The Filson Historical Society Digital Projects

Boys on the sidewalk with dog, June 10, 1959

Reproduction of a negative by Ivey Watksins Cousins (1898-1973). It captures the joy of young Black boys playing with a pet dog in a northwestern view…

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Olde England on the Ohio: Louisville's Tudor Revival

Revivals in art, architecture, and design are movements that draw inspiration from the past. Tudor Revival is a style that...

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Helen Humes Papers and Photographs, 1940s-1980s

This collection consists of material related to the career and personal life of Louisville jazz and blues singer Helen Humes. Professional material…

The Filson Historical Society's Digital Projects highlight digitized and born-digital materials from the Filson's collections.

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Barry Bingham Sr. with Queen Elizabeth II

Barry Bingham Sr. and Queen Elizabeth II at a Waldorf Astoria luncheon in New York City. Luncheon was hosted by the English-speaking Union, chaired by…

Barry Bingham Sr., holding chimpanzee

A scrapbook page with a picture of Barry Bingham Sr., holding a chimpanzee in an International Press Institute group touring Mysore, India zoo.

Mary and Barry Bingham, Sr., with Hester Griffin

A scrapbook page with a picture of Mary and Barry Bingham Sr. with Hester Griffin arriving on an International Press Institute to Bangalore, India.

Bingham family photograph

Mary and Barry Bingham Sr. seated outdoors with their five children in Chatham, Massachusetts.

Mary and Eleanor Bingham

Mary Bingham is seated with her arm around one-year-old Eleanor Bingham in Chatham, Massachusetts.

Audience and production at Melcome Estate

Production watched by an audience in Melcombe estate amphitheater, Glenview, Kentucky.

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