Address: 1010 S. Preston Street, Louisville, Kentucky. This building has three ghost signs, two of which read "Ohio Valley Bags and Burlap Co." and the other is "Enro Shirts."
Address: 1252 S. Shelby Street, Louisville, Kentucky. View of sign painted on the side of a brick business building. Sign appears to read "Mack's Drug Store." Cars, a pedestrian, a church, and other businesses are also visible.
Buildings; Signs (Notices); Cafes; Liquor stores; Street railroad tracks
Facades of two three-story buildings with street numbers 212, 214, 216. Window signs read "The Bill, Fine Wines & Liquor," and "Vocke & Hines Cafe, Imported & Domestic Cigars." Cobblestone street with street car...
This building is located at 6407 Jackson Street at the corner of Jackson and Caldwell Street. There were three ghost signs on this building. The first two are on the side facing away from Jackson Street down Caldwell Street. The large on at the...
English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching; English language--Composition and exercises--Study and teaching; Community colleges--Kentucky--Louisville
The introduction to this doctoral dissertation is an argument for locating Writing Across the Curriculum programs on the community-college campus for several reasons, among them the proximity of the disciplines on the community college campus, the...
Andrew T. Wood was born in Fleming County, Kentucky, in 1834. He received a good common-school education and in 1862, he enlisted in the Federal army, Company C, Tenth Kentucky Cavalry. He was mustered out in 1863 and moved to Mount Sterling,...
Three-quarter length character portrait of Alice Read wearing floral blouse with ruffled neckline; flowers at waist; and wide gingham skirt with decorative ribbon. She stands with left hand on hip, holding a black hat adorned with flowers. Location...
Portrait of Alice Read with her dark hair pulled back into a low ponytail. She poses with left hand on her chin, wearing an off-the-shoulder white top. Location of photo studio: Columbus (Ohio)
Archibald Dixon was born in Caswell County, North Carolina, in 1802. He moved with his parents to Henderson, Kentucky, in 1805. Educated in the local schools, he read law and was admitted to the bar in 1824. He established a practice in Henderson....
Train engine car and passenger car on a very steep set of railroad tracks. People stand in front of and behind the train, with more people visible inside the passenger car. 'Mt. Washington' can be read across the side of the train car. Title: 538....
Train engine car and passenger car on a very steep set of railroad tracks. Despite the caption, the train appears to be descending with the engine at the lower level. People stand in front of and behind the train, with more people visible inside...
Belvard J. Peters was born in Fauquier County, Virginia, November 3, 1805. He attended Buck Pond Academy, in Woodford County, then Transylvania University, where he graduated in 1825. He read law under Chief Justice John Boyle, received a license...
Address: Bardstown Road and Douglass Boulevard, Louisville, Kentucky. The intersection of Bardstown Road and Douglass Boulevard is shown as cars drive down Bardstown Road. More cars are parked next to the Arno and Steiden Stores. Signs above the...
Model houses; Bedrooms; Furniture; Signs (Notices)
Display of model home bedroom, with bed, chair, dresser ("Manufactured by Inman Co. for Sears, Roebuck & co. 'Louisville Products'), table, vanity, and rug over parquet floor. Other signs read "This 1931 Model Home Furnished Complete...
Radio broadcasting; Banners; Women; Costumes--Great Britain; American Folk Song Festival; Folk festivals
Beulah Bondi, an American character actress, takes the stage wearing an Elizabethan costume to read the Elizabethan prologue that began each American Folk Song Festival. She is accompanied by the Ladies-in-waiting, who wear matching long black...
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval--France; Manuscripts, Medieval; Illuminations 1200-1500
Leaf from a small portable Gothic Bible, copied in France in the thirteenth century. The Latin translation used throughout this period was known as the Vulgate, since Latin was the common or vulgar language read by all literate people of the time....
Born in 1819 in Shelby County, Kentucky, Bland Ballard attended Hanover College and the Law Department of Transylvania University where he received an L.L.B in 1846. He read law under James T. Morehead. In 1846, he married Sarah McDowell, daughter...
People; Signs (Notices); Tuberculosis; Boy Scouts of America; Uniforms; Boys; Group portraits
Boy Scouts pose for a group portrait as they hold signs for an anti-tuberculosis campaign sponsored by the Louisville Tuberculosis Association. They read: "Consider the health of children. Dont spit." "Obey the law and be a good...
