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; Social workers; Journalists; African American journalists; African American social workers; Beauty contests; African American newspapers; Newspapers; Louisville Defender (Louisville, Ky.); Civil rights demonstrations; Civil...
Oral history interview with Mrs. Vivian Clark Stanley conducted on August 5, 1985 by Janet Hodgson. She discusses her career as a social worker and her life with Frank Stanley, Sr., editor, manager, and publisher of the Louisville Defender. She...
Undertakers and undertaking; Business people; African American businesspeople; Politicians; African American politicians; Discrimination in public accommodations; Segregation--Law and legislation; Discrimination in employment; African...
Oral history interview with Goldie Winstead Beckett, conducted on September 12, 1978 by Ken Chumbley. In this interview, Mrs. Beckett discusses her life as well as her husband’s experiences as alderman in the city of Louisville in the late 1940s...
African Americans; African Americans--Education; African Americans--Social conditions; African American college teachers; African American educators; African American newspapers; Integration; Segregation in education; Race relations; Baptists;...
Oral history interview conducted with sociologist Charles H. Parrish, Jr. on December 1 and 14, 1976 and February 21, 1977 by Dwayne Cox and William Morison. Dr. Parrish discusses his father, Charles H. Parrish, Sr., who was a Baptist minister and...
Window displays; Stores & shops; Hats; Buildings; Mannequins; Stewart Dry Goods Co., Inc.
A female mannequin sits in the display window at Stewart Dry Goods Company which was located in downtown Louisville, Kentucky. The mannequin wears a sheath dress and holds a feathered fan and long white gloves. She looks toward a stand on which a...
Boys at the Hiram Roberts School at 615 E. Market Street in Louisville, Kentucky, learn how to cook. They wear aprons over their clothes as they work or eat. Some are working at the stove or countertops while a group of six sit at a small table....
Formerly located at the northeast corner of Second and College Streets in Louisville, Kentucky, this building no longer exists. A stone retaining wall surrounds the property. The main entry which faces Second Street has a pointed arch which is...
Formerly located at the northeast corner of Second and College Streets in Louisville, Kentucky, this building no longer exists. A stone retaining wall surrounds the property. The main entry which faces Second Street has a pointed arch which is...
Wooden frames hold pairs of large staved barrels on their sides. The lid of one is stamped with the word "Whiskey." A wood-planked floor provides access to a long row of the barrels.
Theaters; Cultural facilities; Interiors; Historic buildings
Address: 2313 W. Market Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Wooden seats are fixed in rows facing the stage at Ideal Theatre. An aisle provides walking space to the seats and the stage where a curtain is down. The stage is framed almost like a photograph...
Scores of people are lined up along the Ohio River in Louisville, Kentucky. Rows of cars are parked facing the water where over a dozen boats are in the water and even more are lined up by a jetty. A structure on the water provides a view for some...
Parking garages--Automation; Parking garages--Design and construction
Automated vehicle storage/retrieval system (AVS/RS) technology is relatively new. It has been applied successfully in several European facilities in 1990s. AVS/RS is a flexible system that is a viable alternative to automated storage/retrieval...
The Furnas Family Album (circa 1887 -1910) Collection consists of 327 images, most of which were captured with a 4 x 5 camera. The collection provides a unique, sentimental, and sometimes humorous view into the lives of members and friends of the...
Violins; Stringed instruments; Musicians; Country life; Log cabins
Sitting outside a log cabin, Sam "Danger" Davidson plays the fiddle while Ann Couch provides tempo with fiddlesticks. This is also known as "beatin' with straws." Handwritten on bottom border: 414. Title supplied by cataloger.
Drought Relief crew standing in front of Salvation Army truck loaded with relief supplies (mostly bags of flour) outside The Salvation Army Citadel, 216 West Chestnut Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A sign in the background reads "Sunday, Sept....
Humana Gymnasium (Louisville, Ky.); Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Gymnasiums; Sports & recreation facilities;
The front of Humana Gym; the word "auditorium" is inscribed near the top of the building. The Humana Gym provides exercise facilities as well as as housing the Sport Club Federation and providing practice space for university sport clubs....
Humana Gymnasium (Louisville, Ky.); Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Gymnasiums; Sports & recreation facilities;
Side of Humana Gym, with a gated vehicle entrance. The Humana Gym provides exercise facilities as well as as housing the Sport Club Federation and providing practice space for university sport clubs. Location: 601 President's Boulevard. Former...
Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Apartments; Student housing; Vehicles;
Medical Dental Apartments, University of Louisville. There are vehicles parked in front of the building, which provides housing for medical and dental students and their families. The styles of the vehicles suggests it was taken in the 1970s....
Humana Gymnasium (Louisville, Ky.); Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Gymnasiums; Sports & recreation facilities;
The front of Humana Gym; the word "auditorium" is inscribed near the top of the building. The Humana Gym provides exercise facilities as well as as housing the Sport Club Federation and providing practice space for university sport clubs....
Ohio River Environmental Station; Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Research facilities;
The land for the Ohio River Environmental Station was purchased in 1994. This facility provides the Department of Biology with a center for the study of large rivers, their ecosystems, and management. Location: Off-campus: 6610 Main Street,...
