The Filson Historical Society Digital Projects

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    The Puritan Apartments, home of Louise Marshall
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    Postcard advertising the 1907 Kentucky State Fair; "Six Great Days! $25,000 in prizes!" Subsequent county fairs promoted at bottom of the postcard.
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    Postcard of a butter sculpture depicting "The Sugar Creek Maid" Sculpted from Sugar Creek Butter, exhibited at the Kentucky State Fair in September, 1922.
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    Postcard of a butter sculpture depicting a boy drinking from a ladle with a milk bucket by his side, and a cow with two calves. Front text reads, "Sculpted from Ewing-Von Allmen Sweet Cream Butter at Kentucky State Fair-- 1941.
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    Vintage postcard, Greetings from Louisville, KY. Today's "Long Shot" at Churchill Downs, undated.
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    On Monday, May 17, 1875, Colonel Meriwether Lewis Clark, Jr. decided to rally the crowds for the Derby and opened the infield to the public free of charge, according to one source. The last nail was hammered into the new grandstand moments before the gate opened and the first racing fans entered. Derby Day at Churchill Downs postcard, ca. 1920-1930s.
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