Appalachians (People); Appalachian Region--History; Appalachian Region--Social life and customs; Education--Appalachian Region; Education--Kentucky; Kentucky--Social life and customs; Rural schools--Kentucky--History; Oneida Baptist Institute;...
665 items from Louisville native Claude C. Matlack (1878-1944), an amateur photographer who, working as an engineer for his family's plumbing business, happened to capture on film the formative years of a settlement school built by feuding...
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Military officers; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
88 images and four manuscripts relating to the U.S. military, with a particular focus on the Civil War era, collected by West Point alumnus, engineer, and Civil War veteran Orlando Metcalfe Poe (1832-1895).
Environmental art; Islands; Trees; Bays (Bodies of water); Bodies of water; Water; Aerial photographs; Aerial views; Bird's-eye views
"Europe's great master of Environmental Art is, of course, Christo, who continues to work triumphantly with a significance equal to the ever-greater ambition and scale of his projects. For the recent Surrounded Islands, Christo spent over $3...
Environmental art; Islands; Trees; Bays (Bodies of water); Bodies of water; Water; Aerial photographs; Aerial views; Bird's-eye views
"Europe's great master of Environmental Art is, of course, Christo, who continues to work triumphantly with a significance equal to the ever-greater ambition and scale of his projects. For the recent Surrounded Islands, Christo spent over $3...
A group of men in suits and jackets stand under a sign that reads ""Central Relief Drain Extension. Commissioners of Sewerage of Louisville. Matt H. Crawford, Chairman. J.B.F. Breed, Chief Engineer. Hoag & Rollins. Public Works...
Buildings; Stores & shops; Stewart Dry Goods Co., Inc.
Address: 501 S. Fourth St. Usually credited to McDonald and Dodd, the Stewart's Dry Goods building was another project designed by Alfred S. Joseph while serving as chief architect and chief engineer for that firm. The photo shows an entrance on...
Buildings; Canopies; Atherton Building (Louisville, Ky.)
Address: 610 S. Fourth Street (Later known as the Francis Building). Completed in 1907, the Atherton Building would have been a project started while Alfred S. Joseph was still serving as chief architect and engineer for the firm of McDonald &...
Chart labeled Bids - Street Construction. Received: Paducah, Ky. June 1, 1923. Henry A. Pulliam, Commissioner of Pub Works and Chief Engineer. Includes a list of streets and the estimated costs and amount of materials from different contractors....
Diagram showing a train in a tunnel and a two-story building. Labeled Comparative Sketch Southwestern Outfall. Cross Section West of Taylor Boulevard. Commissioners of Sewerage of Louisville. November-1933. Woolsey M. Caye. Technical Engineer.
Diagrams of Run-Off Showing Basis of Design of Main Sewer District 3A, Paducah, KY, July 1922. Henry A. Pulliam, Commissioner of Public Wks and Chief Engineer. J.C. Keeley, First Assistant. C.F. Johnson, Chief Draftsman. Chart with a graph and...
Distance education; University of Louisville--Students; University of Louisville--Faculty; Teachers; WHAS (Radio station : Louisville, Ky.); WAVE (Radio station : Louisville, Ky.); Microphones; Radio broadcasting; Students;
Dr. Harvey Curtis Weber teaches a class broadcast over the radio as part of a joint effort by the University of Louisville, WHAS and WAVE radio, to provide remote university education to members of the Louisville community. Weber stands in front of...
Distance education; University of Louisville--Students; University of Louisville--Faculty; Teachers; WHAS (Radio station : Louisville, Ky.); WAVE (Radio station : Louisville, Ky.); Microphones; Radio broadcasting; Students;
Dr. Harvey Curtis Weber teaches a class broadcast over the radio as part of a joint effort by the University of Louisville, WHAS and WAVE radio, to provide remote university education to members of the Louisville community. Weber stands in front of...
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Boat engines; Launchings; Ship trials; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
SENATOR CORDILL, a stern-wheel packet with wood hull (170 ft. x 33 ft. x 5 ft.), was built at Howard in 1902. Owned by Vicksburg & Natchez Packet Co., SENATOR CORDILL operated on the Mississippi River in the Vicksburg and Natchez areas...
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Boat engines; Launchings; Ship equipment & rigging; Ship trials; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
WM. LARIMER JONES, a stern-wheel towboat with steel hull (136 ft. x 34 ft. x 7.3 ft.), was built at Howard in 1930. Owned by Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation, WM. LARIMER JONES operated in the Pittsburgh area. Wm. Larimer Jones was the first...
Louisville Water Company (Louisville, Ky.); Business people; Men; Group portraits
Group of men in suits posed on steps outside frame building. The men are identified by circled numbers to their left, with the key written beneath the image on the print: "1 John S. Morris Auditor, 2 Charles S. Potter Buyer - Ass't. Treas. 3...
Hubert Johnston Jenkins, Sr. of Louisville, Kentucky, wearing a white suit, carrying a hat and folder. Crop marks frame his image, and the photograph is cracked and missing pieces. Handwritten on back of image: Hubert J. Jenkins, Louisville...
Map of Kentucky and other states showing the total rainfall along the Ohio River basin during January 1937. Labeled Isopluvials showing points of equal rainfall in inches. Prepared from Reports furnished by U.S. Weather Bureau of Rainfall observed...
Map of Louisville showing total rainfall along during January 1937. Labeled Isopluvials showing points of equal rainfall in inches. Prepared from Rainfall Records of 11 Commissioners of Sewerage Rain Gages [Gauges], 1 Government maintained...
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....
