Ranard, John--Exhibitions; Photography, Artistic--Exhibitions; Museum exhibits
This thesis project documents the curatorial and archival work completed using the collection of photographs, negatives, and ephemeral materials of John Ranard. This collection belongs to his estate and is currently housed at the University of...
Within Walls is the story of a woman's psychological and physical deconstruction as she comes to terms with a childhood tragedy she feels she caused. This process is mirrored by her sister's perception of her own life after death. A philosophical...
The Louisville Leader was an African-American newspaper published from 1917 to 1950 by I. Willis Cole in Louisville, Kentucky. This issue says Vol. 15. No. 40. but is actually Vol. 15. No. 42. This issue is twelve pages.
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...
African Americans; Jefferson County Public Schools; School board members; School boards; School superintendents; School boards--African American membership; Busing (School integration); School integration; Public schools; Race relations
Oral history interview with Lyman T. Johnson, conducted on March 24, 1982 by Dwayne Cox. Mr. Johnson discusses his tenure on the Louisville/Jefferson County board of education in the late 1970s. He discusses the challenges of merging the city and...
Street railroads; Street railroad tracks; Buildings; Louisville Railway Company; Churchill Downs (Louisville, Ky. : Racetrack); Transportation
Address: 700 Central Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. People cross in front of streetcar 1109 in front of the Churchill Downs entrance. The men wear suits or shirts with their sleeves rolled up and many have light-colored hats with a dark band. One...
Address: 615 E. Market Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Boys and girls are gathered in a lunch room at Hiram Roberts School. They are eating out of white cups with colored rims. The boys wear knee-length pants with long stockings and button-up shirts...
A young man is driving a truck up an incline. He wears a cap and a dirty shirt with rolled up sleeves. The back of the truck is filled with a mound of bricks. Signs on the side of the truck read, "Ruckstell Axle / 4 speeds forward" and...
A referee holds a basketball up between two young African American men. They each have an arm raised in anticipation of the ball being released. The two teams have distinctive uniforms. One uniform is made up of a white tank top with the letter M...
A girl, probably Pansy Fay Shook, poses for a formal picture. Her hair is a short bob with long waved bangs. She wears a flowered dress with short ruffled sleeves and a necklace.
Two smiling men shake hands in front of a black automobile. One man is in a light suit and tie and holds a straw hat. He wears a ribbon that says, "Universal Car Co." The other man is younger and wears his shirt sleeves rolled up. A...
The steamboat America is docked near a shore and crowds of passengers are along the decks and on the shore to observe an event taking place in the water. Three African American men are standing in the water. One is wearing a black robe belted over...
Agricultural machinery & implements; Men; People; Hay
Several men and boys work in a hay field in Boyle County, Kentucky. They are using pitchforks to feed hay into a machine which bundles the hay into rectangular blocks. Some of the men are in shirt sleeves and long pants while others wear overalls....
A woman places sliced apples on a cloth on top of a large rock. A lean-to of forked branches and lumber is set up over the rock. The rock platform has a space underneath where some wood sits. A child looks on and a dog stands near the woman who has...
Restaurants; Eating & drinking facilities; Buildings; Men; People; Group portraits
A group of men in white uniforms pose for a group portrait in front of the White Castle restaurant which has crenellations along the roofline. Each man wears a long-sleeved white shirt with the sleeves rolled up to just below the elbow, a long...
Address: 547-553 S. Third Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Six men sit on parked motorcycles in front of Short's Tire Service. The men wear uniforms including jackets with insignia on the sleeves and a black belts buckled over their jackets. Their...
Fontaine Ferry Park (Louisville, Ky.); Amusement parks; Contests; Men; Obesity; People
A young man stands on a stage for the "Fattest man contest" at Fontaine Ferry Park, Louisville, Kentucky. He wears a shirt with the sleeves rolled up, belted pants and shoes and holds a white hat.
Fontaine Ferry Park (Louisville, Ky.); Amusement parks; Contests; Twins; People
Five sets of twins are posed together for a group portrait during the "Twins contest" at Fontaine Ferry Park, Louisville, Kentucky. The men mostly wear shirts with the sleeves rolled up. Only one set of male twins wears a full suit with...
African Americans; Boys; Hats; Wheat; Farms; People
An African-American boy with a straw hat sits atop a stack of wheat at Kerlin Farm in Prospect, Kentucky. The boy is wearing knee length pants and a white shirt with the sleeves rolled up.
