Based on note made when this image was acquired, it is believed to be Amelia Weissinger Cochran. She was the mother of Hattie Cochran, the real-life model for the title character in Annie Fellows Johnston's series of Little Colonel books. Title...
Locust, an actual estate in Pewee Valley, Kentucky was the fictional home of both the Old Colonel and the title character in the Little Colonel book series written by Annie Fellows Johnston. Main sections of the house are believed to have been...
Long, straight, tree-lined driveway to an estate in Pewee Valley, Kentucky. The estate was most likely Locust, an actual place in Pewee Valley, Kentucky that was the fictional home of both the Old Colonel and the title character in the Little...
A young man holds a lamb up on a rail fence as a woman standing on the other side wraps the lamb's foot with a bandage. Another Kate Matthews photograph with this same woman carrying the lamb was published in 1897 with the title "Bringing Home...
Hattie Cochran and Annie Fellows Johnston pose with the book, "The Little Colonel at Boarding School" (1903). They are sitting on a small wood settee in front of a bookcase by a window. Hattie, the real-life person upon whom Annie Fellows...
A tree-lined drive leads to Locust, a country estate in Pewee Valley, Kentucky. Two small stone pillars stand at the entrance, each connected to a white rail fence. Main sections of the house are believed to have been built around 1800, making it...
Annie Fellows Johnston and Hattie Cochran pose under trees on the driveway at The Beeches, an estate in Pewee Valley, Kentucky. They are holding hands and Mrs. Johnston holds a folded parasol in her other hand. Hattie is the real-life person upon...
Men; Women; Children; Animals; Textbooks; Wagon trains; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Medical aspects of war; Soldiers; Uniforms; Battlefields; Jack-o-lanterns; Zoo animals; Intoxication
Woodblock prints of, clockwise from top left: man behind tree watches owl perched on boat; title page for Morton & Griswold's "Western Farmer's Almanac 1870" (with scenes of wagon train, implying westward migration, and of a group of...
Woodblock prints of, clockwise from top left: title page for "Primary Arithmetic for use in Academies and Common Schools by P. A. Towne. Louisville Ky. John P. Morton & Co."; chicken; rectangular image with blank space inside and...
Woodblock prints of, from top to bottom starting at left, and all signed "Hartwell": "Introduction," with camels, giraffes, lions, zebras, and vegetation; bearded man with turban in foreground, and man on horseback in...
Woodblock prints of, from top to bottom starting at top left: title page for "American School Series. New First School Reader by Noble Butler A.M. John P. Morton & Co. Louisville, Kentucky." with image of girl playing with dogs and...
Woodblock prints of, clockwise from top left: title page for "American School Series. Butler's Third School Reader. By Noble Butler. Author of Butler's English Grammars, Etc. Louisville, Ky. John P. Morton and Company.", featuring image...
This leather-bound account book has a worn front cover with undecipherable writing at the top and "Cadet O. M. Poe. Sept (?) 1852" written in the center. On top left corner of the inside front cover is a stamp that reads: Sold by David...
Mansfield Tire & Rubber Company; Tire industry; Group portraits; Meetings; Men
Portrait of group of men wearing shirt sleeves and ties, posed in ballroom of Brown Hotel, Louisville, Kentucky. Stratton & Terstegge Co., based in Louisville, was a manufacturer; Mansfield Tire & Rubber Company was based in Ohio. Title...
Herman-Straus & Sons Company storefront window display of curtains, 410-12 W. Market, Louisville, Kentucky. Signs advertise: Chiffon Hose, $1.95; Gloves, Easter, 3.50; Special, Easter Shoes, $3.85. HS&S Co logo embedded in sidewalk. Title...
Mansfield Tire & Rubber Company; Tire industry; Group portraits; Meetings; Men
Portrait of group of men wearing shirt sleeves and ties, posed in ballroom of Brown Hotel, Louisville, Kentucky. Stratton & Terstegge Co., based in Louisville, was a manufacturer; Mansfield Tire & Rubber Company was based in Ohio. Title...
Back of flatbed train car carrying a large piece of machinery. Behind the train are men, lumber, and more equipment. Descriptive information on back of card: Made by I.L. Hammond & Co., 172 Lisbon St., Lewiston, Me. Includes series list but...
Two men stand in the middle of a set of railroad tracks which appear to be under construction. In the background are more men and a railroad car. Descriptive information on back of card: Made by I.L. Hammond & Co., 172 Lisbon St., Lewiston, Me....
Large piles of lumber and other materials. A train wheel is visible at the bottom of the pile. Two men stand at the base with more men standing on top. Descriptive information on back of card: Made by I.L. Hammond & Co., 172 Lisbon St.,...
Stacks of lumber with large machinery in the background. Men stand among the stacks. Descriptive information on back of card: Made by I.L. Hammond & Co., 172 Lisbon St., Lewiston, Me. Includes series list but specific card number is not...
