A group of people including an elderly man [possibly Tennyson 'Tennis' Hatfield], two young boys, Frankie McCoy (the brunette woman), her mother (back row), and Jean Thomas stand in front of The Silver Moon nightclub. Signs on the front of the...
A group of people including Tennyson 'Tennis' Hatfield, another elderly man, two young boys, Frankie McCoy (the brunette woman), her mother (back row), and Jean Thomas stand in front of The Silver Moon nightclub. Signs on the front of the building...
Address: 533 W. Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky. The camera was positioned in the middle of Sixth Street about six feet south from the center of Main Street pointing north, 1923. The view captured the Weatherly-McKennie Co. (dry goods) on the...
Character portrait of actor, director, and stage manager Thomas Coffin Cooke in a costume consisting of a helmet with mail and plush robes. Cooke was born in Montgomery, Alabama, ca. 1874, and died June 10, 1939 in Bayside, New York. He appeared in...
Postal service--History; Postal service--Southwest, Old
In every civilization of which any record has been preserved, there is known to have been some organized plan for maintaining communication by couriers who were either post runners or riders mounted. The relaying of these couriers was an obvious...
Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Office buildings;
Location: Belknap Campus: 2323 South Brook Street. Current uses: Houses U of L Development Office; Communications and Marketing. Former names: Fairfax Building. Former uses: The Fairfax Family Fund, the previous owner, provided small loans by mail....
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Port side of P.D. STAGGS, sitting with steam up, at the bank of Ohio River at Howard Shipyard. P.D. STAGGS, a stern-wheel packet with wood hull (161 ft. x 28.6 ft. x 4.4 ft.), was built by Howard in 1893. Owned by Alex Kendall and Captain A. T....
Portrait of Colonel Charles Christopher Mengel of Louisville, Kentucky sitting at his desk, a piece of mail in his hand. The photograph has small cracks along the surface and marked with discolorations. Handwritten on back of image: President...
Residents of Pewee Valley pick up mail at a small white frame building. A sign on the tree reads: "Pewee Valley Post Office." From left to right are: Lillian Fletcher, Marquesa San Germano, the postmistress (in doorway), unidentified...
Residents of Pewee Valley pick up mail at a small white frame building. A sign on the tree reads: "Pewee Valley Post Office." From left to right are: Lillian Fletcher, Marquesa San Germano, the postmistress (in doorway), unidentified...
Side wheelers; Steamboats; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Starboard side of NEW SOUTH at the bank of the Ohio River. NEW SOUTH, a side-wheel packet with wood hull (257 ft. x 42.6 ft. x 7 ft.), was built in 1887 at Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company in Jeffersonville, Indiana. Owned by Shelby & Perkins...
Steamboat named "Morning Star" docked at river bank. Painted above the name is "Louisville & Henderson Packet U.S. Mail." Two men stand on the bank near the front of the boat. A name is painted in the bottom left corner....
The "Tarascon," built in 1863 for the Louisville and Henderson Mail Line, was used in service during the Civil War. Here the boat sits at the Louisville & Portland Canal waiting for the locks to open. It traveled as far as the Alabama...
The "Tarascon," built in 1863 for the Louisville and Henderson Mail Line, was used in service during the Civil War. Here the boat sits at the Louisville & Portland Canal waiting for the locks to open. It traveled as far as the Alabama...
The "Tarascon" steamboat built in 1863 for the Louisville and Henderson Mail Line, was used in service during the Civil War. Here the boat in on the Ohio River at Louisville just having passed under the Kentucky and Indiana bridge. Title...
Bands; Wind instruments; Percussion instruments; Post offices; Post Office and Customs House (Louisville, Ky.); Buildings
The U.S. Mail Band poses in front of the Louisville Post Office. Drums and clarinets are in the front row, followed by trumpets and french horns; saxophones, trombones and tubas bring up the rear.
