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Melcombe Estate outdoor amitheater, Glenview, Kentucky
A construction photo shows seating, stage and water element of Melcombe estate amphitheater, Glenview, Kentucky. -
Melcombe Estate, Glenview, Kentucky
Exterior photograph of the "Big House" of the Bingham estate, Melcombe, Glenview, Kentucky. -
Barry Bingham Jr.
Barry Bingham Jr. in hat with handlebar mustache, at Shaker Village in Pleasant Hill, Kentucky. The Bingham family often spent Thanksgiving at Shaker Village. -
Robert Worth Bingham III and Barry Bingham Jr. pose with family dog
Robert Worth Bingham III and Barry Bingham Jr. outdoors with dog. -
Mary and Barry Bingham at Mammoth Cave
Barry Bingham Sr. (right) and Mary Caperton Bingham (center) seated with a group at Mammoth Cave, Kentucky. -
Martha McKee, Barry Bingham Sr. and Edith Callahan at Fontaine Ferry Park
Barry Bingham Sr., his cousin Mary McKee and friend Edith Callahan at Fontaine Ferry Park, Louisville, Kentucky. -
Henrietta, Barry Sr., and Mary Bingham.
Henrietta Bingham (Left), poses with her brother Barry Sr. and Mary Bingham in Antibes, France during Barry and Mary's honeymoon. -
Robert Worth II, Judge Robert Worth and Henrietta Bingham
Judge Robert Worth Bingham (center) poses with his children (Left) Robert W. Bingham II and (Right) Henrietta Bingham, in London. -
Young Robert Worth Bingham
Robert Worth Bingham (1871-1937), is pictured wearing a suit with uniformed classmates and fraternity brothers in front of a building in Asheville, North Carolina. -
Kentuckiana Scuba-Diving Club film, winter 1960
Color film of the Kentuckiana Scuba-Diving Club diving in the iced-over Tucker Lake, Jefferson County, Kentucky, in the winter of 1960. Thomas L. Schmitt was a member of the club and captured the film. The footage includes scenes above and under the ice, and the divers exploring the lakebed. -
The song of the "contrabands;" "O let my people go," 1861
Printed sheet music of the spiritual "O Let My People Go," as recorded by Rev. L. C. Lockwood from his interactions with formerly enslaved people at Fortress Monroe in Virginia and arranged by Thomas Baker. -
Emancipation certificate, May 25, 1865
Certificate that Lewis White is a soldier in the Company G, 109 U.S. Colored Infantry Regiment. As such, White, his wife, and their children are free citizens. Signed by James Brisbin. -
Bridges, Benjamin to George Bridges, July 11, 1833
Letter of Private Benjamin Bridges from his enlistment at Fort Gibson to his father George Bridges describing an unsuccessful two month march on Pawnee territory to find a captured soldier. -
Ladies Fair, December 2, 1847
Advertisement for a fundraiser by the Black women of the Baptist Church in Frankfort, Kentucky, on December 2, 1847 at 7:00 PM. The advertisement notes that "A Good Supper, Oysters, Jellies, Salads, Ice Creams, Cakes, &c. &c., will be offered for sale on reasonable terms." The advertisement delineates that white attendees "will be waited on from 5 to 6 o'clock," before the main fair. -
Portland Colored Evening School (Louisville, Ky.) register, 1909-1915
Register of the Portland Colored Evening School (Portland neighborhood, Louisville, Kentucky) for 1909-1915. Records name, age, place of residence, occupation, enrollment and/or transfer dates, and vaccination. Two loose documents inserted in the volume include a list of student names and Minetta Warnell Jackson's 1915 Certificate of Graduation. A feather pen is also included. Only a representative sample of blank pages were scanned.
Henrietta Helm (1863-1942) operated the school and taught the majority of classes represented in the register. -
Greater Louisville Exposition March, Dedicated to the First Kentucky
Black and white facsimile of sheet music entitled "Greater Louisville Exposition March, Dedicated to the First Kentucky." -
Mortgage record, 1928 July 19
$10,000 mortgage for Samuel M. Plato (1882-1957) and Elnora Plato (1891-1975) with Louisville Trust Company. The couple used the mortgage to build their home at 2509 West Walnut Street in Louisville, Kentucky. -
Silver teaspoon
Coin silver teaspoon engraved "Lemon" on the front side of the handle. The bowl is egg-shaped and has a flat edge. The handle has rounded flanges near the bowl and ends in a fiddle style pattern. Marked on reverse: Jas. I. Lemon. -
Silver fork
Child's fork with convex curved handle. The handle is decorated with a raised outline, repousse leaves, and a monogram. The back of the handle has more vegetative repousse designs with 4 square marks of "J S & Co." and "Jas. I. Lemon & Co" (retailer). -
A journal, containing an accurate and interesting account of the hardships, sufferings, battles, defeat, and captivity of those heroic Kentucky volunteers and regulars, 1854
Title page of A journal, containing an accurate and interesting account of the hardships, sufferings, battles, defeat, and captivity of those heroic Kentucky volunteers and regulars : commanded by General Winchester, in the years 1812-13. Also, two narratives by men that were wounded in the battles on the River Raisin and taken captive by the Indians. Includes two narratives by Timothy Mallary and John Davenport, who were wounded in the battles on the River Raisin and taken captive by the Native Americans.