Aunt West (an old woman wearing a shawl) sits, holding a broom and a basket, in front of a pile of corn, accompanied by her grandsons, two little boys in frayed clothing.
Aunt West (an old woman wearing a light-colored dress and shawl) sits in front of a pile of corn, holding a broom, with a basket at her feet. Title supplied by cataloger.
Aunt West (an old woman wearing a dark dress and shawl) sits in front of a pile of corn, holding a broom, with a basket at her feet. Title supplied by cataloger.
Aunt West (an old woman wearing a shawl) stands in front of a corn pile with two grandsons, wearing tattered clothing. Her daughter, seated, holds an infant wrapped in a blanket.
A woman and a small boy ride a horse or mule to the gristmill. The child has a "turn" or sackful of corn in his lap. The woman wears a bonnet and rides in typical sidesaddle fashion while the boy straddles the horse or mule as they ride...
Streets; City & town life; Utility poles; Brick wall signs; Signs (Notices); Automobiles; Buildings; Stores & shops
Utility poles line East Broadway near Eighth Street in Louisville, Kentucky. Their wires form a grid in the air. A traffic cop stands in the middle of the intersection as cars and a trolley pass by. On the left side of the street people stand by...
Alcohol; Distillation; Alcoholic beverages; Corn--Utilization; Whiskey industry
In the whisky industry there is a balance between the desire to adhere to the traditional production process and the desire to increase profit margins. One solution that follows both stipulations is to increase the alcohol yield of a given batch of...
Plate showing the Louisville and Portland Canal, with Sand Island, Shippingport, Corn Island, Louisville, the Ohio River, and Kentucky also labeled. Printed above map frame: "Plate I." Printed beneath map frame: "Note: From survey...
Display at the World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri, probably in the Palace of Agriculture, featuring a framed illustration of an Native American man in a checked blanket holding a narrow pipe to his mouth, with two women farming in the distance in...
A man stands on a corn shredder in a field of dirt and cropped corn, operating a wheel; another man stands with his arm on the shredder. In front of the shredder a dark horse and a white horse are attached to a cart bearing three barrels. Across...
Bales of cotton covering a large area in front of a large paddle boat or paddle steamer. In the foreground two African-American men sit on the bales. Other men are in the background. Title: 12479 - Cotton! Cotton! Cotton! Levee, New Orleans, La....
Women; Boys; Mules; Horses; Dirt roads; Country life; Bonnets
A woman and a small boy ride a horse or mule to the gristmill. The child has a "turn" or sackful of corn in his lap. The woman wears a bonnet and rides in sidesaddle fashion while the boy straddles the horse or mule as they ride away from...
Address: 2636 Frankfort Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. Banners across the top of the store advertise meats, groceries, and tea. The display windows show potatoes, soap chips, gauze, rolled oats, and Sunnyfield Corn Flakes. One ad reads,...
Boy on a porch of a log cabin in Letcher County, Kentucky "gritting" corn by scraping an ear of corn along a rough board and catching the grits in a large bowl.
Man operating a hand mill in Letcher County, Kentucky. He stands next to a wooden fence with corn growing on the other side and the Appalachian Mountains in the background. A wagon can be seen in an open-sided building.
Log cabins; Interiors; Families; Ladders; Home food processing; Rifles
The interior of Harve "Cody" Burns' log cabin. Arlin "Head" Burns, at right, uses a "gritter" to grate corn. The "stair-steps," or ladder, on the right leads to the sleeping loft. The walls are lined with...
