Side wheelers; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
ALTON, a side-wheel excursion boat with wood hull (241.1 ft. x 38 ft. x 7.3 ft.), was built at Howard in 1906. Owned by Eagle Packet Company in St. Louis, ALTON operated on the Mississippi River between St. Louis and Alton, Illinois. She had a...
Parades & processions; American Legion; Spectators
American Legion Parade at corner of Third Street and Broadway, downtown Louisville, Kentucky, circa 1929. Soldiers marching, carrying flags and rifles. Title supplied by cataloger.
Floats (Parades); Parades & processions; Charitable organizations; American Red Cross
Parade floats for the Red Cross including one with cut-outs of four men in military uniforms and one woman in a nurse's uniform with the words 'Join American Red Cross.'
Parades & processions; Celebrations; World War, 1914-1918; People; Streets
Scene in downtown Louisville after Armistice Parade has ended and thousands of people mill about on the sidewalks and trash-covered streets. American flags hang from the windows of several buildings. Title supplied by cataloger.
Parade float for the Louisville Chapter of Associated General Contractors. The float is of an underground air raid shelter. The side of the float reads "Shelter Construction Section of Louisville Defense Council. General Contractors -...
Parade float decorated with stars and stripes. Text on the float reads "Ballard's The Only Union Label Flour" and Ballard's Oven-Ready Biscuits." The side of a drum on the float reads "American Federation of Labor" in the...
Parade float with four men standing behind a bar and one man standing in front of it. Paper beer bottles line the perimeter of the float with advertisements for Yellowstone Beer. The signs across the float reads "Before Being Served Look for...
Parade float with two women sitting on the top next to large cigarettes. A large cigarette pack is at the front and rear of the float. The sign across the float reads "LOCAL 185." A small plaque on the float reads "Billy Smith."
Parades & processions; Floats (Parades); Tobacco industry
Parade float with Brown and Williamson Tobacco Corp across the side and large cigarette cartons and a male figure with a building under the word Prosperity on top of the float. Title supplied by cataloger.
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Men; Military officers; Military uniforms; Government officials
Portrait of Major General Charles Pelot Summerall, who was born in Blount's Ferry, Florida, wearing his ranked military uniform. The photograph is missing two corners and marked with discolorations from age. Attached to back of image: Associated...
Howard family automobile, decorated with vines and other greenery, perhaps for a parade, sitting on the carriage road outside the west entrance of the Howard Mansion in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. A woman, probably a nurse is sitting...
Floats (Parades); University of Louisville--Students; Mascots
The University of Louisville 1968 Derby Parade float on Broadway at the start of the parade, featuring Ruth Ann Hackett (Best Dressed), Wes Unseld (Basketball All American), Sharon Dawley (Miss University of Louisville), Ed Harmon (football...
Educational facilities; Schools; Military academies; Kentucky Military Institute (1845-1971); Cadets
Dress parade, Kentucky Military Institute, Lyndon, Kentucky. A column of men in uniform with rifles over their shoulders march towards a stone fountain and pond in a pavilion with sections of garden. Four other men come around the fountain in...
American Legion; Veterans' organizations; Military bands; Parades & processions
Drum and Bugle Corps, Jefferson Post American Legion; in street parade wearing uniforms, Kentucky. The Drum and Bugle Corps carry two flags--a U.S. flag and a dark flag, each with an eagle on top--as they march past a building with high pillars....
Two men wearing suits and hats stand outdoors. One is smoking a cigar and looking up toward the sky. A horse and trees are in the background. Because they appear to be wearing judges' or event ribbons, they may be at the Kentucky State Fair (see...
Street scene in Excelsior Springs, Missouri. A parade of men and women on horseback faces the camera; people line the unpaved street in front of the stores. An America flag is visible on the left amongst the crowd. There are poles (presumably...
Parades & processions; Fire fighters; People; Spectators; Photographers; Cobblestone streets
Men wearing suits and straw hats, and women wearing long skirts and hats, gather along both sides of brick street in Louisville, Kentucky to watch firemen parade; photographers stand on ladders and boxes to get pictures. Image is marked with...
Man leads horses hitched to a parade float. The float is decorated with flowers and carries a woman and three small children. Title: 7. Floral Parade, Saratoga, N.Y. Copyright statement: Copyright 1905 by H.C. White Co. N.Y. Text on left:...
