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Worthmore Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey Label
Label reads: Distilled by Cummins Distilleries Corporation incorporated Athertonville, Ky. -
Wool comb, circa 1800
In addition to flax, wool was an important fiber during the colonial and frontier era. Wool combs arranged the fibers, separating the undercoat from outercoat and teasing the wool before carding by disentangling, cleaning and intermixing fibers. Sheep were among the early domesticated animals brought to Kentucky. Home production of wool increased during the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 due to trade embargos. Free and enslaved women prepared and spun the wool into a usable yarn. They used the yarn for knitting, or it was taken to a professional weaver (free or enslaved person) who turned it into cloth. Wool was often woven with cotton or hemp in early Kentucky textiles. Approximately 4/12 lbs. of spun wool were needed to make a single blanket. Wool cloth was also sewn into clothing by women. -
Women's Guild Volunteers, Micro Scoop, February 1974
Clipping from the Jewish Hospital Periodical Micro Scoop feturing photos of women volunteers. The caption for the photo collage reads "Those Wonderful Ladies in Pink." -
Women with dog, circa 1930
Real photograph postcard of two women posed on a chair by photographer John Pichler (1877-1961). The woman on the left, Fronie Juanita Shawler, is holding her dog. Shawler was born in 1914 in Cloverport, Breckinridge County, Kentucky, and eventually moved to Louisville. She joined the Stoner Memorial Church, where she was a member for 83 years and served as the first female trustee. Juanita worked as a healthcare provider at the Baxter Community Center Clinic in Beecher Terrace and retired as a nurse assistant for the Louisville-Jefferson County Health Department. She was married to her husband Clark for 56 years and the couple had no children. In addition to being active in church, Juanita was an avid bowler in a church league and the Senior Citizens Bowling League. She continued bowling—and driving her car—until she was 103 years old. Juanita died in May 2022 at the age of 108.
John Pichler was an Austrian immigrant who came to America in 1898. He took this photograph from his home studio in the rear of 1753 St. Louis Avenue in the Park Hill Neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky. His son John O. Pichler learned from his father and was an engraver for The Louisville-Courier Journal and Standard Gravure for over 50 years. -
Woman's Club of Louisville Cochran Window
Hattie Bishop Speed donated this stained glass window to the Woman's Club of Louisville's Club House in honor of her close friend, Hattie Hoadley Cochran in 1923. -
Woman's Club of Louisville Clubhouse
Photograph of the exterior façade of the Woman's Club of Louisville Clubhouse at 1320 South Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. -
Wolff Distillery Co. Jug
Wolff Distillery Co. jug
Old KY Whiskies
Est. 1858
No. 640 W. Market
Louisville, KY
Gift of the J.C Barnett Estate
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Winn Dixie Streetball Showdown, ca. 1980-1990s
Photograph from the Winn-Dixie Streetball Showdown featuring Mayor Jerry Abramson participating, ca. 1990. The Streetball Showdown was an annual fundraiser for the Cabbage Patch Settlement House. -
William Sowders 50th Birthday Dinner
Dinner to family and friends of William Sowders on his 50th birthday.
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William Henry Harrison Battle orders, ca. 1813 October
Military order from William Henry Harrison for an attack upon the British and Native Americans. The attack involves control of Lake Erie and is thought to have been written in October. The attack was to involve commanders such as Isaac Shelby, James Vincent Ball, Duncan McArthur, Lewis Cass, and Oliver Hazard Perry. -
William H. Wright
A pastel portrait of President William H. Wright. He served as the first co-president along with Henry Hall.
Please note that the Filson Historical Society does not have insurance policy records for Mammoth Life. Requests for their insurance policy records should be made to Kemper Life Insurance Company at 1-800-777-8467. -
William Christian land grant, 2 June 1780
Grant to William Christian signed by Thomas Jefferson as governor of Virginia for land on Elkhorn Creek in Kentucky. -
William Brown's memorandum book, 1790
Memorandum book documenting William Brown's travel from Hanover County, Virginia, to Kentucky, via Fort Pitt and the Ohio River. Included are pages from 1 August 1790, to 1 December 1790. -
Will of Samuel Pottenger, 1794
Will of Captain Samuel Pottenger of Pottenger's Creek in Nelson County. The will specifies dispersal of enslaved individuals and land among his family. -
Will of Annie Christian (copy), 10 October 1789
Will and codicil of Annie Christian, handwritten copy.