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  • Envelope mailed via the U.S.S. Louisville. Hand drawn color illustration of the state of Kentucky, a jockey on a horse, three white stars, and blue, red, and white stripes. Stamped as "U.S.S."

  • Barry Bingham Sr. and Queen Elizabeth II at a Waldorf Astoria luncheon in New York City. Luncheon was hosted by the English-speaking Union, chaired by Barry Sr. Also in attendence was the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip.

  • A scrapbook page with a picture of Barry Bingham Sr., holding a chimpanzee in an International Press Institute group touring Mysore, India zoo.

  • A scrapbook page with a picture of Mary and Barry Bingham Sr. with Hester Griffin arriving on an International Press Institute to Bangalore, India.

  • Mary and Barry Bingham Sr. seated outdoors with their five children in Chatham, Massachusetts.

  • Mary Bingham is seated with her arm around one-year-old Eleanor Bingham in Chatham, Massachusetts.

  • Photograph of Eleanor Bingham Miller with her arm around her mother, Mary Bingham, at an awards dinner in Louisville, Kentucky.

  • Photograph of Jonathan Bingham standing with a smile in his Boy Scouts uniform outdoors.

  • Photograph of Mary Bingham (1904-1995) holding her son Jonathan Bingham (1942-1964) in his christening gown, with Barry Bingham Sr. (1906-1988) in uniform.

  • Barry Jr., Sallie, and Robert Worth Bingham III at the Nautilus Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida.

  • Barry Bingham Sr. and Mary Caperton Bingham on their wedding day in Richmond, Virginia.

  • Barry Bingham Sr., as a young man kneeling with a dog.

  • Photograph of Judge Robert W. Bingham (1871-1937) carrying a cigarette and walking on the street with Courier-Journal correspondent Ulric Bell.

  • The Bingham family, including in-laws Joan Bingham and Whitney Ellsworth gathered with the family dog in front of the mantle in the Music Room at the "Big House" in Melcombe, Glenview, Kentucky.

  • 8mm color film clip of two medical professionals administering vaccines to children at Camp Tall Trees in Meade County, Kentucky. The Jewish Community Center of Louisville hosted the 2-3 week long summer camp in Otter Creek. The children in this film are receiving what was likely the Salk polio vaccine, introduced just five years earlier in 1955. Before this point, many parents dreaded the late summer months when polio cases peaked, and swimming pools were often shut down to try to curb transmission through contaminated water. The year 1952 marked the worst outbreak of polio in the nation’s history, with nearly 58,000 reported cases of paralytic poliomyelitis. The number of cases dropped to just under 3,200 in 1960 and fell to the single digits by the 1980s.

  • 8mm color film clip of field day competitions 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 8mm color film clip of Camp Tall Trees visiting a farm in Meade County, Kentucky, as shot by a camp counselor in 1966. The Jewish Community Center of Louisville hosted the 2-3 week long summer camp in Otter Creek Recreation Area.

  • 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.
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