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  • Reproduction of a negative by Ivey Watksins Cousins (1898-1973). It captures the joy of young Black boys playing with a pet dog in a northwestern view of East Broadway and South Jackson Street in Louisville, Kentucky. A native of Danville, Virginia, Ivey Watkins Cousins moved to Louisville in 1944. He held numerous jobs over the years, working as a tobacco dealer, photographer, machine-shop instructor, manager of the USO Shop, and Curator of the Louisville Library Museum. In 1959, he began photographing houses and structures being demolished to make way for I-65. After viewing the images, the Filson Club Board of Directors gave Cousins $25 to buy film for his project. This is one of the few images in which Cousins photographs people.

  • British Ambassador Robert W. Bingham (1871-1937) walking with dignitary in England.

  • Facsimile envelope from Brooks & Co. Live Stock Commision Merchants located at the Bourbon Stockyards (Johnson and Main Street), Louisville, Kentucky to Earl Rothrock, Depauw, Indiana.

  • The November 1933 newsletter of the Louisville Section of the National Council of Jewish Women. Portions of the newsletter reflect concerns for Jews following Adolph Hitler's rise to power and the increase of antisemitism in Germany. The bulletin announces that the organization donated $300 from the emergency fund "for the relief of German Jews." It informs that the National Board of Directors approved an official boycott of German goods and that the Louisville, Kentucky, section will formally consider the boycott at the next board meeting. The newsletter notes that "In the Interim, the Advisory Committee of the Council urges you and your friends to refrain from purchasing goods made in Germany and from stores who continue to buy in Germany." The bulletin also encourages Jews "to obtain their citizenship papers" and details the requirements.

  • September 1934 issue of the newsletter of the Louisville Section of the National Council of Jewish Women. The President's Report includes references to German emergency relief, boycott of German goods and stores that buy from German merchants, immigrant aid, and citizenship programs.

  • Envelope, letter, and blank information form sent to the Editor of the Annual, Henderson Business College, Memphis, Tennessee, from Bush-Krebs Co. Incorporated Engravers - College Annual Experts located at 408 West Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Calling card style postcard. The letter advertises the services of the company and requests that the annual editor share the contact information of their successor. The information form is pre-addressed to Bush-Krebs Co.

  • Brochure for the Jewish Community Center of Louisville's 1968 summer camps: Camp Ben F. Washer, Camp Ricarree, and Junior Camp.

  • 8mm color film clip of a milkman delivering and removing milk churns for Camp Tall Trees, and children dispensing milk. The Jewish Community Center of Louisville hosted the 2-3 week long summer camp in Otter Creek Recreation Area, Meade County, Kentucky.

  • 2-page brochure for the June-July 1945 season of Camp Riccaree day camp operated by the Young Men's Hebrew Association in Louisville, Kentucky. The center fold notes "Camp Riccaree operates from the Y.M.H.A. building where are located cabins, craft shops, council ring, and the dining room. The camp is operated during the day with activities and programs similar to a boarding camp. Parks, swimming pools, and other public and private facilities are used as occasions warrant." The brochure details the fees, season and daily schedules, and staff.

  • Handwritten, two-page list of positions and proposed salaries for the Young Men's Hebrew Association's Camp Tall Trees staff. The boarding camp operated during two to three summer sessions in Meade County, Kentucky. The cook, assistant cook, dishwasher, and maintenance and helper positions are notated with "(negro)", while the list otherwise assumes that a white person holds the other roles.

  • Cream colored cloth banner with appliqued blue letters reading "Tall Trees JCC." Images of a male figure, a star of David with a tree inside of it, and a female figure--all made of blue cloth--are also appliqued on the front of the banner. The Louisville Young Men's Hebrew Association and its successor the Jewish Community Center held 2-3 week overnight summer camps at Camp Tall Trees in Meade County, Kentucky, about 35 miles from Louisville. In 1966, a section of Otter Creek Park was renovated and opened as Camp Ben F. Washer, the successor to Camp Tall Trees.


  • Cream colored felt pennant with blue trim and strips of felt on the left side, a tall tree in blue, and the text "Camp Tall Trees" in blue. On the back is an ink stamp in green with the text "The Felt Crafters / Emblematic Sportswear for Club-Camp-Campus / Factories - Plaistow, N.H. / Made in U.S.A." The Louisville Young Men's Hebrew Association and its successor the Jewish Community Center held 2-3 week overnight summer camps at Camp Tall Trees in Meade County, Kentucky, about 35 miles from Louisville. In 1966, a section of Otter Creek Park was renovated and opened as Camp Ben F. Washer, the successor to Camp Tall Trees.


  • 8mm color film clip of the merchandise in the camp store at Camp Tall Trees in Meade County, Kentucky, as shot by a camp counselor. The Jewish Community Center of Louisville hosted the 2-3 week long summer camp in Otter Creek.

  • Envelope and letter sent from C. B. Stern to R. J. Railer, Kentucky. The letter body reads "Will call to see you tonight at 8 oclock. Please stay or leave ward." The envelope and letterhead were printed for the Capital Hotel located at 315 - 315 1/2 East Market Street. Envelope lists Lan Bridwell as proprietor and includes an image of the hotel facade. The letterhead advertises "The best hotel of its kind in the world. 90 Rooms, American Plan. Electric lights, electric bells, heated by steam, bath free to all regular boarders, pool room attached."

  • Envelope sent from CD Kenny Co. Teas, Coffees, Sugars located at the corner of Floyd and Main Street: 106 North Floyd Street, Louisville, Kentucky.

  • Sample of Christmas cards sent to Louisville, Kentucky, couple Walter and Elizabeth Shackelton over the course of several holiday seasons in the late 1920s. Cards like these could be ordered from catalogs in pre-printed sets with the sender's name or in smaller batches to sign personally.

  • 5 annual Christmas seals sold by the Louisville Tuberculosis Association as a fundraiser.

  • City Blue Print of Louisville, Kentucky, was completed in 1969, and the images we have on record are from a 1971 Architectural Record pamphlet. The images consist of two sets of elevations, the floor plans for the space, and pictures of the building exterior in 1971. The building is a well-known Jasper Ward design. It has an unusual sign shaped as a bright blue cube, which is also part of the building with a rainspout that a person can slide down.

  • 8mm color film clip of Camp Tall Trees visiting a farm in Meade County, Kentucky, as shot by a camp counselor in 1966. Farm workers are demonstrating the use of a tractor-pulled combine harvester in a field.

  • Letter from the Committee for a Jewish Army of Stateless and Palestinian Jews to Louisville Times Editor Tom Wallace. The letter is signed by S. Merlin, Director of Information. Following the Louisville Times's recent signing of "the Proclamation on the Moral Rights of the Stateless and Palestinian Jews," Merlin responds with a discussion of what the Committee believes must be done to support and save Jews in Europe. He outlines three essential actions: "The creation of a United Nations agency" dedicated to planning how to save "millions of Hebrew people in Europe"
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