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Photograph

Post Office in Rabbit Hash

Date: 05 26 1894
Description: Exterior view of the Wilson Riddell general store, with a horse-drawn wagon parked in front. There is a post office and paint shop attached to the store. S...
Painting

On the Trip to the Mammoth Cave

Date: 1858
Description: Hölzlhuber journeyed from Chicago to Louisville, Kentucky, and from there took a train south to Cave City, from which passengers boarded a stagecoach for t...
Photograph

Ferry and Ferryman

Date: 05 26 1894
Description: A ferryman poses on his docked ferry. Two horses are loaded on the ferry.
Photograph

Crowd on a Wharf

Date: 05 29 1894
Description: A crowd of people gathered on a wharf with boats in the foreground.
Photograph

Houseboat near Shoreline

Date: 05 30 1894
Description: A houseboat on the Ohio River. A man stands on the deck of the boat on the right.
Photograph

Wharf Boat

Date: 06 02 1894
Description: Men pose in front of a docked wharf boat.
Photograph

Children and a Cart

Date: 06 02 1894
Description: A group of children pose with a small cart.
Photograph

Bethel, a Church Boat

Date: 06 04 1894
Description: View of a church boat called "Bethel" on the river.
Photograph

Dredging Barges

Date: 06 04 1894
Description: A fleet of dredges moored to the Kentucky shore.
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.
Drawing

Louisville and Portland Railroad

Date: 02 15 1830
Description: Increase Lapham's drawing of a railroad tunnel and railroad tracks.
Map or Atlas

Plan of the City of Louisville and its Environs in 1831

Date: 1831
Description: Map of the city of Louisville, Kentucky on the Ohio River showing streets and numbered lots. The Ohio River, Corn Island, and the Louisville and Portland C...
Map or Atlas

A Map of the Louisville & Portland Canal

Date: 1828
Description: Map of the Louisville and Portland Canal on the Ohio River. The map shows Louisville, Shippingsport, Clarksville, Jeffersonville, Gravel Island, Corn Islan...

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