Two men, one wearing a suit and the other in shirtsleeves and holding a can of paint, shake hands. Their families had participated in the Martin-Tolliver feud of Rowan County, Kentucky, from 1884-1887. Jean Thomas takes notes as she witnesses the...
Children; Banjos; Stringed instruments; Corn shocks; Costumes--United States; American Folk Song Festival
A little girl wearing a long plain dress and little boy wearing plaid shirt and suspenders and holding a gourd banjo stand, with their backs to the camera, facing a cornfield. 'Little Chad' is a character named after a child Jean Thomas met at the...
Children; Banjos; Stringed instruments; Corn shocks; Costumes--United States; American Folk Song Festival
A little girl wearing a long plain dress and little boy wearing plaid shirt and suspenders and holding a gourd banjo stand in front of a cornfield. "Little Chad" has been named after a child Jean Thomas met at the Singin' Gatherin' near...
Children; Banjos; Stringed instruments; Corn shocks; Costumes--United States; American Folk Song Festival
A little girl wearing a long plain dress and little boy wearing plaid shirt and suspenders and holding a gourd banjo stand in front of a cornfield. The photo is double exposed with another photo of the same children. "Little Chad" has...
Children; Banjos; Stringed instruments; Corn shocks; Costumes--United States; American Folk Song Festival
A little girl wearing a long plain dress and little boy wearing plaid shirt and suspenders and holding a gourd banjo stand in front of a cornfield. "Little Chad" has been named after a child Jean Thomas met at the Singin' Gatherin' near...
Louisville City Hospital; Nurses; Alumni & alumnae; Events
Alumnae event at Louisville City Hospital school of nursing, which later became Louisville General Hospital. Women, some in dresses and some in nursing uniforms, fill the seats in an auditorium. More women stand along the back and side walls....
Theatre Magazine page featuring actress and director Ethel Barrymore, who was born August 15, 1879 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her parents (Maurice Barrymore and Georgiana Drew), siblings (John Barrymore and Lionel Barrymore), and other...
Spectators in grandstands are focused on people and horses gathered in front of the stands, perhaps for an award ceremony. Probably the same State Fair event as seen in ULPA 1982.01.728.p but on a different section of the track at Churchill Downs....
Three men, a woman, a teen-age boy, and a young girl stand around a large, high table outdoors. The men may be preparing food, or pulling cooked meat from an animal carcass. Other men are apparently eating at a makeshift counter or rail in the...
A group of people, mostly men, stand around a long, narrow, makeshift counter outdoors. Most are wearing suits and hats, and a few also have coats. Many appear to be eating food that is being cooked, or smoked, in about 25 kettles in foreground....
A beech tree with letters carved into the bark of the trunk apparently commemorating an event or relationship. Photographer Kate Matthews' signature is on the album page. Title supplied by cataloger.
Men inspect airplanes used in "Great Aviation Meet" at Churchill Downs, Louisville, Kentucky on June 18, 1910. According to "Memories: Louisville's Family Album" by R.G. Potter (St. Anthony Hospital, 1976) and The Louisville...
Event featuring boy preacher Marjoe Gortner at Memorial Auditorium in Louisville, Kentucky; sponsored by Broadway Church of the Nazarene. Marjoe Gortner "The World's Youngest Evangelist" photographed with his parents amidst a full...
Churches; Revivals; Youth organizations; Religious groups; Audiences; People
Audience for services conducted by "Marjoe", a boy evangelist. An event featuring Marjoe Gortner and sponsored by Broadway Church of the Nazarene took place at Memorial Auditorium in Louisville, Kentucky on November 27, 1949; this venue...
Automobile dealerships; Buildings; Automobiles; Flagpoles; Men; Publicity; Electric signs
Jimmy "Barberwreck" Jones standing on top of flagpole to promote a local baseball player, June 24, 1928; event described by Samuel Thomas in "St. Matthews: The Crossroads of Beargrass" (Beargrass-St. Matthews Historical Society,...
Jimmy "Barberwreck" Jones standing on top of flagpole to promote a local baseball player, June 24, 1928; event described by Samuel Thomas in "St. Matthews: The Crossroads of Beargrass" (Beargrass-St. Matthews Historical Society,...
Automobile dealerships; Buildings; Automobiles; Flagpoles; Men; Publicity; Electric signs
Jimmy "Barberwreck" Jones standing on top of flagpole to promote a local baseball player, June 24, 1928; event described by Samuel Thomas in "St. Matthews: The Crossroads of Beargrass" (Beargrass-St. Matthews Historical Society,...
