African American journalists; African American politicians; African American newspapers; African Americans; Politics & government; Politicians; Race relations; Democratic Party (Ky.); Mammoth Life and Accident Insurance Co. (Louisville, Ky.);...
Interview with William J. Ealy, Louisville newspaperman and political activist. This interview was conducted on August 5 and 22, 1977 by Dwayne Cox of the University of Louisville Oral History Center. Mr. Ealy discusses his early life and education...
Baseball cards; Athletes; Baseball players; New York Giants (Baseball team)
Chief Meyers or John Tortes Meyers (1880-1971). Color portrait of Chief Meyers with the New York Giants. Verso: An 'NY' is in the top left corner and 'Giants' is in the top right. Verso: John T. Meyers. 'Chief' Meyers, who did the larger part of...
Baseball cards; Athletes; Baseball players; Philadelphia Athletics (Baseball team)
Ira Thomas or Ira Felix Thomas (1881-1958). Color portrait of Ira Thomas with the Philadelphia Athletics. An elephant is in the top left corner and 'Athletics' is in the top right. Verso: Ira Thomas. Ira Thomas, one of the Philadelphia Athletics'...
Baseball cards; Athletes; Baseball players; Philadelphia Athletics (Baseball team)
Charles Albert Bender (1884-1954) also known as Chief Bender. Color portrait of Charles Bender with the Philadelphia Athletics. An elephant is in the top left corner and 'Athletics' is in the top right corner. Verso: Charles A. Bender. Charles...
Address: northeast corner of Fifth and Jefferson Streets. Completed in 1912, the Inter-Southern Insurance Building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. This shot captures the building just after its completion. A sign...
U.S. snagboat E. A Woodruff was built in 1874 and operated the length of the Ohio River. The deck mounted cranes and hoists worked to remove debris and obstructions from the river. The boat was retired in 1920 and became a wharf boat in Louisville,...
Portrait of Lois Fraim of Louisville, Kentucky. She is wearing her hair curly and a blouse with buttons on either shoulder. She worked as a stenographer for Belknap H&M Company. Crop marks frame her face, and the photograph has a lot of...
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Men; Business people
Portrait of Thomas H. Johnson of Louisville, Kentucky, who worked for Fidelity Motor Company, wearing a jacket and bow tie. The photograph is marked with discolorations and yellowing from age. Stamped on bottom, front of image: credit, The Cusick...
Portrait of Edward A. Jonas of Louisville, Kentucky, a columnist and author who worked as an editor for the Herald-Post, wearing wire-framed glasses, a hard collar, and printed tie. The photograph has spots of discolorations and creased corners....
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Men; Military uniforms
Portrait of Fulton Mandeville of Louisville, Kentucky, wearing a wide-brimmed hat and military cavalry uniform (probably from World War I). He worked for the Louisville Water Company. The photograph has been painted on and badly creased. Stamped on...
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Men; Business people
Portrait of Owen R. Mann of Louisville, Kentucky, wearing wire-framed glasses and printed tie. He worked in general insurance. The photograph has been discolored from age. Handwritten on back of image: (credit) David Neel Studio (Louisville)....
Portrait of Fillison L. Speiden, who worked for the Southern Freight Tariff Bureau and resided in Atlanta, Georgia. He is wearing glasses and a printed tie. Crop marks outline his image, and the photograph is damaged around the edges and marred...
Portrait of Fillison L. Speiden, who worked for the Southern Freight Tariff Bureau and resided in Atlanta, Georgia. He is wearing wire-frame glasses and a printed tie. The photograph has damaged corners, spots of discoloration, and yellowing from...
View of a two-story house with shrubbery inside a decorative frame with ornamental flourishes. Inside the frame above the house is the phrase "Ex Libris." The name "William J. Dodd" is below the house. The house has been...
Shield at an angle with a lion on it. Above the shield is a knight's helmet with a buck's head on top of it. Around the shield are decorative flourishes. There is a scroll at the top of the image and one below the shield. The scroll at the top...
Small frame house on Market Street in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana that was home to the Frank "Fitz" Hurst family on February 14, 1904. A woman, or young adult, and child are standing in front of the house and the lawn is...
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Sawmills; Lumberyards; Forge shops; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Upper yard at Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana in 1889. According to the photographer's notes, the picture shows the "paint shop - oakum shed - the little building is Tom McDunn's shop and the...
Interiors; Living rooms; Art objects; Furniture; Rugs; Wallpapers
The interior of Jean Thomas' "Wee House in the Wood" at 3201 Cogan Street in Ashland, Kentucky. This room, encased in floral wallpaper, is filled with framed photographs and artwork, mementos, and books in addition to furniture and rugs....
The bedroom of Jean Thomas' "Wee House in the Wood" at 3201 Cogan Street in Ashland, Kentucky is completely filled with framed photographs and clippings. Donald R. Anderson, a University of Louisville art professor and curator of...
This photograph of the one-room school next door to Thomas' 'Wee House in the Wood' in Ashland, Kentucky, was taken by Donald R. Anderson, a University of Louisville art professor and curator of photography who worked with Thomas to secure the...
