Postcard of an aerial view of the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center that was completed in 1956. The back reads, "The new state fairgrounds cover an area of 375 acres, and the entire cost is $16,000,000. The large Stadium, shown in center, has a seating capacity of 25,000."
Charles T. Campbell, Towboat (1936-1937) was built by Dravo in Neville Island, Pennsylvania, for the Camp Transportation Co., Pittsburgh. Sold in 1947, its name was changed to the John J. Rowe.
Domestic help Charley and Al are pictures with the family's cows. This undated photograph was taken in front of the carriage house of the Russell's Peterson Avenue home.
Kentucky Derby hats are a long-standing tradition started by women; however men have taken part in the tradition as well over the years. For well-to-do late 19th and early 20th century women, Derby day was an opportunity to be seen in the latest fashions.
Fontaine Fox, his wife Edith, and his daughters Edith "Elizabeth" and Mary. Fox denied that either of his daughters provided the inspiration for his Tomboy Taylor character.
Broadside advertising the Regular Packet General Pike with Captain William F. Fuller and E. Eugene Bowers, Clerk. Customers are advisted to apply for freight or passage on board or at the Cincinnati Daily Commerical Steam Press.
Interior cabin of the Robert E. Lee. The Robert E. Lee, nicknamed the "Monarch of the Mississippi," was built in New Albany, Indiana, in 1866. The hull was designed by DeWitt Hill, and the boat cost more than $200,000 to build.
