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...
Ligaments--Wounds and injuries; Knee--Wounds and injuries; Women athletes--Wounds and injuries
Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) injuries are among the most common injuries incurred by both recreational and professional athletes. ACL injuries often occur during popular contact sports like basketball, football, volleyball and baseball, and...
Buildings; Industrial facilities; Refrigerator industry
Five- or six-story commercial building with a train passing by on the train tracks in front. The sign on top of the building reads "Progress Refrigerator Co." Painted on the side of the building is a sign reading "Louisville Tin and...
Buildings; Vehicles; Airplanes; Airports; Air shows; Bowman Field (Ky.)
Eleven men and one boy stand in a row in front of an airplane at a Bowman Field air show, Louisville, Kentucky. Two men shake hands. The airfield, established in 1919 by Abram H. Bowman, is still in operation, although Standiford Field (now...
Portraits; Group portraits; Men; Government officials
Albert B. "Happy" Chandler, Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky from 1931-1935 and Governor of Kentucky from 1935-1939 (and again from 1955-1959), seated at a desk with two unidentified men, with eleven men standing behind them. Photograph...
In 2003, Wilson Creek running through Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest in central Kentucky was restored to its original winding path through a valley field. Early 20th century settlers had previously redirected this creek to run a straight...
Barges; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Eleven wooden barge hulls under construction for the government at Howard Shipyards in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. According to the photographer's notes, this picture was taken from the "St. Louis ferry."
Youth organizations; Boy Scouts of America; Boys; Men; Flags; Buildings
Group of eleven uniformed Boy Scouts along with three young men wearing ties (two of them with jackets as well) and two older men wearing suits stand on the steps of a brick building with mosaic tiles on arches above doors. One boy holds an...
Historic sites; Monuments & memorials; Bunker Hill Monument (Boston, Mass.)
Bunker Hill Monument in Charlestown, Massachusetts. Obelisk-shaped monument made of granite with a small building next to it on a grassy area. A city skyline is in the background. Title: Bunker Hill Monument. Text on left: Boston & Suburbs....
Black-and-white map, 25.1 x 11.4 cm when folded, of Jefferson County, Kentucky, compiled and published by E. J. Coleman & Co. of 615 S. Second Street, Louisville, Ky. in 1943, "Publishers also of Coleman's Jefferson County Booklet,...
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; Democratic Party (Ky.); Political participation; Advertising; Fliers (Printed matter); Politicians; Flags--United States; People
Address: 808 E. Walnut Street (now Muhammad Ali Boulevard), Louisville, Kentucky. Eleven women from the Democratic Women's Group pose outside by a staircase. Some are holding United States flags. Others are holding signs for Democratic mayoral...
Electric power production--Data processing; Electric power distribution--Data processing
The purpose of this project was to analyze the ordering policies for a distribution system. The company has one central distribution center and nineteen branch warehouses spread throughout the country. Each branch warehouse can order product lines...
Portrait of white-haired actor/producer E. S. (Edward Smith) Willard wearing a tuxedo with white necktie. led the Edward Smith Willard Repertory in the early years of the 20th century. Born in England in 1853, Willard led the Edward Smith Willard...
Character portrait of actor/producer E. S. (Edward Smith) Willard seated at a desk on a stage set surrounded by props, wearing a three-piece suit with ascot and spats. He appeared at Macauley's Theatre eleven times between 1898 and 1902, including...
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Opera singers; Women; Costumes; Posing
Full-length character portrait of soprano Emma Abbott wearing a long white wedding gown and veil. Abbot performed with the Emma Abbott Grand [English] Opera Company at Macauley's Theatre eleven times between March 1880 and November 1889. Location...
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Opera singers; Women; Costumes; Posing
Full-length character portrait of soprano Emma Abbott wearing a dress with embroidered patterns. Abbott led the Emma Abbott Grand [English] Opera Company, which performed at Macauley's Theatre eleven times between March 1880 and November 1889. Her...
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Opera singers; Women; Costumes; Posing
Full-length character portrait of soprano Emma Abbott standing near a table bearing a bottle of wine and a backdrop of a country scene and cottage, wearing a plain white dress with fitted bodice. Abbott led the Emma Abbott Grand [English] Opera...
Leaf from a twelfth century theology book, copied at the Monastery of Citeaux in France. The book was written on animal skins since paper was not used in Europe at that time, and was intended for study or for reading aloud within the monastic...
Hospital College of Medicine, Louisville (Ky.); Medical students; Teachers
Hospital College of Medicine 1891 - Composite photograph for the Hospital College of Medicine in Louisville, Kentucky, of faculty and part of the graduating students in the medical school class of 1891. Rows of individual oval-shaped portraits of...
