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  • All We are Saying documentary (15 minutes, 32 seconds) directed by Rev. Al Shands, III. The film documents the March Against Death, a major anti-Vietnam War protest march and gathering that took place in Washington, DC, on November 13-15, 1969. The film includes footage of Pete Seeger leading protesters in song at the Peace Service in Washington National Cathedral.

    Rev. Alfred Rives Shands, III (1928-2021), known most often as “Al,” was an Episcopal priest, film producer, author, art collector, and philanthropist who lived in Louisville, Kentucky. He was born in Washington, D.C., and lived with his parents in North Carolina and Delaware as a child. Shands received a BA in English literature from Princeton University and a master’s in divinity from Virginia Theological Seminary, where he was ordained as an Episcopal priest in 1955. In 1967, Shands met and married Mary Norton Ballard in Washington, D.C. In 1969, Al started Alfred Shands Productions, Inc., a documentary production company which he operated until 1983. The Shands moved to Mary's hometown of Louisville in 1970.

    Credits
    (c) 1970 Alfred R. Shands
    Camera: George Voellmer, Albert Ihde, Terry Proch, Sandra Bradley
    Editor: Sandra Bradley
    Sound: Curt Wittig

    Sponsors of the film:
    Clergy and Laity Concerned about Viet Nam Inter-faith Committee
    Union of American Hebrew Congregations
    Executive Council of the Episcopal Church
    National Association of Laymen (Catholic)
    Produced with the cooperation of the Rev. Philip E. Wheaton, Director of Inter-American Communication and Action

  • Envelope sent from the Commercial Club, sponsor of Homecoming Week for Kentuckians in Louisville on June 13-17, 1906.

  • Envelope sent from United States Trust Co. located at Fifth and Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky.

  • Envelope, letter, and certificate of registration sent to E. T. Brown, Ft. Sheridan, Illinois, from John B. Castleman, president of the American Saddle-Horse Breeders Association located at no 611 Columbia Building, 4th and Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky. The envelope, letter, and certificate include a lithograph of a horse. The certificate of registration is for a horse named Sheridan, foaled in 1903.

  • Envelope and price list poster sent from Vogel Bros. & Co. Shoe Makers, located at Eight and Congress Streets, Louisville, Kentucky. The envelope features an image of the factory. The poster includes images of the shoes.

  • Envelope sent from the Tyler Hotel located at Third and Jefferson Street, Louisville, Kentucky. The envelope design features the exterior of the hotel and advertises that the building is "absolutely fire proof." The back of the envelope is a color illustration advertisement for the Kentucky State Fair held on September 11-16, 1922. Images include Churchill Downs, a horse, bull, clown, airplanes, vegetables, and fruit.

  • Envelope sent to W. A. Shields, Victoria, Australia, from the Seelbach Hotel located at Fourth and Walnut Streets, Louisville, Kentucky. The back of the envelope features color illustration advertisement for the Kentucky State Fair, held on September 12-17, 1927.

  • Envelope sent from Louisville Lithographic Co. located in Power Hall, at 3rd Street between Green and Walnut, Louisville, Kentucky. The design includes the façade of the building.

  • Envelope sent to Weiss Binder Co., Toledo, Ohio, from Baptist Book Concern, Louisville, Kentucky. The envelope advertises that the company publishes the Western Recorder, the "Leading Religious and Family Paper for more than Seventy-Eight Years."

  • Envelope sent to W.W. McDaniel, Horse Cave, Kentucky, from Denhard Company, Furniture, Carpets, Stoves, Ranges, House Furnishings, 221 West Market Street, Louisville, Kentucky. The envelope advertises that "we can furnish a house complete in ten hours and make liberal terms."

  • Letter sent to Neville C. Bullitt, Louisville, Kentucky, from The Louisville Times, Louisville, Kentucky. The letter is an apology for missing a banquet. The letterhead features a newspaper boy holding up a newspaper. The cover reads "largest circulation of any afternoon paper in the South."

  • Subscription slip sent between J. A. Stewart and The Louisville Evening Post, Louisville, Kentucky.

  • Letter sent to Lt. Neville S. Bullitt, Louisville, Kentucky, from The Louisville Evening Post, Louisville, Kentucky. A representative of the Post requests a photograph of Bullitt for publishing "in connection with the approaching joint maneuvers to be held at West Point." The letterhead features an image of a newspaper carrier running and holding up a newspaper.

  • Envelope sent to Orcutt Seed & Plant Co., San Diego, California, from The Louisville Evening Post, Louisville, Kentucky. The envelope features an image of a newspaper carrier running and holding up a newspaper.

  • Blank newspaper agent form printed for The Louisville Evening Post, Louisville, Kentucky.

  • Circular ad, envelope, and return envelope from The Inland Farmer agricultural newspaper, 450 Atherton Building, Louisville, Kentucky.

  • Envelope sent from C. Stanley Freville, 3221 River Park Drive, Louisville, Kentucky to Frank Hamel, Crafton and Company, Coptic House, 51 Great Russell Street, London, W.C.1, England. The envelope was printed for the Herald-Post, Louisville, Kentucky, and features an image of the Herald-Post building facade.

  • Business card for The Sportsman's Gun Club located at 520 Walnut Street, Louisville, Kentucky. The business card names E. D. Young as proprietor and Dan Harmon as manager. The back of the business card is printed with a poem titled "Woman."

  • Envelope sent to Sam Hutchings, Louisville, Kentucky, from Jefferson County Gun Club, 225 Fourth Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky.

  • Envelope and four-page leaflet sent to Emma A. Fox, Detroit, Michigan, from the Council of the Presidents of Clubs of the Falls Cities, for the years 1899-1900. The cover of the leaflet notes that the council was organized on March 20, 1897. The leaflet lists the officers and members of the organization, and the dates of meetings. Membership represented Jeffersonville, Indiana
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