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Basket Making

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Description: View of old man making baskets and an old woman sewing outside of a log cabin. Other handmade wooden items appear throughout the image and tools hang on th...
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Logging Camp

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Description: Slightly elevated view of a logging camp, with a dozen or so men posing by the wagons, piles of logs and machinery. There are both logs and milled lumber. ...
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Outdoor Covered Market

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Description: A covered outdoor market of Grecian design in Paducha, KY. Men stand around outside and a horse-drawn cart is visible to the right of the Market. Sign abov...
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Blessing of the Immaculate Conception Statue

Date: 1922
Description: View of a statue of the Immaculate Conception. A man rows a boat toward the statue which stands in the water. A priest blesses the statue and two servers s...
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Abbey of Gethsemani

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Description: View of the abbey's facade, with the church's steeple visible behind and to the left of the monastery. A white picket fence with an iron gate entrance surr...
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Procession to Immaculate Conception Lake

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Description: View of a procession to Immaculate Conception Lake at Nazareth Academy, established in 1814. Priests and servers lead the procession, and women in black fo...
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Banneker High School

Date: 1937
Description: Male and female students pose for a group portrait, with their teacher standing at right, in front of Banneker High School. The structure is made of brick ...
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Ball Park

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Description: A pavilion, bleachers, a fence, and trees in the background of a ballpark.
Map or Atlas

Map of Powell's Valley and Clinch Valley

Date: 11 26 1883
Description: A hand-drawn map of the Clinch and Powell's Valleys, including the Cumberland Mountains, Powell's Mountains and Clinch Mountains.
Map or Atlas

Map of Daniel Boone's Dwelling

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Description: A hand-drawn map including the location of Daniel Boone's home and two forts, northeast of Lexington, Kentucky.
Map or Atlas

A New Map of Kentucky

Date: 1847
Description: A color map of Kentucky with insets showing Lexington, the Falls of Ohio, and the Ohio River.
Photograph

Lewis Arms Eating Chow

Date: 1960
Description: Lewis Arms, wearing army gear, eats chow outdoors.
Photograph

Diane Nash Bevel, Jailbird for Freedom

Date: 02 1963
Description: Diane Nash Bevel stands smiling beneath a small sign that reads: "Jail-Bird for Freedom!".
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Anne and Carl Braden at a Grave

Date: 06 1951
Description: Anne and Carl Braden stand at the grave of her ancestor Ann Poague McGinty. McGinty was the first white woman to settle in Kentucky.
Painting

Bland Ballard

Date: 1850
Description: Quarter plate daguerreotype of a painting of Bland Ballard (1761-1853). Ballard was a noted Kentucky pioneer, and also served as a scout for General George...
Photograph

Sarah Harder

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Description: Sarah Harder speaking at Midway College for a daylong event titled "Report from Nairobi." Ms. Harder was an advocate for equal rights.
Photograph

Lewis Arms at Fort Knox

Date: 07 1962
Description: Lewis Arms is standing next to an army tank in Fort Knox, Kentucky. He is wearing a military uniform and helmet. Three men are standing and sitting on top ...
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Chow in the Field

Date: 08 1962
Description: Lewis Arms and other men preparing chow outdoors at an Army post at Fort Knox.
Drawing

General James Buntin Ray

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Description: Waist-up profile portrait of Gen. James Ray of Kentucky.

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