Iron ore (15 feet thick) in a mountainside in Bath County, Kentucky. A shovel, two pickaxes, and a spading fork lie on the ground around the mining site.
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,...
Segregation in education; African American construction workers; Construction workers; African Americans; Labor unions; Race relations; Laborers' International Union of North America; Women construction workers; African Americans--Employment; A....
Oral history interview conducted with James "Jimmy" Stewart on April 4, 1979 by Mary Bobo. Mr. Stewart, business manager for Local 576 of the Laborers' International Union of North America discusses segregation in education in Tennessee...
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...
A man identified as 'Uncle', wearing shirtsleeves and trousers with suspenders and holding a hat, stands outdoors, possibly near the Tygart Valley River or Tygart Creek in West Virginia, or the Upper Tygart Branch or Tygarts Creek in Carter County,...
Large Colonial farm house at Castleton Farm on the Iron Works Pike in Fayette County, Kentucky, viewed from the side and back of the house. The side entrance has columns and griffins. Owned by James R. Keene of New York from 1901-1913, the farm was...
Gardeners--Kentucky--Louisville--Social conditions; Community gardens--Kentucky--Louisville
Using four surveys, two created by this researcher, another created by Walizcek, Mattson, and Zajicek, and a fourth created by Herbach, the researcher compared the characteristics of community gardeners, their motivations for gardening, and the...
Enterprise zones--Kentucky--Louisville; Enterprise zones--Law and legislation; Regional planning--Kentucky--Louisville; Economic policy--Kentucky--Louisville
Multiple analytic methods are used to provide an
analysis and evaluation of specific economic and neighborhood
development policies undertaken by and continued by the
Commonwealth of Kentucky, the City of Louisville, and
Jefferson County since the...
Andrew T. Wood was born in Fleming County, Kentucky, in 1834. He received a good common-school education and in 1862, he enlisted in the Federal army, Company C, Tenth Kentucky Cavalry. He was mustered out in 1863 and moved to Mount Sterling,...
Full-length character portrait of actress Adele Blood seated, wearing a wide-brimmed hat with ostrich plumes, a floor-length sleeveless evening gown, and bejeweled chains attached from her dress to her wrists. Born April 23, 1886, near San...
Buildings; Health care facilities; Hospitals; Central State Hospital (Ky.)
Administration building at Central State Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky. Caption on back: "Administration Building, Central State Hospital for Insane, Lakeland. Built about 1872." Four-story brick building with steepled turrets rising...
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...
Map, on a scale of 1/3000,000, of Jackson Purchase region of northwestern Kentucky (bounded bounded by the Mississippi River to the west, the Ohio River to the north, and Tennessee River to the east). The region was ceded by the Chickasaw Indians...
Three-quarter length portrait of performer Alberta Gallatin wearing a velvet robe. Born in Campbell County, West Virginia, on April 5, 1861, Gallatin appeared at Macauley's Theatre twice: in "Cousin Kate" (October 1905) and "Dorothy...
Women; Costumes--United States; Fences; American Folk Song Festival
A woman sits on a bench in a yard enclosed by a brick fence, wearing a long white dress with ruffles, a plaid bodice and hem, and the skirt spread out. She hails from Prestonsburg (Floyd County), Kentucky, but is likely photographed in Boyd County...
Women; Costumes--United States; American Folk Song Festival
A woman stands outdoors, wearing a long white dress with ruffles and a plaid bodice and hem. She hails from Prestonsburg (Floyd County), Kentucky, but is likely photographed in Boyd County as a participant in the American Folk Song Festival. The...
Women; Costumes--United States; American Folk Song Festival
A woman stands outdoors, wearing a long white dress with ruffles and a plaid bodice and hem. She hails from Prestonsburg (Floyd County), Kentucky, but is likely photographed in Boyd County as a participant in the American Folk Song Festival. The...
Women; Costumes--United States; Trees; American Folk Song Festival
A woman stands outdoors, leaning against a tree, wearing a long white dress with ruffles and a plaid bodice and hem. She hails from Prestonsburg (Floyd County), Kentucky, but is likely photographed in Boyd County as a participant in the American...
A small barefoot boy with long hair and a hat sits atop a thin dark horse and turns to face the camera while a small white dog with black ears lies on the dirt road, probably in Butler County, Kentucky. In the background are wood buildings, the one...
