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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

Men and Boys

Date: 05 27 1894
Description: A small crowd of men and boys in hats on the shoreline seeing the Thwaites family off at the Indian Kentucky River.
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.
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Wharf Boat

Date: 06 02 1894
Description: Men pose in front of a docked wharf boat.
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Self-Binding Harvester

Date: 1899
Description: A man is operating a McCormick grain binder pulled by two horses. The original caption reads: "This machine represents the modern harvester by which grain ...
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Manning F. Force

Date: 07 1865
Description: Waist-up carte-de-visite portrait of Manning F. Force, Major General of volunteers, sometime after the Siege of Vicksburg where he was shot below his right...
Photograph

Josiah Ficklin

Date: 1850
Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype, Quarter-length portrait of Josiah Ficklin. Hand coloring on cheeks. Ficklin was from Lexington, Kentucky, and one of the defende...
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...

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