Photographs documenting Louisville street scenes, historic buildings, Louisville mayors, the Potter family, celebrities, sporting events, including horse racing at Churchill Downs, and local professional and amateur baseball, collected or taken by...
Fraternities & sororities; Racing; Bicycles & tricycles; University of Louisville--Students
Pegasus Pedalathon competition for University of Louisville students at Fairgrounds Motor Speedway on April 28, 1968. The Pegasus Pedalathon was a bicycle/tricycle racing competition for greeks and other student campus groups held at the time of...
Sketch of champion harness racer Prince Wilkes, with the horse racing and pulling a jockey in a sulky, or two-wheeled cart. "D. W. Smith, 1887" is written in the left corner, and "2.14 3/4" and "Prince Wilkes" in the...
Three harness racing drivers are on the Lexington race course in Kentucky. Since one is going in the opposite direction, it would appear not to be a race. A two-story grandstand and stables are in the background.
Illustrated map of Kentucky with small drawings showing cities, landmarks, agricultural crops, and other points of interest. Includes a drawing in the upper left corner based on a painting of Daniel Boone and a horse racing scene below the frame....
Model ships; Side wheelers; Steamboats; Howard Steamboat Museum
Starboard side of a scale model of the sidewheeler NATCHEZ (Way #4109) on a table in the yard of the Howard Mansion, now the Howard Steamboat Museum. The real steamer NATCHEZ (Way #4109), a packet with a wood hull (301 ft. x 42.6 ft. x 9.8 ft.),...
Model ships; Side wheelers; Steamboats; Howard Steamboat Museum
Starboard side of a scale model of the sidewheeler NATCHEZ (Way #4109) on a table in the yard of the Howard Mansion, now the Howard Steamboat Museum. The real steamer NATCHEZ (Way #4109), a packet with a wood hull (301 ft. x 42.6 ft. x 9.8 ft.),...
Horse-drawn wagon carrying one of the motorboats that James E. "Captain Jim" Howard built for racing. The wagon is in front of the "old" Howard home on Market Street in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. The...
Portraits; Men; People associated with entertainment & sports; Cigars; Smoking; Racetracks
Sam McMeekin of Louisville, Kentucky, racing official, with Sherman Goodpickin. They are both wearing bowlers and smoking cigars. The photograph has been cut to an irregular shape and painted on. Stamped on back of image: May 4, 1936.
Racing fans at Latonia Race Track in Covington, Kentucky. View of infield with judges stand and a dirt path. There is not a crowd in the infield, but across the racetrack, a crowd can be seen at the grandstand.
Horses coming out of starting gate at Latonia Race Track in Covington, Kentucky. Close-up of seven horses, ridden by jockeys in uniform, racing out of the starting gate, above which "BAHR" is printed. Two men stand at the start.
Side wheelers; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
CITY OF LOUISVILLE, a side-wheel packet with wood hull (301 ft. x 42.7 ft. x 7 ft.), was built at Howard in 1894. Owned by Louisville & Cincinnati Packet Co., CITY OF LOUISVILLE operated on the Ohio River between Louisville and Cincinnati. She...
Goodman's News store, 332 W. Liberty, Louisville, Kentucky, circa 1930. Facade of store is covered from top to bottom with newspaper articles, advertisements, and posters, most relating to horse racing. Title supplied by cataloger.
