. On the other side of the street are signs for The Corner Shoppe ("Drug Sundries Luncheonette"), Coca-Cola,...
Utility poles; Louisville Gas and Electric Company; Industrial facilities; Buildings
Address: 1318 McHenry Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Handwritten at the top of this photograph is "Louisville Cotton Mills, 44ov30 service entrance with copper bus bar installation." Electrical components are protected by a picket fence...
Edgard Varese began composing "Deserts" in 1949 and completed it late in 1954. Scored for fifteen instruments, five percussionists and two tapes of organized sounds, "Deserts" comprises acoustic instrumental music and sections...
Residential buildings account for a large portion of total energy consumption in the United States. Residential energy usage can be dramatically reduced by improving the efficiency of building envelope systems. One such method is to incorporate...
This dissertation presents an analytical investigation that examined the seismic performance of steel stud backed and Concrete Masonry Units (CMU) backed masonry veneer wall systems, under in and out - of - plane loads, in medium rise building...
Women agricultural laborers--England--History--19th century; Women agricultural laborers--United States--History--19th century; Women in agriculture--England--History--19th century; Women in agriculture--United States--History--19th century; Women...
This thesis is a historical study comparing the work-lives African-American and English nineteenth-century, field-working women. It focuses on the ideology and structure of the gender division of labour as it formed and informed the lives of these...
