Men use shovels at the base of a deep and wide trench. Gravel is on the side with water running down the center. The trench is supported by tall walls with wood beams above. Title supplied by cataloger.
Sewers; Pipes (Conduits); Sewerage; Construction; Pipes (Conduits); Men; Construction workers; Construction equipment
Below- and above-ground construction of a tunnel or large sewer pipe in a trench. Men install curved portions of wood and use supporting beams. Construction machinery is on site.Title supplied by cataloger.
Leaf from a twelfth century theology book, copied at the Monastery of Citeaux in France. The book was written on animal skins since paper was not used in Europe at that time, and was intended for study or for reading aloud within the monastic...
Workers from Diebold use ropes to lift a large filing cabinet into the windows of A Louisville credit bureau located above Bon Marche in the Marion E. Taylor Building.
Elderly residents at the Little Sisters of the Poor. A woman sits next to a bird in a cage, and men use a hoe and lawn mower in a yard and garden area.
Stores & shops; Department stores; Window displays; Famines; Food relief
Window display at Kaufman Straus on famine in food shortages in Europe. Two mannequins - a woman and child - stand in front of a broken brick wall. Text on either side of the scene compares American food consumption to European. Text on the bottom...
Simmons University (Louisville, Ky.); African American college students; College students; Women; Education; African Americans--Education (Higher); African American universities and colleges; Sewing; Sewing machines; Classrooms; Home economics;...
Young women in sewing class at Simmons University with instructors. The chalkboard has instructions for proper sewing techniques, some of which are "No kind of needle work requires a cramp or stoop position. Have your chair square to a table...
Multiple freight train cars on five sets of tracks leading to large industrial equipment with four smokestacks. To the right is a barge docked in the water. To the left are large piles of ore. Title: 6680 - Great Hoists, Hughlett & Brown...
Train approaching from the left on a set of railroad tracks in a row of four sets. Tree-covered mountains and a body of water are in the background. A man sits on a tree stump next to the tracks. Title: (79) Famous Horseshoe Curve among Allegheny...
Train on the center tracks in a row of four sets of railroad tracks beneath a metal railroad sign that crosses the tracks. In the background the tracks curve around a tree-covered mountain. There are trees to the left below a drop-off. Two people...
The John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge, which spans the Ohio River between Cincinnati, Ohio and Covington, Kentucky. Several large steamboats are docked in the distance. The bridge opened for use in 1866 and, at the time, was the longest suspension...
The John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge. Four men stand on the Ohio River bank below the bridge. This bridge spans the Ohio River between Cincinnati, Ohio and Covington, Kentucky. It opened for use in 1866 and, at the time, was the longest...
