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  11th between Main and Market Streets

  Tornado damage in Louisville after 1890 tornado.
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  1215 Hess Lane, 2017

  Behind Battery E of the 6th Regiment Field Artillery Replacement stands the former home of Herman Kurz, a Louisville grocer. You can see the house on Hess Lane today.
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  1215 Hess Lane, n.d.

  Behind Battery E of the 6th Regiment Field Artillery Replacement stands the former home of Herman Kurz, a Louisville grocer. You can see the house on Hess Lane today.
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  1312 South Sixth Street, at one point the residence of Patty Thum

  Patty Thum Residence at 1312 South Sixth Street
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  1313 Mossrose Ave, ca. 1910

  Photograph of home at 1313 Mossrose Ave ca. 1913.
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  1317 South Fourth Street, one of the many residences of Mary Lafon and Hallie Quigley

  Today's Dupont Mansion Bed and Breakfast was one of several residences Mary Lafon and Hallie Quigley occupied in Old Louisville from about 1901-1903.
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  1321 South Fourth Street, 2020

  Photograph of the exterior of a home at 1321 South Fourth Street in the Old Louisville neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky. Alice Barbee Castleman (1842-1926) previously lived in the home.
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  1393 South Third Street, the residence of Patty Semple from 1916-1918

  Patty Semple lived at this residence from about 1916-1918.
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  13th and Madison, 1946

  13th and Madison Streets, 1946. Light industry, apartments, and a small city park now occupy that intersection.
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  1402 St. James Court, the Conrad-Caldwell House

  An image of the Conrad-Caldwell House in 1906.
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  1469 South Fourth Street, one-time home of Hannah K. Culbertson

  The home of Hannah K. Culbertson (Mrs. William S. Culbertson) after the death of her husband. She formerly lived in New Albany, Indiana.
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  1473 St. James Court, Residence of Kate Shindler Jewett Avery (Mrs. George C. Avery)

  An images of 1473 St. James Court, the home of Kate Avery, Woman's Club of Louisville president and daughter-in-law of Susan Look Avery.
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  1510 South Third Street, Home of Anna Casey Glover

  The residence of modiste Anna Casey Glover.
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  15th Street

  No. 22: Destruction of 15th Street, looking north.
  
  The W. Stuber & Brothers "Tornado Views" is a series of mounted photographs that is a compilation of 28 views of Louisville, Kentucky after the 1890 Tornado. This collection includes 21 out of the 28 views from this series and 1 image from another Stuber Series [Stuber Flat-27]. The following numbers from the "Tornado Views" series are not in this collection: No. 2, No. 3, No. 5, No. 7, No. 19, No. 20, and No. 27.
  
  W. Stuber & Bro. also created a book titled, "Tornado Views of Louisville. Indelible Photographs" published by The Albertype Co. in 1890. This book features many images from this series. [SEE: Pamphlet Collection, 551.55 L888]
  
  SEE ALSO: W. Stuber Stereocard Series for similar views of the 1890 Tornado.
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  1600 block of Story Avenue during 1945 flood

  Photo of the 1945 flood of Louisville. The image was taken from a row boat around Butchertown.
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  16th and Chestnut Street

  No. 18: Destruction of 16th and Chestnut Street.
  
  The W. Stuber & Brothers "Tornado Views" is a series of mounted photographs that is compiled of 28 views of Louisville, Kentucky after the 1890 Tornado. This collection is compiled of 21 out of the 28 views from this series and 1 image from another Stuber Series [Stuber Flat-27]. The following numbers from the "Tornado Views" series are not in this collection; No. 2, No. 3, No. 5, No. 7, No. 19, No. 20, and No. 27.
  
  W. Stuber & Bro. also created a book titled, "Tornado Views of Louisville. Indelible Photographs" published by The Albertype Co. in 1890. This book features many images from this series. [SEE: Pamphlet Collection, 551.55 L888]
  
  SEE ALSO: W. Stuber Stereocard Series for similar views of the 1890 Tornado.
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  1700 block of Belmar Drive, off of Poplar Level Road, 2017.

• 1831-1846: Louisville, Kentucky

  Cecelia was born and grew up up in Louisville, Kentucky, where she was enslaved by Charles W. Thurston at the family home on Walnut Street until she was 15 years old.

• 1846-1861: Toronto and Surrounding Areas

  After her liberation, 15-year-old Cecelia settled in Toronto. In November 1846, only a few months after leaving the U.S., she married 33-year-old father of two Benjamin Pollard Holmes.
  
  In 1853 or 1854, Cecelia gave birth to a daughter, Mamie. In 1859, Benjamin died, and two years later, Cecelia left Canada and brought her children to the U.S.

• 1861-1865: Rochester, New York

  After leaving Canada, Cecelia and her children lived for a time in Rochester, New York, where she met and married William Larrison.
  
  In December 1863, William enlisted in the Union Army, Company H of the 14th New York Heavy Artillery. When the war was over and he returned safely home in September 1865, Cecelia moved her the family back to Louisville.