Advertisement for Old Joe Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey. At the top of the ad is the Old Joe Distillery. Below is a banner that reads "Anderson County Sour Mash Old Joe Brand Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey." Next to that is a...
This set of woodblock prints was reprinted in the 1980s. With the exception of "Bottled by Barton Distilling Company Bardstown, Nelson County, Kentucky," the images duplicate the earlier prints in this collection. Woodblock prints of,...
Color lithograph advertising Emerson's Megatherian Minstrels, which featured performer Billy Emerson and were managed by Richard M. Hooley (pictured here). Hooley was born in Ballina, County Mayo, Ireland in 1822 and died in Chicago in 1893. The...
African Americans--Politics and government; Local elections; Metropolitan government; Voting research
Despite the fact that few large metropolitan areas have had city-county consolidations, interest remains high in these mergers as a means of restructuring urban government. Evaluation literature on city-county consolidations generally focuses on...
African Americans; African American business enterprises; African American Business people; Drugstores; Pharmacists; African American pharmacists; Urban renewal; Service stations; Standard Oil Company; Civil rights
Oral history interview with Frank Moorman, Sr., conducted on August 17, 1978 by Kenneth Chumbley. Mr. Moorman was a businessman in Louisville's Walnut Street area. Mr. Moorman discusses his parents and grandparents, and his early life in Owensboro,...
Oral history interview conducted with Nelson Goodwin on January 10, 1979 by Kenneth Chumbley. Mr. Goodwin, a nursery owner and local historian from Louisville, Kentucky, discusses his ancestors and other African Americans who lived in the...
African Americans; Civil rights demonstrations; Race relations; Public relations; Discrimination in housing; Housing; African American legislators; Insurance agents; Women legislators; African American legislators; Kentucky--Politics and...
Oral history interview conducted with legislator Mae Street Kidd on October 10, November 11, and December 5, 1978 by Ken Chumbley. Ms. Kidd discusses her life, including her childhood growing up in Bourbon County. Kidd attended the Lincoln...
African Americans; Jefferson County Public Schools; School board members; School boards; School superintendents; School boards--African American membership; Busing (School integration); School integration; Public schools; Race relations
Oral history interview with Lyman T. Johnson, conducted on March 24, 1982 by Dwayne Cox. Mr. Johnson discusses his tenure on the Louisville/Jefferson County board of education in the late 1970s. He discusses the challenges of merging the city and...
Three men break hemp on a rolling field of hemp and craggy trees, possibly in Mercer County, Kentucky. Two men operate hand brakes and the man in center holds aloft a mass of hemp dangling to the ground like a large blanket. A shack and outhouse...
Agricultural machinery & implements; Men; People; Hay
Several men and boys work in a hay field in Boyle County, Kentucky. They are using pitchforks to feed hay into a machine which bundles the hay into rectangular blocks. Some of the men are in shirt sleeves and long pants while others wear overalls....
Alternatives to imprisonment--Kentucky--Jefferson County; Juvenile corrections--Kentucky--Jefferson County
Since the beginning of the juvenile justice movement in the United States over a century ago, considerable debate has persisted among policymakers and practitioners concerning the causes of juvenile offending and the appropriate responses to...
A woman wearing a cloche hat and fur-trimmed coat sits at the wheel of a Model A Ford. A terrier sits in the backseat. The convertible has its spare tire attached to the side of the car near the front tire. The hood ornament is a running greyhound....
Three women sit in a two-door car with a rumble seat, possibly a Model A Ford. The license plate hanging from the grille indicates Jefferson County, Kentucky. The convertible top is pulled back but the women are bundled up in coats and hats....
A small dog sits up on its hind legs and looks at a man who is wearing a dark coat and cap with his suit. The little dog is balanced on the running board of what is likely a Model A Ford. The hood ornament is in the shape of a greyhound and the...
A man in a dark coat and cap sits on the passenger side of what is likely a Model A Ford. A small dog is on his lap and they both are looking out the window. The hood ornament is in the shape of a greyhound and the license plate indicates the car...
A four-door Model A Ford sits in the driveway of a home. Two women in the car look out at a third who is wearing a hat with earflaps and a coat trimmed with fur. The spare tire is attached to the car next to the front tire. The license plate...
A woman in a fur coat stands with one hand on the open door of a Model A Ford. The license plate for the car indicates Jefferson County, Kentucky and is situated on the grille next to a horn. Two other women in coats and hats stand by the gate in a...
Three women in caps and fur or fur-trimmed coats stand in front of a brick home with a Model A Ford. One woman has her foot on the running board while the other two stand on the steps and porch of the home. The license plate for the car indicates...
Baseball cards; Athletes; Baseball players; Chicago White Sox (Baseball team)
Jiggs Donahue or John Augustus Donahue (1879-1913). Color portrait of Jiggs Donahue framed by two baseball bats. A white stocking is in the top left corner and 'White Sox' is in the top right. The team is the Chicago White Sox. Verso: J. Donohue....
