Map, on a scale of 400 feet to an inch, showing the Louisville and Portland Canal, with Sand Island, Rock Island, Goose Island, Shippingport, Corn Island, Louisville, Portland, New Albany, Clarksville, Falls City, and Jeffersonville also labeled....
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...
Two men stand outside Joe Hignite's mill on Bullskin. One man is holding a homemade compass made of hickory that was used to mark out mill stones for grinding corn and wheat. Title supplied by cataloger.
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...
Sunrise or sunset over a farm field in winter. The stacks in the field could be corn, but are probably hemp. After hemp was cut, it was retted outdoors before being bound and shipped to plants where it was spun into twine and rope. Hemp was...
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...
This set of woodblock prints was reprinted in the 1980s. With the exception of the fox hiding from dog behind a log, the boy carving a Jack o'lantern, the blackbird, the turkey and snake, and the laborers on the riverfront, the images duplicate the...
Woodblock prints of, from top to bottom starting at top left: portrait of man with wavy hair, beard, and mustache; man stacking sheaves of wheat while another man harvests wheat; woman lying in bed staring out window at church and sunshine, while...
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....
A man stands in a tobacco field in Kentucky with only his chest, shoulders, and head visible. He is wearing a dark hat and shirt and a lighter colored jacket. The tobacco field is quite large and farm buildings are in the distance. Title: (20092)...
Two-story wood building with dark wood facade at the corner of Twenty-Second and Cedar, Louisville, Kentucky. Wood sign surrounding tree advertises "Coal Load Barrel." Ground floor store is McWilliam Bros [Groceries] and Meats. Signs in...
Two-story wooden building with wooden awning at the corner of Twenty-Eighth and Chestnut, Louisville, Kentucky. Ground floor grocery advertises Salada Tea, Lipton's Teas, Mother's Bread, Senn & Ackerman Lager Beer, and Kellogg's Toasted Corn...
