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St. Patrick's Day Parade in Louisville, 1986
Images from the 1986 St. Patrick's Day parade in Louisville. Mayor Abramson is riding in an open car with his father, Roy Abramson, and niece, Heather Miles. There are green and white balloons. -
"Scrapco" advertising sign, Louisville Scrap Material Company
View of the iron man advertising sign at Louisville Scrap Material Company [the junk yard] at East River Road and North Preston Street. The sign underneath the iron man reads "I 'am' Scrapco the Scrapman" -
"Six Feeet Apart -- Or Apart?", Patricia Fulce-Smith
The artist Patricia Fulce-Smith created this poster, titled "Six Feet Apart -- Or Apart?" for the Kentucky COVID-19 Poster Project of 2020. This poster uses a variety of visual cues to discuss social, economic, and cultural issues of 2020. These cues include, but are not limited to: COVID-19, racial injustice, Black Lives Matter, Breonna Taylor, face masks, and social aspects of pandemic protocol like social distancing.
Patricia Fulce-Smith was born and raised in Peoria, Illinois, and moved to Louisville in 2003. Fulce-Smith is a multi-media artist and her art primarily depicts women and girls. She is a member of the Louisville Visual Arts Association (LVAA) and has created several murals around Louisville, as well as being an artist for a children's book on Kentucky women. -
629 S. 4th Street, May 1959
View to the north of the street at 629 South 4th (Fourth) Street with the Loew's and United Artists theatre. [Loew's is now the Louisville Palace.] -
A Good Motto pamphlet, circa 1913
Advertisement pamphlet printed by Herndon, Carter Co. Country Produce. The back of the pamphlet features a photograph of the company's warehouse with eighteen feet of water from a flood on April 2, 1913. -
A. Brandeis & Son invoice, 1894 December 22
Invoice sent to Bristol Milling Co., Bristol, Tennessee, from A. Brandeis & Son, Louisville, Kentucky, receivers and shippers of grain. -
A. Engelhard & Sons Wholesale Grocers invoice, 1898 May 17
Invoice for molasses, soap, and cigars purchased by Gobber & Lutkemeier, Frankfort, Kentucky, from A. Engelhard & Sons Wholesale Grocers, Louisville, Kentucky. Letterhead includes lithographic logo and spot color yellow featuring an ad spot for Ceresota Consolidated Milling Co. for Spring Wheat Flour. -
A. Levi & Co. Wholesale clothiers envelope, circa 1870s-1890s
Envelope sent to Finn & Harris, Franklin, Kentucky, from A. Levi & Co., Louisville, Kentucky, wholesale clothiers. -
A. Markham Builders Advertisement, 1914
Advertisement for A. Markham Builders published in a 1914 issue of the YMHA Chronicler.
This item is included in the Bricks and Mortar, Soul and Heart: The Evolution of Louisville's Young Men's Hebrew Association and Jewish Community Center 1890-2022 digital exhibit at: https://filsonhistorical.omeka.net/exhibits/show/ymha-jcc-louisville/second-and-college-1913-1955 -
African Americans at Louisville, Kentucky's District Office, circa 1930
An unidentified group of African American men and women standing on the steps in front of home office of Maammoth Life and Accident Insurance Company.Tags District Office -
African Americans on and in front of a parade float, undated
An unidentified group of African American men, women, and children near, or inside, a parade float promoting Mammoth Life insurance policies for children.
Please note that the Filson Historical Society does not have insurance policy records for Mammoth Life. Requests for their insurance policy records should be made to Kemper Life Insurance Company at 1-800-777-8467.Tags Women -
American Grocery Co. receipt, 1896 December 15
Receipt postcard sent from American Grocery Co. wholesale grocers and provision dealers to J. T. Mercer, Milltown, Kentucky. -
Arthur Douglass Doss
The second president of Mammoth Life Arthur Douglass Doss—known as A. D. Doss—sitting in a chair in an office. The inscription on the back of the photograph reads, "Mr. Arthur D. Doss 2nd President Co."
Please note that the Filson Historical Society does not have insurance policy records for Mammoth Life. Requests for their insurance policy records should be made to Kemper Life Insurance Company at 1-800-777-8467. -
B.F. Avery & Sons advertisement, circa 1900s
Four-page advertisement for the Avery Uncle Sam Disc Cultivator printed for B.F. Avery & Sons, Manufacturers, Louisville, Kentucky. -
B.F. Avery & Sons envelope, 1898 April 1
Envelope sent to J. T. Mustain, Horse Cave, Kentucky, from B.F. Avery & Sons, Louisville, Kentucky, manufacturers of plows, planters, cultivators, harrows. The envelope features a lithograph image of an Avery machine. -
B.F. Avery & Sons Plows and Agricultural Implements promotional card, 1883
Color cardstock promotional card printed for B.F. Avery & Sons, Plows and Agricultural Implements, Louisville, Kentucky. The inside of the card is an ad for the Avery Universal Plow, featuring a lithograth of Neptune plowing the Isthmus of Panama with an Avery Plow pulled by two horses. The back of the card depicts a horse falling in a field, with an attached plow and laborer in the air behind it. On the otherside of a fence, a horse is calmly pulling an Avery Plow while the laborer guiding the plow looks at the other person. Below the scene is the text "If you're trying to fly, you're all right -
B'nai B'rith Youth Organization, circa 1963
Photograph of the local chapter of the B'nai B'rith organization, one of many programs at the Jewish Community Center in Louisville, KY. Jerry Abramson was involved in the local chapter during his teenage years. -
Ballard & Ballard Co. envelope, 1892 December 28
Envelope sent from Ballard & Ballard Co., Ballard Mills, Louisville, Kentucky. -
Ballard & Ballard Co. envelope, circa 1890s
Envelope sent from Ballard & Ballard Co., Ballard Mills, Louisville, Kentucky. -
Baptist Book Concern envelope, 1904 February 26
Envelope sent to Weiss Binder Co., Toledo, Ohio, from Baptist Book Concern, Louisville, Kentucky. The envelope advertises that the company publishes the Western Recorder, the "Leading Religious and Family Paper for more than Seventy-Eight Years."