Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
HANDY, a stern-wheel packet with wood hull (110 ft. x 22 ft. x 3 ft.), was built at Howard in 1903-04. She operated in the Monroe, Louisiana area until she was lost in a storm in September, 1909.
Train on the center tracks in a row of four sets of railroad tracks beneath a metal railroad sign that crosses the tracks. In the background the tracks curve around a tree-covered mountain. There are trees to the left below a drop-off. Two people...
Portraits; Men; Business people; People associated with entertainment & sports
Churchill Downs executive (1902-1949) "Col. Matt" (Martin J.) Winn of Louisville, Kentucky, standing in an owners box at Churchill Downs. The photograph has been cut down to size and discolored from age.
Plague--History--Europe; Black Death--Social aspects--Europe; Erotica--Europe--History; Idols and images--Europe--History; Superstition--Europe--History
This thesis examines a large corpus of enigmatic pilgrimage badges dating from
roughly 1350-1500 CE. The badges were brought to light during archaeological
excavations of water sites throughout the Schelde Estuary in the Netherlands, the
riverbanks...
Atlas of the City of Louisville, Kentucky prepared from official records, private plans and actual surveys. Thirty plates cover the entire city of Louisville and parts of the surrounding county. Each plate shows names of businesses and property...
Maps, on a scale of 200 feet per inch, of "every lot or parcel of ground" in the central area of Louisville, Kentucky in 1876, including details such as precise dimensions, owners' names, building materials (wood vs. brick) and whether...
Reprint of 1831 map of Louisville, Kentucky, on a scale of 400 feet to the inch. Inverted, with northern boundary of Ohio River at the bottom of the page and southern boundary Prather Street (now Broadway) at the top, Beargrass Creek at left, and...
Map of Louisville, Kentucky, at a scale of 1600 feet per inch, with Jeffersonville and New Albany, Indiana visible north of the Ohio River. Includes railroads, electric car lines, parks & public grounds, cemeteries, public buildings, water...
The thesis deals with the political career of John Marshall Harlan prior to his appointment in 1877 as an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court. Throughout the majority of those twenty-three active years in Kentucky politics, Harlan...
Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Bingham Humanities Building (Louisville, Ky.); People; Educational facilities;
Entrance to Humanities Building at the University of Louisville, before its dedication as the Bingham Humanities Building. People are walking in and out of the building. Location: Belknap Campus: Central. Current uses: Home of the English,...
Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Bingham Humanities Building (Louisville, Ky.); Educational facilities;
Bingham Humanities Building, University of Louisville. This glass and concrete building is better known simply as the Humanities Building. The lack of grass on the lawn indicates that this image was taken soon after construction was completed....
The Louisville Storefronts & Saloons Album (ca. 1912) collection consists of 114 exterior photographs of predominantly commercial buildings around the Central Business District, Portland, and Russell neighborhoods of Louisville, Kentucky in the...
Address: 224 E. Broadway. This Egyptian Revival style structure was built as a combination Masonic temple and hotel and was to also include a large and elaborately decorated theater. The theater was never built and the building was sold after only...
Billboards; Signs (Notices); Real estate development
Advertisement billboard for FHA, Better Housing Program, advertising "Louisville's First Low Cost Modern Homes for $2795" (with detailed payment plan options) and "Martin L. Adams & Son Owners and Builders 1700 So. 7th St."...
African Americans; African Americans--Education; Boy Scouts of America; Elderly poor; Floods--Ohio River; Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; National Council of Senior Citizens; Senior House; Senior centers; Scouting (Youth activity); Urban elderly;...
Oral history interviews conducted with Mr. Steward Pickett on May 23, June 4, and June 25, 1979 by Mary Bobo. Mr. Pickett, a retired assistant Boy Scout executive and board member of Senior House, talks about his family, growing up on an...
African Americans; African Americans--Education; African American newspapers; Louisville Leader (Ky.); Kentucky Reporter (Louisville, Ky.); Louisville Municipal College for Negroes (Louisville, Ky.); Mammoth Life and Accident Insurance Co....
Oral history interview with Lattimore Cole conducted on November 26, 1977 by Dwayne Cox. In this interview, Mr. Cole discusses his early education in Louisville, working for his father’s newspaper the Louisville Leader and describes what it was...
