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The assassination of the Sage of Ashland

The assassination of the Sage of Ashland

The artist conveys some of the profound disappointment and anger among Henry Clay's many supporters at the nomination of Zachary Taylor at the June 1848 Whig convention in Philadelphia. The convention's act was... More

John C. Calhoun's speech to the United States Senate against the Compromise of 1850, 4 March 1850

John C. Calhoun's speech to the United States Senate against the Compr...

Reproduction number: A20 (color slide; page 1) The famous South Carolinian John C. Calhoun (1782-1850) made his last Senate speech during the course of the great debate over the Compromise of 1850, a complicate... More

Democratic ticket. Our principals the constitution. For President John C. Breckinridge of Kentucky For Vice President Joseph Lane of Oregon. Electors .... Election on Tuesday, November 6th, 1860. Lith of Hoyer & Ludwig, Richmond, Va.

Democratic ticket. Our principals the constitution. For President John...

On verso: 23 Election ticket 1860 104719 '07. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfoli... More

Lloyd's official map of the State of Kentucky

Lloyd's official map of the State of Kentucky

Scale ca. 1:506,880. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 216.3 "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1862, by J. T. Lloyd." Stamped in the upper left corner: Copyright Library, Nov. 19, 1862. General map s... More

Bird's eye view of Louisville, Kentucky 1876.

Bird's eye view of Louisville, Kentucky 1876.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 236 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. Vault AACR2: 100; 651/1; 710/1; 710/2

[U.S.S. Kentucky] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

[U.S.S. Kentucky] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Picryl description: Public domain image of naval activity, ship, sea, 19th-20th century navy, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

U.S.S. Kentucky - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

U.S.S. Kentucky - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Picryl description: Public domain image of naval activity, ship, sea, 19th-20th century navy, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Hebbardsville School. Principal is new and said "Only a few absent." School opened September 5th.  Location: Henderson County, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

Hebbardsville School. Principal is new and said "Only a few absent." S...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Willie Nall, 11 years old; Raymond Jones, 10 years old; Denver Jones, 5 years old; plowing on farm. They had just finished a job of hauling. See report.]  Location: [Elizabethtown vicinity, Kentucky] / L.W. Hine.

[Willie Nall, 11 years old; Raymond Jones, 10 years old; Denver Jones,...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of child, child labor, farmer, early 20th-century farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Home of Zachary Taylor, "Springfield," Brownsboro Road]

[Home of Zachary Taylor, "Springfield," Brownsboro Road]

J257554 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Caufield & Shook, Inc., Louisville, Kentucky.

Barbourville, Ky. Knox County Court House. "A Mountain County Courthouse scene"

Barbourville, Ky. Knox County Court House. "A Mountain County Courthou...

Crowd of people in front of courthouse; political campaign signs for county offices on outside of courthouse. JO 4763 U.S. Copyright Office. Photo copyrighted by Caufield & Shook, Inc., Louisville. This record ... More

Kentucky coal miner, Jenkins, Kentucky

Kentucky coal miner, Jenkins, Kentucky

Public domain photograph - historical image of Kentucky, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Untitled photo, possibly related to: Ohio River in flood, Louisville, Kentucky

Untitled photo, possibly related to: Ohio River in flood, Louisville, ...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Negative has a hole punch made by FSA st... More

Erosion gully on Coalins Forest and Game Reservation between Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers in Kentucky

Erosion gully on Coalins Forest and Game Reservation between Tennessee...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Kentucky, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Loading liquid feed onto truck from tanks at distillery near Owensboro, Kentucky

Loading liquid feed onto truck from tanks at distillery near Owensboro...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Tank commander, Ft. Knox, Ky., World War Two

Tank commander, Ft. Knox, Ky., World War Two

Picryl description: Public domain image of military training, armed forces fort, camp, exercise activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Infantryman with halftrack, a young soldier of the armed forces, holds and sights his Garand rifle like an old timer, Fort Knox, Ky. He likes the piece for its fine firing qualities and its rugged, dependable mechanism.

Infantryman with halftrack, a young soldier of the armed forces, holds...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military vehicle, tank, artillery, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

M-3 tanks in action, Ft. Knox, Ky.

M-3 tanks in action, Ft. Knox, Ky.

Picryl description: Public domain image of military vehicle, automobile, tractor truck, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mounting block made of tree stump by mountain family's home up Burton's Fork, Kentucky River, near Jackson, Kentucky

Mounting block made of tree stump by mountain family's home up Burton'...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Kentucky, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Banner advertising revival meeting in front of church near Lawrenceburg, Kentucky

Banner advertising revival meeting in front of church near Lawrencebur...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

One-room schoolhouse showing overcrowded conditions and need for repairs and equipment. Breathitt County, Kentucky

One-room schoolhouse showing overcrowded conditions and need for repai...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a classroom, college auditorium, school, students, teacher, teaching, studying, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Rural mailman going up the creek bed toward Morris Fork near Jackson, Kentucky

Rural mailman going up the creek bed toward Morris Fork near Jackson, ...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Kentucky, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mountain family on porch of their home made of hand hewn logs up South Fork of Kentucky River, Breathitt County, Kentucky

Mountain family on porch of their home made of hand hewn logs up South...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Cutting burley tobacco and putting it on sticks to wilt before taking it into curling and drying barn. Russell Spears' farm near Lexington, Kentucky

Cutting burley tobacco and putting it on sticks to wilt before taking ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a group of people, Kenntucky. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a group of people, Kenntucky. Farm Security...

Public domain photograph of Great Depression, farm, farmer, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A couple of people riding on the backs of horses, Kenntucky. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A couple of people riding on the backs of horses, Kenntucky. Farm Secu...

Public domain photograph related to Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Noah Garland's barns and home on the hillside. His neighbor's house is on the right. Southern Appalachian Project near Barbourville, Knox County, Kentucky

Noah Garland's barns and home on the hillside. His neighbor's house is...

Public domain photograph of United States agriculture in the 1930s, country, farmer, farm, great depression, migration, dust bowl refugees, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Knox, Kentucky. M-3 tanks. America's armed might grows greater every day. These M-3 tanks, lined up for inspection at Fort Knox, Kentucky, are but a few of the many powerful weapons with which our forces are equipped. These M-3s are being used in training tank crews

Fort Knox, Kentucky. M-3 tanks. America's armed might grows greater ev...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military training, armed forces fort, camp, exercise activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fort Knox. M-4 tanks and crews. In the new M-4 tanks (right), the designers and the engineers got together to provide fighting advantages over and above those of the older M-3 tanks (left). Location: Fort Knox, Kentucky

Fort Knox. M-4 tanks and crews. In the new M-4 tanks (right), the desi...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military training, armed forces fort, camp, exercise activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Jeffersontown, Kentucky. The Jefferson County ommunity cannery, started by the WPA (Work Projects Administration), now conducted by the state (?) vocational education department. Women pay three cents each for cans and two cents per can for use of the pressure cooker. Left to right; Mrs. J. Payater Holt and Mrs. Hampden Lawsen of Louisville preparing string beans for canning. The beans were raised by Mrs. Holt in her victory garden

Jeffersontown, Kentucky. The Jefferson County ommunity cannery, starte...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Joseph Holt Papers: Financial Papers, 1822-1894; Ledgers; Chilton & Reily, 1834-1837; Holt & Chilton, 1835-1840
Lloyd's official map of the State of Kentucky : compiled from actual surveys and official documents, showing every rail road & rail road station with the distances between each station : also the counties and county seats, cities, towns, villages, post offices, wagon roads, canals, forts, fortifications, &c

Lloyd's official map of the State of Kentucky : compiled from actual s...

Relief shown by hachures. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1862, by J.T. Lloyd, in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York." Sectioned... More

Joseph Holt Papers: Miscellany, 1797-1917; Printed matter; Business cards

Joseph Holt Papers: Miscellany, 1797-1917; Printed matter; Business ca...

Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Old Oscar Pepper Distillery, 7855 McCracken Pike, Versailles, Woodford County, KY

Old Oscar Pepper Distillery, 7855 McCracken Pike, Versailles, Woodford...

2016 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Labrot & Graham's Old Oscar Pepper Distillery is associated with the foundation of the bourbon distilling industry, a distinctly national spirit with its hist... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky

Jul 1895. 15 Sheet(s). Kentucky fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabilit... More

Joseph Holt Papers: Miscellany, 1797-1917; Invitations, acceptances, and calling cards; 1852 , 1857-1870
There'll never be a stain on Old Glory

There'll never be a stain on Old Glory

words by Oliver T. Lenz ; music by J. Edward Woolley. (statement of responsibility) For voice and piano. "By the writers of 'That old melody my mother sang to me'"--Caption. Also available in digital form on th... More

Atlas of Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Jessamine and Woodford Counties, Ky.

Atlas of Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Jessamine and Woodford Counties, Ky.

Phillips 1748 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Down on de banks ob Swanee Riber

Down on de banks ob Swanee Riber

reply to "Old folks at home" From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound vo... More

Journal of William Brown while traveling from Virginia to Kentucky

Journal of William Brown while traveling from Virginia to Kentucky

Public domain history book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Circular letter asking for volunteers from Kentucky's south side
The Levee, Louisville, Ky. - Public domain image of a steam boat

The Levee, Louisville, Ky. - Public domain image of a steam boat

Public domain photograph of a steamboat ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Champion Ice Manufacturing & Cold Storage Company, 40 East Second Street, Covington, Kenton County, KY

Champion Ice Manufacturing & Cold Storage Company, 40 East Second Stre...

Significance: This complex is important to the industrial development of the city of Covington, as it relates to the manufacturing of ice and the storage of perishable foods. Surviving machinery adds to our un... More

Churchill Downs, Louisville, Ky., Derby day

Churchill Downs, Louisville, Ky., Derby day

Public domain photograph - panorama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Clark Station, Stanford Pike, Danville, Boyle County, KY

Clark Station, Stanford Pike, Danville, Boyle County, KY

Survey number: HABS KY-42 Public domain photograph - historical image of Kentucky, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Clark Station, Stanford Pike, Danville, Boyle County, KY

Clark Station, Stanford Pike, Danville, Boyle County, KY

Survey number: HABS KY-42 Public domain photograph - historical image of Kentucky, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A Greyhound bus trip from Louisville, Kentucky, to Memphis, Tennessee, and the terminals. Waiting for a bus at the Memphis station

A Greyhound bus trip from Louisville, Kentucky, to Memphis, Tennessee,...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Letter from George Corlis to John Corlis
16-year old girl keeping house. Home of William Olliges. The children go to Parochial School.  Location: Hardin County--Stithton, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

16-year old girl keeping house. Home of William Olliges. The children ...

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Letter from John Williams Jr. to Isaac Hite
Photographs of buildings in Los Angeles, California and the surrounding area

Photographs of buildings in Los Angeles, California and the surroundin...

Photographs show chiefly buildings in Los Angeles and the surrounding area. Specific sites in Los Angeles include 1000 Wilshire Building, 777 Tower at Citicorp Plaza, ABC Entertainment Center, Ahmanson Center T... More

Petition from Benjamin Hovey to the United States Congress

Petition from Benjamin Hovey to the United States Congress

Picryl description: Public domain historic political document page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Cottage Grove, Bardstown, Nelson County, KY

Cottage Grove, Bardstown, Nelson County, KY

Survey number: HABS KY-270 Public domain photograph of architectural diagram, building plan, section, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Reverend Jessie R. Ziegler House, 509 Shelby Street, Frankfort, Franklin County, KY

Reverend Jessie R. Ziegler House, 509 Shelby Street, Frankfort, Frankl...

Significance: While on passage to Italy in the summer of 1910, Frank Lloyd Wright met and prepared sketches for the house at 509 Shelby Street in Frankfort, KY for Jesse R. Ziegler, a young Presbyterian ministe... More

Joseph Hornsby's diary - Public domain document scan
Joseph Hornsby's diary
Joseph Hornsby's diary - Public domain document scan
Inaugural regimental services of the "Black Devils", 814th Pioneer Infantry, Chaplain Hayes Farish officiating, Sunday, Sept. 29th, 1918, Camp Zachary Taylor, Louisville, Ky.

Inaugural regimental services of the "Black Devils", 814th Pioneer Inf...

J231565 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Royal Photo. Co.; October 4, 1918; DLC/PP-1918:45967. Copyright claimant's address: Lou., Ky. No. 578.

Old State House, Broadway, bounded by Madison, Clinton & Lewis Streets, Frankfort, Franklin County, KY

Old State House, Broadway, bounded by Madison, Clinton & Lewis Streets...

Significance: Date built (approx): Begun in Spring, 1826; and finished in Fall, 1830. Architect or builder: Gideon Shryock. Present condition: Fair; necessary repairs being neglected. Number of stories: Two.... More

Mountaineers and farmers trading mules and horses on "Jockey St.," near the Court House, Campton, Wolfe County, Ky.

Mountaineers and farmers trading mules and horses on "Jockey St.," nea...

Photograph shows Sign on building: Wolfe County Office WPA Project Superintendent; sign on car: Jesus saves.

The president and directors for the Kentucky Insurance Company promise to pay ... or bearer on demand one dollar, Lexington 16 June 1816

The president and directors for the Kentucky Insurance Company promise...

Picryl description: Public domain image of banknote, paper money, numismatic catalog, free to use, no copyright restrictions

The president, directors & co. of the Bank of Henderson promise to pay ... or bearer, five dollars on demand. Henderson 18 Aug. 1818

The president, directors & co. of the Bank of Henderson promise to pay...

Picryl description: Public domain image of banknote, paper money, numismatic catalog, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Map of the United States compiled from the latest and most  accurate surveys by Amos Lay, geographer & map publisher, New York.

Map of the United States compiled from the latest and most accurate s...

Detailed map of the eastern United States to about the 97th Meridian. Shows drainage, relief by hachures, state and county boundaries, cities, towns and villages, canals, roads, and railroads in operation and p... More

New map of Kentucky and Tennessee from authentic reports of county surveyors throughout the states of Kentucky and Tennessee with a new key for measuring distances and specifying localities (which key is secured by copyright.).

New map of Kentucky and Tennessee from authentic reports of county sur...

Scale ca. 1:600,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 215.7 "Entered accoring to Act of Congress in the year 1861 by Campbell & Barlow." Index to cities counties is printed below the map. General map indicating roa... More

Cane Ridge Meeting House - Engraving, Public domain image

Cane Ridge Meeting House - Engraving, Public domain image

Public domain photograph of a house, cottage, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[An Interior view of the original Lincoln cabin showing the old fireplace in the west room and the old spinning jenny of Mrs. Lincoln]

[An Interior view of the original Lincoln cabin showing the old firepl...

23552W U.S. Copyright Office. From Kimball Hall Studio, Chicago. Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Unidentified Civil War veteran wearing United Confederate Veterans Joseph E. Johnston Camp No. 1 ribbon with his wife and daughter Monfort, Bardstown, Ky

Unidentified Civil War veteran wearing United Confederate Veterans Jos...

Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) Purchased from: The Veteran's Attic, Kingston, Tennessee, April 2018. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). pp/lilj... More

Irvin Cobb - Color separation negative, public domain

Irvin Cobb - Color separation negative, public domain

Photograph shows Irvin S. Cobb (1876-1944), an American journalist who wrote humorous stories of Kentucky color. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2013)

(Katherine Sands) Mrs. J.M.P. Thatcher

(Katherine Sands) Mrs. J.M.P. Thatcher

Photograph shows Katherine Sedgwick Sands, the daughter of Dr. Robert Alfred Sands and Kate Van Volkenburgh Sands, who married John M. P. Thatcher of Kentucky, in November 1915. (Source: Flickr Commons project,... More

[Kentucky & Indiana Bridge, Ohio River, Louisville]

[Kentucky & Indiana Bridge, Ohio River, Louisville]

J155792 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; C. F. Munkle; May 18, 1911. Copyright claimant's address: Lou., Ky. Title derived from copyright deposit records.

Bell School opened yesterday with only 8 in school. Probable it will be closed. Location: Nicholas County, Kentucky Lewis W. Hine

Bell School opened yesterday with only 8 in school. Probable it will b...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4512. "Div. 3" recorded on caption card as part of the geographic location; probably refers to a school district. Credit line: National Child Labor ... More

Bell School opened yesterday with only 8 in school. Probable it will be closed.  Location: Nicholas County, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

Bell School opened yesterday with only 8 in school. Probable it will b...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Picking strawberries on Clagett and Covington farm. They will have 500 pickers in the height of the season. Not many young workers yet.]   Location: [Bowling Green vicinity, Kentucky]. / L.W. Hine.

[Picking strawberries on Clagett and Covington farm. They will have 50...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Kentucky, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Group gathering tobacco on farm of Daniel Barrett, Spottsville, Ky., Star Route. He is a renter. Boys all belong to other families and will go to Bluff City School, Div. 3, Henderson Co., when work is over. School opened 2 weeks ago, and the boys expect to be out several weeks more. 10-year old boy, Edward Goldsberry carries and drops the sticks. 11-year old Aubrey Hazeland is piling the tobacco (in front). 13-year old Dolph Hazeland piling (behind Aubrey), and 14-years old Willie Goldsberry is spiking the tobacco.  Location: Henderson County--Spottsville, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

Group gathering tobacco on farm of Daniel Barrett, Spottsville, Ky., S...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of child, child labor, farmer, early 20th-century farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Dams under construction. Kentucky Dam, close to the mouth of the Tennessee River, will be one of the biggest projects of the Authority and will back the water up for a distance of 185 miles. It will be completed in 1944. This photograph shows a partial view of the lock operation building, with the commanding officer's work space, shaped somewhat like a control cabin in the foreground on the second floor. The near wing contains visitors' rest rooms while the lock switchboard is in the far wing, entered through the door in the foreground of the picture. Visitors are admitted to the various roof levels to watch the locking operation

Dams under construction. Kentucky Dam, close to the mouth of the Tenne...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a gas station, convenience store, 20th-century small town, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A couple of people in a boat on a flooded street, possibly related to: Ohio River in flood, Louisville, Kentucky

A couple of people in a boat on a flooded street, possibly related to:...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Negative has a hole punch made by FSA st... More

People at the Shelby County Horse Show and Fair eating a picnic lunch, Shelbyville, Kentucky

People at the Shelby County Horse Show and Fair eating a picnic lunch,...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Mountain child shooting slingshot from porch of his home. Near Buckhorn, Kentucky

Mountain child shooting slingshot from porch of his home. Near Buckhor...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A black and white photo of a man and a horse, Kenntucky. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a man and a horse, Kenntucky. Farm Security...

Public domain photograph of military personnel, army, militia, infantry, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mountain family and home up Stinking Creek on Pine Mountain, Kentucky

Mountain family and home up Stinking Creek on Pine Mountain, Kentucky

Public domain photograph of United States agriculture in the 1930s, country, farmer, farm, great depression, migration, dust bowl refugees, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a crowd of people, Kenntucky. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a crowd of people, Kenntucky. Farm Security...

Public domain photograph of Great Depression, farm, farmer, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mountaineer's cabin with tobacco patch up Morris Fork of the Kentucky River, near Jackson, Breathitt County, Kentucky

Mountaineer's cabin with tobacco patch up Morris Fork of the Kentucky ...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Mountain family on porch of their home made of hand hewn logs up South Fork of Kentucky River, Breathitt County, Kentucky

Mountain family on porch of their home made of hand hewn logs up South...

Public domain photograph of United States agriculture in the 1930s, country, farmer, farm, great depression, migration, dust bowl refugees, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sulky of harness races. Horse show, Shelby County fair, Shelbyville, Kentucky

Sulky of harness races. Horse show, Shelby County fair, Shelbyville, K...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Friends of the deceased going home after a memorial meeting. Up Frozen Creek, near Jackson, Breathitt County, Kentucky. See general caption no. 1

Friends of the deceased going home after a memorial meeting. Up Frozen...

Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mountain people carrying a homemade coffin up creek bed to the family plot on the hillside where it will be buried. This section is too isolated to hold any formal funeral services immediately. Up South Fork of the Kentucky River near Jackson, Kentucky

Mountain people carrying a homemade coffin up creek bed to the family ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a quarry, mine, excavation, or mining site, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Legionnaires and their wives eating and drinking beer at American Legion fish fry, Oldham County, Post 39, near Louisville, Kentucky

Legionnaires and their wives eating and drinking beer at American Legi...

Public domain photograph related to American Legion, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Farmers hang around in front of courthouse, on Saturday, Jackson, Kentucky

Farmers hang around in front of courthouse, on Saturday, Jackson, Kent...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Kentucky, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Aluminum. Reynolds Metal Company, Louisville, Kentucky. Flattening sheet aluminum after heat treatment. This flattening operation is most important in the production of aluminum sheet for use in airplane manufacture

Aluminum. Reynolds Metal Company, Louisville, Kentucky. Flattening she...

Public domain photograph of 3d object museum collection, metal, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Knox, Kentucky. Light tanks. The light tanks used at Fort Knox, Kentucky, for training and hardening crews for our armored forces, are graduating tough, competent "tankers" who will soon be giving the Axis some pointers on modern warfare

Fort Knox, Kentucky. Light tanks. The light tanks used at Fort Knox, K...

Picryl description: Public domain image of armored military vehicle, tank, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fort Knox. Machine guns. The .45 caliber Thompson sub-machine gun, familiarly known as the Tommy gun, is a hand weapon for which every branch of the service finds many uses. Its portability and effectiveness makes it a favorite of our modern Army

Fort Knox. Machine guns. The .45 caliber Thompson sub-machine gun, fam...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Fort Knox, Kentucky. Light tanks. This light tank, used at Fort Knox, Kentucky, for training and hardening crews for the armored forces, is helping to turn out fighters who will give the Axis some new ideas of what trouble really is

Fort Knox, Kentucky. Light tanks. This light tank, used at Fort Knox, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of armored military vehicle, tank, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fort Knox. M-3 tank crews. The crew of an M-3 tank at Fort Knox, Kentucky, learn all the ways of causing trouble for the Axis with a 75mm gun, a 37mm gun and four machine guns. The Fort Knox school for tank crews has graduated many men who are now ready to meet the enemy on our far-flung battle lines and on more than equal terms

Fort Knox. M-3 tank crews. The crew of an M-3 tank at Fort Knox, Kentu...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Fort Knox. Colt automatic pistol. A soldier in training at Fort Knox, Kentucky, demonstrates the use of one of America's renowned weapons, a Colt pistol. Much changed in appearance from the gun that was famous on our frontiers nearly a century ago, this .45 caliber automatic is one of the standard weapons of our modern Army

Fort Knox. Colt automatic pistol. A soldier in training at Fort Knox, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a soldier, armed forces, infantry, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Tuskegee airmen Marcellus G. Smith and Roscoe C. Brown, Ramitelli, Italy, March 1945]

[Tuskegee airmen Marcellus G. Smith and Roscoe C. Brown, Ramitelli, It...

Photograph shows left to right, Marcellus G. Smith, Louisville, Kentucky, and Roscoe C. Brown, New York, NY Class 44-C. P-SC#11, "Tootsie," in background was assigned to Lowell Steward. Ramitelli, Italy, March ... More

Had I never, never known thee, ballad

Had I never, never known thee, ballad

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright Deposits 1820-1860

Joseph Holt Papers: Miscellany, 1797-1917; Printed matter; Business cards

Joseph Holt Papers: Miscellany, 1797-1917; Printed matter; Business ca...

Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Joseph Holt Papers: Miscellany, 1797-1917; Printed matter; Business cards

Joseph Holt Papers: Miscellany, 1797-1917; Printed matter; Business ca...

Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Joseph Holt Papers: Financial Papers, 1822-1894; Ledgers; Chilton & Reily, 1834-1837; Holt & Chilton, 1835-1840
Lee County Courthouse, Main Street, Beattyville, Lee County, KY

Lee County Courthouse, Main Street, Beattyville, Lee County, KY

Significance: Originally built in 1873, this structure is significant historically as a courthouse and architecturally for its massive timber roof trusses. //1871-1873. Built by Pryse, Brandenburg, and MacGuir... More

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