More than a dozen cars are parked along a slope by the Ohio River in Louisville, Kentucky. The steamboat America is featured prominently. Further along are the coast guard station and another steamboat which appears to be leaving shore. In the...
Boat & ship industry; Steamboats; Military facilities; Transportation; Bridges; Rivers
The City of Louisville was built in 1894 for trade between Louisville and Cincinnati. The U.S. Life Saving Station, or the U.S. Coast Guard, is next to the boat and the Big Four bridge in in the background. Caption under photo reads "Wharf in...
Boat & ship industry; Steamboats; Transportation; Military facilities; Rivers
A steamboat is coming in towards the bank of the Ohio River in winter. Ice is visible in the water. The U.S. Life Saving Station, or the U.S. Coast Guard, is in the background. Title supplied by caption under photo.
Judge Robert Worth Bingham and daughter, Henrietta W. Bingham of Louisville, Kentucky, standing on deck of a ship. Article attached to back of image: Off to Europe, socially prominent; sails on the Guard Liner "Aquitenia" (King--Camera...
Military facilities; Forts & fortifications; Barracks
Barracks and grounds at Fort Knox, Kentucky. Fort Knox was known as Camp Knox until 1932. The photograph appears to have been retouched to a bright white. On back of image: "General view of main area Camp Knox Kentucky. Photo by 113th Photo...
Sir Charles L. Ross of Scotland standing between two guards, an arm on either or their shoulders. The photograph is damaged around the edges. Article attached to back: Wealthy Scotch Baronet, who was taken into custody on a court order after his...
Police officers guarding a Brinks truck in the downtown area of Louisville, Kentucky. Officers stand guard as men unload an armored truck. On the truck is a sign, "The life of an empl[oyee is] a sacred trust." The photograph has been...
Police officers guarding a Brinks truck in downtown area, Louisville, Kentucky. Officers guard a truck parked on a very busy street by the Hotel Henry Clay. A large white crop mark and arrow have been painted on the photograph.
The Household Division of the British Army responsible for guarding the British Royal Family performs The Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace, London, England. The soldiers wear tall hats and carry musical instruments. Jean Thomas and her...
Fort Pitt Blockhouse in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This structure was built in 1764 and is the only remaining building from Fort Pitt. A guard stands in the doorway of the building. A. W. Terhune wrote on the front of the postcard: "Walked down...
Ernest Macpherson was born in Lexington, Mo., in 1852. He attended the West Tennessee College, of Jackson, Tenn., where he was graduated with a Master of Arts, and then entered the law department of Cumberland University, of Lebanon, Tennessee,...
A woman riding sidesaddle on a show horse approaches outdoor viewing stands at the Kentucky State Fair at Churchill Downs in 1907. Men in uniforms, perhaps a band or color guard because one appears to be holding a bugle or horn, fill the upper...
Soldiers; Uniforms; Military personnel; Campaigns & battles; Indians of North America; Missionaries; Discovery & exploration; Ships; Lifeboats; Horses; Men
Woodblock prints of, from left to right starting at top left: man kneeling before group of men, mostly in military uniforms, one empty-handed, one holding a flag, one a cross, and others bayonets; men with spears, and one with a sword and a shroud,...
A table drawn with red ink on a large sheet of light blue paper, folded to 11 x 17 1/2 inches, includes columns for date, delinquencies, and demerits separated by 1st-4th years. This is an accounting of Orlando M. Poe's delinquencies and demerits...
Portraits; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union; Generals--American--1860-1870; Generals; Military uniforms; Military officers; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Portrait of John Gross Barnard (1815-1882), a Union brigadier general and career engineering officer in the United States Civil War. He became Chief Engineer of the Army of the Potomac, 1861 to 1862, Chief Engineer of the Department of Washington...
Portraits; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union; Generals--American--1860-1870; Generals; Military uniforms; Military officers; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Portrait of John Gross Barnard (1815-1882), a Union brigadier general and career engineering officer in the United States Civil War. He became Chief Engineer of the Army of the Potomac, 1861 to 1862, Chief Engineer of the Department of Washington...
Drawings; Portraits; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union; Generals--American--1860-1870; Generals; Military uniforms; Military officers
Sketch of two military men, one sitting on a camp stool, the other standing beside him. In the background a soldier is standing guard with a rifle on his shoulder. A photo of Orlando M. Poe is pasted on the body of the seated man and another photo...
