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  1973 Proposed Slate, November-December 1972

  The 1973 Proposed Slate of the Plymouth Congregational Church is a list of the proposed candidates for election from the annual meeting held on December 13, 1972, in Louisville, Kentucky.
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  90th anniversary bulletin, 1967

  The 90th Anniversary bulletin from Plymouth Congregational Church is a three-page typescript depicting the monumental service and the history behind the church and the settlement house in the Russell neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky.
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  A horse named Dandy, February 1975

  Color photograph of Margaret Webb Thompson (1926-1981), standing on the left, posing next to a horse named Dandy and an unidentified woman. A granddaughter of the founder of Glenmore Distilleries, Margaret grew up as a member of Louisville’s high society. She attended Louisville Collegiate School, Mills College, and Mary Washington College of the University of Virginia. She made her debut in 1946 and was a member of the Spinsters Cotillion Club and the Junior League of Louisville. Margaret married Cincinnati doctor Ernes Lovell Becker in 1949 at the Highlands Presbyterian Church. The couple moved to Richmond, Virginia, and eventually New York. They had three children, James, Frank, and Margaret.
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  All Wrapped Up

  Carbro print of two puppies surrounded by torn Christmas wrapping paper by Louisville, Kentucky photographer H. Harold Davis.
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  Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of the Plymouth Congregational Church, 1966

  The "Amendment To The Articles of Incorporation of the Plymouth Congregational Church" is a two-page typescript that amends the Russell neighborhood, Louisville, Kentucky church's articles of incorporation from 1928. The amendment absolves the previous Article VI and the drawing of lots to determine the length of term is added, present trustees and Chairman were updated, and vacancies will now be filled for the remaining term by ballot in a meeting of members of the church.
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  Annals of Plymouth Congregational December 1969- November 1970

  The annals of Plymouth Congregational United Church of Christ, Louisville, Kentucky, is a six-page typescript recording the events of the church and its members from December 1969 to November 30th, 1970.
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  Articles of Incorporation of the Plymouth Congregational Church, 1928

  The Plymouth Congregational Church of Louisville, Kentucky, Articles of Incorporation is a 4-page typescript that describes the administrative structure and functions of the church.
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  Articles of Incorporation, January 20, 1916

  The West Louisville Evangelical Church of Louisville, Kentucky Articles of Incorporation is a 3-page typescript that describes the administrative structure and functions of the church. The Articles of Incorporation include the names of the members who founded the church and outlines the term lengths of the Board of Trustees.
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  Barry Bingham and Popo, 1940

  Photograph of Barry Bingham Sr. (1906-1988) seated with the family standard poodle Popo on the West Terrace, Melcomb estate. Bingham was a second-generation owner of The Louisville Courier-Journal, Louisville Times, and WHAS radio and television. Popo is a frequent subject among the Bingham family photos.
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  Ben Wiemeyer with dog, circa 1890

  This cabinet card of a young man and his dog was found in the Mittlebeeler family photo collection. On the back the image is the inscription “Ben Wiemeier [sic] Aunt Lizzie's Boyfriend.”
  
  Elizabeth “Lizzie” Moorman (1879-1945) was born to a German immigrant family in Louisville. She grew up on East Jackson Street in the Shelby Park neighborhood and later moved to Oak Street. In 1890 Lizzie succumbed to Typhoid Fever. Lizzie supported herself as a seamstress and remained single all her life, but this photograph provides a clue into an early romance.
  
  A Ben Wiemeyer is listed in City Directories from the 1880s and 1900s as living on East Chestnut Street, only a half-mile away from where Lizzie lived. He was also from a German family. Although Lizzie and Ben never married, they must have dated when they were teens. Ben went on to marry and became a machinist.
  
  Learn more about German photographer Paul Günter in this online exhibit: https://filsonhistorical.omeka.net/exhibits/show/gunter-photography/life-of-gunter
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  Best in Show, May 11, 1947

  Photograph of four men with springer spaniel Frejax Marktime winning Best in Show at the Louisville Kennel Club Dog Show held at the Jefferson County Armory. The spaniel's handler Frank Feldschmidt is also in the photograph.
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  Binghams and Figaro, 1947

  Photograph of Barry Bingham Sr. (1906-1988) with three of his five children, Jonathan, Sallie, and Eleanor, along with their standard poodle Figaro at the family amphitheater. The Binghams owned several standard poodles over the years, many named after opera characters. Bingham Sr. was a second-generation owner of The Louisville Courier-Journal, Louisville Times, and WHAS radio and television.
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  Boy posing with dog

  Quarter plate ambrotype of young Charles Henry Breckinridge (1844-1867) posing for a studio portrait with his dog. Son of Ann Sophonisba Preston Breckinridge and Robert Jefferson Breckinridge, Charles was a member of the Breckinridge family of Baltimore, Maryland. His father served as a leader of the Kentucky Emancipation Party in 1849 and was a strong Union supporter at the start of the Civil War. Charles graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1865. He died in 1867 at only 22 years old while serving as a First Lieutenant in the 15th U.S. Infantry.
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  Boys on the sidewalk with dog, June 10, 1959

  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.
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  Burbank with dog

  Photograph of Samuel McKee Burbank (1886 or 1887-1933) posing with his dog.
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  Cat face

  Chromogenic print of a cat by photographer H. Harold Davis (1908-1980).
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  Child with dog

  Two photographs of a young child standing in front of porch steps with a dog.
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  Christmas Cards

  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.
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  Clair Mills with pets, 1925-1926

  Photograph of Clair Mills (1886-1978) posing in front of her home at 703 Alta Vista Road, Louisville, Kentucky. Mills is standing between her pug named Bob and horse named Brae King.
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  Dalmation, December 1955-January 1956

  Two photographs of Patsy, a dalmatian. Patsy is carrying a shoe in her mouth in the first photograph. The second photograph is of Patsy sitting in the floor with two people next to a Christmas tree.