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Garr-Garth Family Photograph Collection, ca. 1850-1941

Held by The Filson Historical Society

Creator: Garr-Garth Family

Title: Photograph Collection, ca. 1850-1941.

Rights: For information regarding literary and copyright interest for these papers, contact the Curator of Special Collections.

Size of Collection: .33 cu. ft., 1 volume, and 1 ovsz. Fld.

Location Number:  017PC32

Scope and Content Note 

The Garr-Garth Family Photograph Collection consists of one photograph box, one wrapped photograph album, and one oversized folder. The collection contains 12 folders, 1 volume, and 1 oversized folder of photographic items varying in formats including real photograph postcards, black-and-white and color photographic prints, cartes de viste, and cabinet cards. The collection primarily documents the Garr and Garth families and some other related familial lines including the Warren and Russell families. The collection primarily consists of both formal and informal family portraits, and photographs of residences and property.

Dates of photographs appear to range from the mid-nineteenth century to the mid twentieth century, but the collection primarily dates between c.1850-1941.

Folders 1-7: Photographs of or relating to the Garth family and related ancestors, including members of the Warren, Atchison, and Wood families. Members of this family most prominently represented in this collection include: Clara Lee Garth (née Atchison), her husband Dr. Charles Meredith Garth II, and their two children Charles Meredith Garth III and Helen M. Garth.

Folders 8-11: Photographs relating to the Garr family and related ancestors. Includes photographs of the Garr residence and images of various Garr family members, many of which are described as being taken at Park Lake likely near Flemingsburg, Kentucky.

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Related Collections:

Garr-Garth Family Papers, 1870-1939 [Mss. A G238]

Biographical Note 

Clara Lee Garth (née Atchison) was born in Louisville in 1882 to Benjamin F. and Minnie (Warren) Atchison. Clara Lee Garth’s mother, Minnie Atchison, was the daughter of Levi Legg Warren and Mary Warren (née Wood). In 1906, Clara Lee Atchison married Dr. Charles Meredith Garth II (1879-1925), with whom she had two children, Charles Meredith Garth III (1913-1967) and Helen M. Garth (1916-1974).

Dr. Charles Meredith Garth II graduated from the University of Louisville medical school and practiced medicine, becoming a specialist in the treatment of tuberculosis. During World War I, he served in field hospitals both in the United States and overseas and was promoted to the rank of captain.

Charles Russell Garr was born on November 5, 1858 in Jefferson County, Kentucky. Garr studied medicine and relocated to Fleming County where he practiced medicine in the area. Garr married Sallie Rebecca Crain (1861-1950) in 1883, with whom he had two children: Charles Crain Garr (1884-1957) and Clyde Lewis Garr (1887-1968).

The Garr and Garth families appear to be related, although the exact relationship between the families is unclear to the archivist.

Subject Headings

Fleming County (Ky.)

Flemingsburg (Ky.)

Garr, Bernice, 1889-1962.

Garr, Charles Russell, 1858-1939.

Garr, Clyde Lewis, 1887-1968.

Garth, Charles Meredith II, 1879-1924.

Garth, Charles Meredith III, 1913-1967.

Garth, Clara Lee, 1882-1962.

Garth, Helen Meredith 1916-1974.

Physicians.

World War, 1914-1918.

Folder List

Box 1:

Folder 1: Wood, Atchison family portraits and other unidentified family photographs c. 1850-1970

Folder 2: Atchison, Warren family photographs and cabinet cards, c. 1870-1900

Folder 3: Charles Meredith Garth I and Sarah Sampkin Garth cartes-de-viste, undated

Folder 4: Charles Meredith Garth II photographs and illustrated portraits, c. 1915

Folder 5: Charles Meredith Garth III photographs and cabinet card, undated

Folder 6: Helen Meredith Garth photographs, undated

Folder 7: Garth family group photographs, 1906-1919

Folder 8: Garr residence photographs, negatives, and clippings, c. 1920s

Folder 9: Turner Matthias Garr photographs, 1922, 1941

Folder 10: Daguerreotype of Eliza Love Gist Atchison, undated

Folder 11: Photographs removed from Clyde Lewis Garr and Bernice Garr scrapbook, c.1880-1920

Folder 12: Warren family residence, undated

Volume 13: Clyde Lewis Garr and Bernice Garr scrapbook, undated

Removed and placed in Individual oversized photograph collection [box A-H]: 

Oversized portrait of Clara Lee Atchison, undated

Note on verso reads: “Clara Lee Atchison of Louisville Ky. Dau. Of Benjamin F. Atchison & Minnie Warren”

Ganter, H. C., Lantern Slides of Mammoth Cave and Vicinity, 1889 and ca. 1890s

Held by The Filson Historical Society

Creator: Ganter, H. C.

Title:  Lantern Slides of Mammoth Cave and Vicinity, 1889 and ca. 1890s.

Rights: For information regarding literary and copyright interest for these papers, contact the Collections Department.

Size of Collection:  25 black and white glass lantern slides

Location Number:  012PC27B

Scope and Content Note

There are twenty-five (25) black and white glass lantern slides, ca. 1889-1890s. Twenty (20) out of the twenty-five (25) are labeled with a title, slide number and state “Copyright and for sale by H. C. Ganter, Mam. Cave.” Slides appear to be from a larger set of slides, this collection only representing a handful. Each slide measures 3 ½” x 4”. The slides were removed from a wooden container, were placed in an acid-free box, and each slide is in an acid-free photographic sleeve.

Biographical Note 

H. C. or Henry C. Ganter, 1844-1917, was the manager of Mammoth Cave and Hotel in Bowling Green, Kentucky (hotel circa 1887-1902, cave circa 1878-1902). During some of his time as cave manager, he also was the cave’s agent. While at the cave Ganter worked with and claimed copyright of many early Mammoth Cave images created by Ben Hains, a professional photographer from New Albany, Indiana. Most of the images within this collection are believed to be taken by Hains in 1889, later copyrighted and reproduced as stereo cards, postcards, and Lantern Slides by Ganter probably for selling. In May 1902, the Kentucky Courts removed Ganter as cave manager and W. Scott Miller, Jr., of Louisville became his successor. While the news of Ganter’s dismissal made the New York Times, little is known about why he was dismissed.

Sources cited:

Howes, Chris. “Ben Hains: Stereo Views” The Journal of Spelean History Vol. 37 No. 2 Issue 124 (2013): 43-46.

“Mammoth Cave Decision.” The New York Times 5 May 1902. New York Times Online. 20 November 2013.

 

Photograph List 

ID Title Description Date
012PC27B.1 Passage back of Giant’s Coffin Passage way 1889
012PC27B.2 Bottomless Pit A large hole carved out by a whirlpool. The bridge of sighs crossing it was made of wood and has since been replaced by a metal one for safety measures. 1889
012PC27B.3 Fat Man’s Misery Rock formation 1889
012PC27B.4 The Pineapple Bush Rock formation 1889
012PC27B.5 The Post Oak Pillar Rock formation 1889
012PC27B.6 The Pillars of Hercules A column given its title for its mass. 1889
012PC27B.7 The Arm Chair The image shows the formation known as Jenny Lind’s Armchair. It was named for the famous Swedish singer who visited Mammoth Cave and supposedly rested on it. 1889
012PC27B.7a [The Arm Chair] The image shows the formation known as Jenny Lind’s Armchair. It was named for the famous Swedish singer who visited Mammoth Cave and supposedly rested on it. undated
012PC27B.8 The Elephant’s Head Rock formation 1889
012PC27B.9 The Lover’s Leap A rock formation that got its name for resembling a cliff from which people that were in love might throw themselves off, if those feelings were not returned. There are no recorded incidences of anyone jumping from Lovers’ Leap. 1889
012PC27B.10 Exit of Corkscrew into Main Cave Tour group descending from the Corkscrew entrance along Broadway Avenue. The Corkscrew is a winding path with natural spots to step augmented by

steps built by the park. It allows for easy access between the lower levels

of the cave and the main chambers near the Historic Entrance.

 1889
012PC27B.11 Martha’s Vineyard Rock formation 1889
012PC27B.12 Lower Passage opening into Cleveland’s Cabinet Two men standing in opening 1889
012PC27B.13 The Rocky Mountain Two men standing on rocks in cave 1889
012PC27B.14 Stalactites in Croghan’s Hall Rock formation 1889
012PC27B.15 End of Cave Rock formation 1889
012PC27B.16 Star Chamber The ceiling of this room is studded with
gypsum crystals which, when viewed with
only a little light provided by the tour guide, lights up like the night sky.		 1889 OR 1892
012PC27B.17 Head of Echo River Group shot at head of Echo River 1892
012PC27B.18 The Climbing Bear Rock formation undated
012PC27B.19 Gorin’s Dome Cave pit 1889, ’90, ’93, or ’96
012PC27B.20 “Ceasar” “Pompey” and Bridal Altar The Bridal Altar– In the 19th century, jokes and rumors started about people getting married in the cave which inspired actual weddings to take place there into the early 20th century. Undated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
012PC27B.21 Looking up Green River Image of Green River 1889 or ’92
012PC27B.22 The Chimes The Chimes is a series of stalactites and
columns resembling wind chimes		 copyright 1908
012PC27B.23 Unidentified formation Unidentified rock formation undated
012PC27B.24 Unidentified formation Unidentified rock formation undated

 

Fox, Fontaine (1889-1964) Photograph Collection, 1889-1930

Held by The Filson Historical Society

Creator: Fox, Fontaine, 1889-1964

Title:  Photograph Collection, 1889-1930.

Rights: For information regarding literary and copyright interest for these papers, contact the Collections Department.

Size of Collection:  .33 cubic feet

Location Number:  991PC12

Scope and Content Note

This collection is compiled of 26 images (.33 cubic feet) of Fontaine Talbot Fox, Jr. and family.
The collection includes photographs of Fox as a child, the family home at Hubers Station,
Kentucky, and Fox, his wife, and their daughters.

Historical Note

A native of Louisville, Kentucky, Fontaine Talbot Fox, Jr. (1889-1964) was a cartoonist best
known for his “Toonerville Trolley” series of cartoons. [SEE ALSO: Mss. Mss. SB F791 / 1-2.]
He worked for newspapers in Louisville and Chicago, later moving to New York when his work
was syndicated to about 300 newspapers.

 

Photograph List 

Object ID Date Description Photographer Place (State / County / City)
991PC12.02 ca.1930 Fontaine Talbot Fox, Jr. at his drawing board working on a Toonerville Trolley cartoon.  [Same image: 991PC12.02 and  991PC12.03] Studio of Phelps Olds New York / Queens County / Little Neck
991PC12.03 ca.1930 Fontaine Talbot Fox, Jr. at his drawing board working on a Toonerville Trolley cartoon.   [Same image: 991PC12.01 and 991PC12.03] Studio of Phelps Olds New York / Queens County / Little Neck
991PC12.04 ca.1930 Fontaine Talbot Fox, Jr. at his drawing board working on a Toonerville Trolley cartoon.    [Same image: 991PC12.01 and 991PC12.02] Studio of Phelps Olds New York / Queens County / Little Neck
991PC12.05 ca.1930 Fontaine Talbot Fox, Jr. poses at his drawing board working on a Toonerville Trolley cartoon. Studio of Phelps Olds New York / Queens County / Little Neck
991PC12.06 ca. 1920 Portrait of Fontaine Talbot Fox, Jr. smoking. Verso reads, “Used for Fortune Magazine.” Unknown Unknown
991PC12.07 ca.1930 Fontaine Talbot Fox, Jr. at his drawing board, cigar in hand. Voice bubbles added to front of image, “You fussy women give me a pain.” Gordon Studio Unknown
991PC12.08 ca.1930 Fontaine Talbot Fox, Jr. at his drawing board smoking pipe. Front text indicates image was possiblity for publication, Fox’s fifth choice.

 

 Unknown Unknown
991PC12.09 ca.1930 Fontaine Talbot Fox, Jr. at his drawing board smoking pipe. Front text indicates image was possibility for publication, Fox’s first choice. Unknown Unknown
991PC12.10 ca.1930 Fontaine Talbot Fox, Jr. at his drawing board smoking pipe. Front text indicates image was possibility for publication, Fox’s third choice. Unknown Unknown
991PC12.11 ca.1930 Fontaine Talbot Fox, Jr. at his drawing board with colleagues. Studio of Phelps Olds New York / Queens County / Little Neck
991PC12.12 Unknown Sketch of Fontaine Talbot Fox, Jr. by James Montgomery Flagg. Unknown Unknown
991PC12.13 ca. 1889 Young Fontaine Talbot Fox, Jr. standing in front of a “penny-farthing” bicycle. [SEE ALSO: 991PC12.20] Unknown Kentucky / Bullitt County / Hubers Station
991PC12.14 ca. 1889 Portrait of “Aunt Mary” Ducker, Hubers Station, Kentucky. [SEE ALSO: 991PC12.14, print] Unknown Kentucky / Bullitt County / Hubers Station
991PC12.15 ca. 1889 Portrait of “Aunt Mary” Ducker, Hubers Station, Kentucky. Unknown Kentucky / Bullitt County / Hubers Station
991PC12.16 ca. 1889 Young Fontaine Talbot Fox, Jr. stands at base of a tree. Unknown Kentucky / Bullitt County / Hubers Station
991PC12.17 ca. 1889 Young Fontaine Talbot Fox, Jr. wading in a stream. Unknown Kentucky / Bullitt County / Hubers Station
991PC12.18 ca. 1889 Portrait of young Fontaine Talbot Fox, Jr. Unknown Kentucky / Bullitt County / Hubers Station
991PC12.19 ca. 1889 Image of piney woods, possibly in Hubers Station where Fontaine Talbot Fox, Jr. grew-up. Unknown Kentucky / Bullitt County / Hubers Station
991PC12.20 ca. 1889 Childhood home of Fontaine Talbot Fox, Jr., Hubers Station, Kentucky Unknown Kentucky / Bullitt County / Hubers Station
991PC12.21 ca. 1889 Close-up image of Fontaine Talbot Fox, Jr. standing in front of a “penny-farthing” bicycle. [SEE ALSO: 991PC12.12] Unknown Kentucky / Bullitt County / Hubers Station
991PC12.22 ca. 1889 Fontaine Talbot Fox, Jr., Mary, and Attie sitting in a hammock. Unknown Kentucky / Bullitt County / Hubers Station
991PC12.23 ca. 1920s Image of Fontaine Fox and family: wife, Edity, daughters, Edith Elizabeth and Mary Barton. Jessie Tarbox Beals New York / New York / New York
991PC12.24 ca. 1920s Image of Fontaine Fox, wife Edity, daughters Edith Elizabeth and Mary Barton with family dog. Jessie Tarbox Beals New York / New York / New York
ca. 1930s Portrait of Fontaine Talbot Fox, Jr. at his drawing board. Phelps Olds Photographer New York / Queens County / Little Neck

 

Crull, Turah Thurman Stoll Oil Refinery 1937 Flood Photograph Collection

Held by The Filson Historical Society

Creator: Crull, Turah Thurman

Title:  Stoll Oil Refinery 1937 Flood Photograph Collection

Rights: For information regarding literary and copyright interest for these papers, contact the Curator of Special Collections.

Size of Collection:  16 photographs

Location Number:  986PC25

Scope and Content Note

The collection is compiled of sixteen (16) black and white photographs depicting the Great Flood of 1937 in Louisville, Kentucky. The flood was the worst in Louisville History. Most of the photographs are of the Stoll Oil Refining Company located near Shelby Street. Images include: flooded Stroll Oil warehouses, plant office, garage, cracking plant, old oil warehouse, blacksmith shop, and oil tanks. Others are images of misplaced railroad cars, houses and trolley cars. One picture is of the Big Four Bridge. It is unknown who took the photographs.

Historical Note 

Stoll Oil was founded in Louisville in 1896 by Charles Christian Stoll (1861-1943) and was one of the few successful oil companies independent of Standard Oil in Kentucky at the time. Stoll’s four sons continued to run the company after his death until it was bought by Sinclair in 1952.

Photograph List 

986PC25.1-Stoll Oil Ref Co., Jan. 1937- Flood, The Plant Office
986PC25.2- The New Garage
986PC25.3- The Cracking Plant
986PC25.4- Old Lick Oil Warehouse
986PC25.5- Blacksmith Shop
986PC25.6- Floating Tanks
986PC25.7- Tank Cars at First Street
986PC25.8- Tank Cars across River Road
986PC25.9- Shelby Street Looking toward Plant
986PC25.10- House astray at Shelby & River Road
986PC25.11- Houses on Shelby Street
986PC25.12- Big Four Bridge at Shelby Street, CEO trestle
986PC25.13- image of floating tanks
986PC25.14-These Tanks are floating off their foundations
986PC25.15- A General View of the Stoll’s Plant
986PC25.16- A Street Car Trying to get into the new Garage. LeIRR 106-110, Senior Cav. Ex Loue Eatern

Buford-Duke Family Album Collection, ca. 1860s 

Held by The Filson Historical Society

Creator: Buford-Duke Family

Title:  Album Collection, ca. 1860s

Rights: For information regarding literary and copyright interest for these papers, contact the Curator of Special Collections.

Size of Collection:  1 album

Location Number:  001PC1

Scope and Content Note

Photograph album, ca. 1860s, primarily made up of CDVs but includes four tintypes, in which almost all the images are identified. Many of the persons identified are members of the Buford and Duke families but members of the Taylor and McDowell families are also present. There are also photographs of many Civil War generals and soldiers. Noted individuals include George Stoneman, William Price Sanders, Phillip St. George Cooke, Ambrose Burnside, Ethan Allen Hitchcock, George Gordon Meade, Napoleon Bonaparte Buford, George Brinton McClellan, Wesley Merritt, John Buford, Winfred Scott Hancock, John C. Fremont, Green Clay Smith, Basil Wilson Duke, Philip Swigert, John J. Crittenden and Davis Tillson. The photographs are in good condition, but the album cover is coming apart and is in very poor condition and the album pages range from fair to good condition.

 

Photograph List

 

Page 1:

Top Left – George Stoneman

Top Right – Mrs. Stoneman

Bottom Left – William Price Sanders

Bottom Right Unidentified man

 

Page 1 (back page):

Mrs. Coolidge

Dr. Richard Coolidge

Phillip St. George Cooke

Mrs. Phillip St. George Cooke

 

Page 2:

John Cooke

Sallie Buford Bell

Julia Cooke

Unidentified woman

 

Page 2 (back page):

John Gibbon

Gibbon children

Dr. Moore (?)

Ambrose Burnside

 

Page 3:

Mr. Morrison

Mrs. Honey Morrison

Ethan Allen Hitchcock

Presbyterian Minister at Rock Island, Ill.

 

Page 3 (back page):

Unidentified child

Jennie Buford

Unidentified young man

Duke and Pattie Buford (children)

 

Page 4:

James Buford

Mrs. James Buford

Nothing

Nothing

 

Page 4 (back page):

Captain Joseph O’Keefe (?)

Captain Myles W. Keogh (?)

  1. Hand

Dr. E. W. H. Beck

 

Page 5:

Mrs. John Buford

John Buford

  1. Duke Buford

Watson Buford

 

Page 5 (back page):

Captain Theodore Bacon (?)

Unidentified man

Fanny Graddy (sp?)

George Gordon Meade

 

Page 6:

Unidentified woman

  1. Brainard Williamson

Mrs. Napoleon Bonaparte Buford

Napoleon Bonaparte Buford

 

Page 6 (back page):

Curtis Barnam

Lt. Wadsworth

Thomas Miller M.D.

General and Mrs. George B. McClellan

 

Page 7:

Wesley Merritt

Wesley Merritt

John Buford

John Buford

 

Page 7 (back page):

Mose Buford

  1. Crittenden Watson

Lt. Jim Duke

Sally D. Duke

 

Page 8:

Major Vincent

Mrs. Vincent

Winfred Scott Hancock

Mrs. Winfred Scott Hancock

 

Page 8 (back page):

Mark Polk

Captain Hudson

Lt. Dalton

Captain Gordon

 

Page 9:

Davis Tillson

Captain Gibson

John C. Fremont

Thomas Casimer Devin (?)

 

Page 9 (back page):

Dr. A.B. Duke

Mrs. A.B. Duke

Dr. Edward Watson

Edgar Keenon

 

Page 10:

Mr. Messick (?)

Dr. John M. Duke

Lutie Duke

Unidentified woman

 

Page 10 (back page):

  1. Duke Smith

Green Clay Smith (MISSING)

Unidentified Boy

Green Clay Smith

 

Page 11:

Basil Wilson Duke

Mrs. Sam Keene

Mary Clay

Unidentified Girl

 

Page 11 (back page):

Fanny Whitney

Mary McDowell

  1. Duke Buford

John A. Steele

 

Page 12:

Jane Lyle

John Lyle

Dr. Abe B. Duke

Charlotte P. Duke

 

Page 12 (back page):

Maria McDowell

Drawing of little girl

Dr. and Mrs. Bulkly

Charles B. Duke

 

Page 13:

Drawing of Jesus

Drawing of little girl

Mr. and Mrs. Meatyard and Lillie

Jessie McDermont

 

Page 13 (back page):

Mary Ballard (?)

Lewis Duke

Mollie Duke (little girl)

Johnny Taylor and Basil Duke (children)

 

Page 14:

Bessie Taylor

Charlotte Taylor

Harrison Taylor

Mrs. Harrison Taylor

 

Page 14 (back page):

Philip Swigert

Ulysses S. Grant

John J. Crittenden

Mrs. John J. Crittenden

 

Page 15:

Captain Myles W. Keogh (?), Wadsworth and ??? (tintype)

Captain Miles W. Keogh (?) tintype

Unidentified loose tintype

Lucy Wuetey (sp?)

Hattie Wuetey (sp?)

 

Page 15 (back page):

Major Conway

  1. Buford Hendrick (little boy)

Philip Swigert

Jane Swigert

 

Page 16:

Nothing (id says Mary B. Duke)

James K. Duke

  1. Buford Hendrick (little boy)

Jim Duke (little boy)

 

Page 16 (back page):

Mollie Duke

Mamie Duke Steele

Annie Buford

Leon Buford

 

Page 17:

Mollie Duke

Lutie Duke

Neil Howil

Unidentified Man

 

Page 17 (back page):

Lewis Buford

Blanche Buford (little girl)

Sally Buford (little girl)

Lucy Buford (little girl)

 

Page 18:

Charlotte Buford

Henrietta Buford

Mrs. Charles Buford

Charles Buford

 

Page 18 (back page):

Felicia Buford

Jennie Buford (little girl)

Sally Buford (little girl) and older sister

Watson Buford (little boy)

 

Page 19:

Nothing

Mrs. Charles Buford, Jr.

Mr. Newman

Alice Newman

 

Page 19 (back page):

J.K. Duke

Miss Lampton

Henry Stevenson

Rev. F.G. Straton

 

Page 20:

D.P. Palmer

Mrs. D. P. Palmer

Mr. Palmer (son?)

Miss Palmer (daughter?)

 

Page 20 (back page):

Unidentified Man

James Gaines

Mollie Duke (standing), unidentified girl

Mrs. Platt

 

Page 21:

Mollie Duke

Unidentified man

Patsy McDowell

Patsy McDowell

 

Page 21 (back page):

Drawing

Unidentified man

Basil Wilson Duke

Joseph Nash McDowell

 

Page 22:

Princess of Wales

Unidentified Royalty

Agatha Edson

Unidentified child

 

Page 22 (back page):

Unidentified child

Unidentified children

Unidentified bride

Unidentified man

 

Page 23:

Unidentified baby

Bas relief

Unidentified man

Unidentified man

 

Page 23 (back page):

Unidentified man

Unidentified woman

Unidentified man

Jennie McElwin

 

Page 24:

Unidentified man

Mary Keenon

Unidentified child

Unidentified child (maybe Anna Buford)

 

Page 24 (back page):

Unidentified boy (tintype)

Unidentified boy

Unidentified girl

Unidentified girl

 

Page 25:

Unidentified man

Unidentified girl

Unidentified girl

Unidentified woman

 

Page 25 (back page):

Nothing (id Caroline Duke)

Drawing

Unidentified child

Unidentified man

 

Breckinridge Family Photograph Collection, 1865-1915.

Held by The Filson Historical Society

Creator: Breckinridge Family

Title:  Photograph Collection, 1865-1915

Rights: For information regarding literary and copyright interest for these papers, contact the Curator of Special Collections.

Size of Collection:  138 photographic items

Location Number:  012PC25

Scope and Content Note

The Breckinridge Family Collection is housed in one archival box (.33 cubic foot).  The collection contains 138 photographic items, varying in formats: Tintypes, Cabinet Cards, Carte de Visite (CDV), Real Photograph Post Cards, Mounted Photographs, Silver Gelatins, and Albumen Silver Prints.  The archive features 5 portraits of Robert Jefferson Breckinridge (1800-1871), including cabinet photo from a painting by Matthew Jouett depicting Robert in his younger years.  Two CD’s of Robert in his later years, one in which he poses with a young boy (probably a son), a period copy of a family photo of Robert with his sons, 4 x 6 in., and a 4.25 x 5.75 in. lithograph of Robert.  Other members that are present within the collection include: Louise Ludlow Dudley (1849-1911); Mary Dudley (1869-1939); Joseph Cabell, Jr. (1872-1898); Lucy Hays (1878-1959) and an additional cabinet photo of a Jouett painting of Elizabeth Breckinridge Meredith, the daughter of Colonel Robert Breckinridge (1720-1773) is included.

Related materials:

Several items were transferred to the museum collection. Miniature of Charles Henry Breckinridge (1844-1867) in 2nd Lieutenant uniform painted on glass (some paint loss on face and torso) mounted in a case [2012.41.1]; miniature (watercolor on ivory) of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge, Sr. (1842-1920) in General’s uniform in a case [2012.41.2a-b]; miniature (watercolor on ivory) in case of Louise Ludlow Dudley Breckinridge [2012.41.3a-b]; large miniature (watercolor on ivory) of Mary Dudley Breckinridge Hines (1869-1939) by Margaret Foote Hawley, 1921 (signed and dated) [2012.41.4a-b]

Other Breckinridge Family papers are held by the Filson Historical Society within the Special Collections Department.

Historical Note 

Since Kentucky was established as a state in 1792, the Breckinridge family has gained notoriety not only in Kentucky but also in national politics.  To date, the family has included six members of the U.S. House of Representatives, two U.S. Senators, a cabinet member, two Ambassadors, and the Vice President of the United States under James Buchanan, John C. Breckinridge (1821-1875), who was also an unsuccessful candidate for President in 1860.  In addition to their political involvement, members of the Breckinridge family have held many important positions, serving as college presidents, theologians, ministers, and high-ranking soldiers.  The collection features portraits of Robert Jefferson Breckinridge (1800-1871), Charles Henry Breckinridge (1844-1867), and Charles’ older brother Joseph Cabell Breckenridge, Sr. (1842-1920) and family, which is the predominate part of the collection.

One of the early founders of the family, John Breckinridge (1760-1806) served as Attorney General of the United States under Thomas Jefferson.  His son, Robert Jefferson Breckinridge (1800-1871) was a politician and Presbyterian minister who opposed slavery, favored public education, and was a passionate supporter of the Union during the Civil War.  Robert Jefferson had several sons, including Joseph Cabell, Sr. (1842-1920) and Charley Henry (1844-1867).  Joseph Cabell, Sr. fought for the Union, subsequently making a career for himself in the Army, along with his brother Robert Jefferson Breckinridge, Jr. (1833-1915) who fought for the Confederacy and later became a prominent politician in Kentucky.

Robert Jefferson Breckinridge (1800-1871) was married three times, first to his cousin, Ann Sophonisba Preston (1803-1844) in 1823, and together, they had eleven children.  After Ann passed away in 1844, Robert went on to marry another cousin, a widow named Virginia Hart Shelby (1809-1859) in 1847, and they produced three children.  In 1868, Robert married his third wife, Margaret Faulkner White.

The collection focuses heavily on General Joseph Cabell Breckinridge, Sr. (1842-1920) and his family.  Joseph Cabell, Sr. is the son of Robert Jefferson Breckinridge (1800-1871) and Ann Sophonisba Preston (1803-1844).  Joseph Cabell, Sr. was educated at Centre College, Kentucky and at the University of Virginia; from there he went on to study law.  On the outbreak of the Civil War, Joseph Cabell, Sr. joined General William Nelson’s army of Kentuckians, soon becoming acting assistant adjutant-general.  At the same time his brother Robert Jefferson Jr. (1833-1915) and their cousin John Cabell (1821-1875) were serving in the Confederate Army.  Like many Kentucky families during this time, the Breckinridge family was divided.  In 1862, Joseph Cabell, Sr. received a commission in the U.S. Army for gallantry at Mill Springs, Kentucky and was assigned to battery B, 2nd artillery.  By July 1864 he was brevetted captain, and major by March 1865.  Joseph Cabell, Sr. married Louise Ludlow Dudley (1849-1911) in 1868; and together they had 13 children (listed oldest to youngest): Mary Dudley (1869-1939); Robert J. (1870-1871); Joseph Cabell, Jr. (1872-1898), [Joseph Cabell, Jr. fought in the Spanish-American War (1898) serving on the USS Cushing (TB-1) and was washed overboard and drowned in Cuban waters; in his honor the USS Breckinridge (DD-148) was named after him.]; Louise Dudley (1873-1874); Ethelbert Dudley (1875-1914); Mabel Warfield (February 1877-March 1877); Lucian Scott (1878-1941); Lucy Hays (1881-1959); Dr. Scott Dudley (1882-1941); Charles Henry Preston (1884-1885); Henry Skillman (1886-1960); Margaret Scott (1889-1970) and John Preston (unknown).

By January 1889 Joseph Cabell Breckinridge, Sr. was promoted to Brigadier General and Inspector General of the Army and was promoted to Major General of volunteers in the Spanish-American War.

Charles Henry Breckinridge (1844-1867), also featured in this collection, was the last child born to Robert Jefferson’s wife Ann Sophonisba before she passed away.  Charles Henry was a cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point from 1861-1865 and on 23 June 1865 he was commissioned first lieutenant of the 15th Infantry.  He served in Alabama after December 1865 and was commanding the company and post at Fort Morgan when he died of yellow fever August 27, 1867.

Sources cited:

Dorman, John Frederick.  The Prestons of Smithfield and Greenfield in Virginia. Louisville, KY: The Filson Club Publications, 1982.

Klotter, James C. The Breckinridges of Kentucky (1760-1981). Lexington, KY: The University Press of Kentucky, 1986.

Photograph List 

Item Number Title / Date Description Format
012PC25.1 Unidentified portrait of woman / undated Verso: “[unable to read]. L. W. Scott- New York /65-” [Possibly from 1865-1870s. Embossed window frames were popular during the Civil War.] Tintype

 
012PC25.2 Unidentified portrait of woman /undated Verso: “Skinskey (?) from Gib (?)” Estabrooke’s Ferrotypes 805 Broadway, N.Y. and 533 Fulton Avenue, Old No. 105 Brooklyn. [Possibly from 1865-1870s. Embossed window frames were popular during the Civil War.] Tintype also known as a Ferrotype.
012PC25.3 Unidentified portrait of woman / undated Verso: Eastabrooke’s Ferrotypes 805 Broadway, N.Y. and 533 Fulton Avenue, Old No. 105 Brooklyn. [Possibly from 1865-1870s. Embossed window frames were popular during the Civil War.] Tintype also known as a Ferrotype.
012PC25.4 Unidentified portrait of man / undated Verso: “Louise L. Dudley-Lexington, KY—”  [Possibly from the 1870s] CDV
012PC25.5 Colonel Ambrose Dudley / undated

 

 Dudley (1789-1875) a relative to Louise Dudley Breckinridge, who served in the War of 1812 as paymaster of Trotter’s Regiment, Kentucky Mounted Volunteers. Verso: Applegate, 10 and 12 Fifth Street Cincinnati, Ohio CDV
012PC25.6 Dudley family member / undated Possibly a Dudley Family member CDV
012PC25.7 John R. B. / undated Verso: C. Eppert Photographer, No. 87 Main Street, Between Third and Fourth, Terre Haute, Ind. Negatives preserved. Duplicates can be had at any time.  [Potentially from 1864-1869.] CDV

 
012PC25.8 Miss M. M. Brennan / undated Labeled on front. Verso: From Ball & Thomas Photographic Art Gallery 120 West Fourth St. Cincinnati. [Potentially from 1860-1862.] CDV
012PC25.9 Unidentified man / undated Portrait of unidentified man. Verso: Junk & Schultz. [Pre-1868] CDV
012PC25.10 Unidentified boy / undated Portrait of young boy dressed in uniform.  [Potentially from 1860-1862]

 

 CDV
012PC25.11 Winfield S. Jones / 1867 Verso: “Winfield S. Jones. June 22nd, 1867” W.M. Shew Nos. 417, 421, 423, & 425, Montgomery St. San Francisco. CDV
012PC25.12 Winfield S. Jones / 1867 Verso: “San Francisco, Cal, October 14, 1867” CDV
012PC25.13 Unidentified portrait of man / undated Verso: Bogardus Photographer 363 Broadway, New York [Possibly from 1862-1863] CDV
012PC25.14 Unidentified portrait of man / undated Verso: Published by E. & H. T. Anthony 501 Broadway, New York. Manufacturers of the best Photographic Albums. [Possibly from 1862-1863] CDV
012PC25.15 Unidentified portrait of man / undated Verso: Bogardus Photographer 363 Broadway, New York [Possibly from 1864-1869] CDV

 
012PC25.16 Unidentified portrait of man / undated Verso: Bogardus Photographer 363 Broadway, New York [Possibly from 1864-1869] CDV
012PC25.17 Unidentified portrait of woman / undated Verso: Bogardus Photographer 363 Broadway, New York [Possibly from 1864-1869] CDV
012PC25.18 Unidentified portrait of two small boys / undated Verso: Bogardus Photographer 363 Broadway, New York [Possibly from 1864-1869 due to lines on card] CDV
012PC25.19 Unidentified portrait of small boy / undated Verso: W. R. Phipps Photographic Art Gallery Lexington, KY [Possibly from 1862-1863 due to lines on card] CDV
012PC25.20 Sally C. Girrson (?) / undated Verso: “Joseph C. B.” From Elrod Bros. Lexington, KY. [Possibly from 1862-1863 due to lines on card] CDV

 

 

 
012PC25.21 Will McFarland / 1868 Verso: “August 1868-19 March 1868”

Jas. Mullen Photographer, No. 52 East Main Street, Lexington, KY. Magnolia Gallery

 CDV
012PC25.22 Unidentified small boy / undated Verso: Carpenter & Mullen Magnolia Gallery Lexington, KY [Possibly from 1864-1869] CDV
012PC25.23 Unidentified small child / undated Verso: Carpenter & Mullen Magnolia Gallery Lexington, KY [Possibly from 1864-1866 due to Tax Revenue Stamp] CDV
012PC25.24 Aunt Betsy / undated Written on front: “Aunt Betsy” Verso:

W.R. Phipps, Photographer, Lexington, KY pre-1870

 CDV
012PC25.25 Unidentified portrait of man / undated Verso: W. E. Johns E. Main Street Lexington, KY CDV
012PC25.26 Little Ouisy / 1874 Verso: “Little Ouisy 1874” unsure of spelling of name. Jas. Mullen Photographer Lexington, KY CDV
012PC25.27 Unidentified / 1865 Verso: “March 7, 1865” CDV
012PC25.28 Unidentified portrait of woman / undated Verso: W. R. Phipps Photographic Art Gallery Lexington, KY [Possibly from 1864-1869] CDV
012PC25.29 Unidentified portrait of man / undated Verso: W. R. Phipps Photographic Art Gallery Lexington, KY [Possibly from 1864-1866 due to Tax Revenue Stamp] CDV
012PC25.30 Louise Ludlow Dudley Breckinridge / undated L. L. D. Breckinridge (1849-1875), Verso: W. R. Phipps Photographer, Lexington, KY [Possibly 1870s] CDV
012PC25.31 Unidentified portrait of two women / undated Two women dressed up pose together, nothing on Verso. CDV
012PC25.32 Charles Henry Breckinridge / undated C. H. Breckinridge (1844-1867) Verso: W. R. Phipps Photographer, Lexington, KY CDV
012PC25.33 Charles Henry Breckinridge / 1865 C. H. Breckinridge  (1844-1867) Verso:  “August 25, 1865, Lexington, KY”

Carpenter & Mullen: Magnolia Gallery)

 CDV
012PC25.34 Charles Henry Breckinridge / 1864 C. H. Breckinridge (1844-1867) Verso: “July 14, 1864 at West Point” CDV
012PC25.35 Charles Henry Breckinridge/ 1865 C. H. Breckinridge (1844-1867) Verso:  “September 27, 1865” W. R. Phipps Photographic Art Gallery, Lexington, KY CDV
012PC25.36 African American woman, unidentified / undated Verso: Unable to read written note; probably taken during a trip to Sicily Print?
012PC25.37 Joseph Cabell Breckinridge, Jr. / 1892 J. C. Breckinridge, Jr. (1872-1898), portrait in uniform. Verso: “Wednesday, October 26, 1892” CDV?
012PC25.38 Joseph Cabell Breckinridge, Jr. portrait in uniform / 1888 J. C. Breckinridge, Jr. (1872-1898); Front: C. M. Bell Washington, D.C. Verso: “J. Cabell Breckinridge April 1888 L. D. B.” Cabinet Card
012PC25.39 Joseph Cabell Breckinridge, Jr. portrait in uniform / 1888 J. C. Breckinridge, Jr. (1872-1898); Front: C.M. Bell Washington, D.C. Verso: “J. Cabell Breckinridge April 1888 16 years old” Cabinet Card

 
012PC25.40 Louise Ludlow Dudley Breckinridge / 1872 L. L. D. Breckinridge (1849-1875) Verso: “Washington City D.C., July 1872 taken”, Jas. Mullen Photographer: Magnolia Gallery, Lexington, KY Cabinet Card
012PC25.41 Joseph Cabell Breckinridge, Sr. / undated Joseph Cabell Breckinridge, Sr.  (1842-1920) Front: F. Gutekunst Philadelphia; Verso: F. Gutekunst 712 Arch St. Philadelphia Cabinet Card
012PC25.42 Joseph Cabell Breckinridge, Sr. / undated Joseph Cabell Breckinridge, Sr.  (1842-1920) Front: C. M. Bell Washington, C.C. Cabinet Card
012PC25.43 Louise Ludlow Dudley Breckinridge / 1878 L. L. D. Breckinridge (1849-1875), Verso: “June 1878” CM Bell Artist, 459 & 461 Penn Avenue, Washington, D.C. Cabinet Card
012PC25.44 Mary Dudley Breckenridge / 1893 Mary Dudley Breckenridge (1869-1939); Verso: “Mary D. Breckinridge [M]ay 1893” Gilbert Studios

 

 Cabinet Card
012PC25.45 Robert Jefferson Breckinridge poses with young boy / undated Robert J. Breckinridge (1800-1871); young boy is probably his son. Verso: From Hoag & Quick’s Art Palace, No. 100 4th St., opp. Post Office, Cincinnati, O[hio]. CDV
012PC25.46 Robert Jefferson Breckinridge / undated Robert J. Breckinridge (1800-1871); Verso: Haines Photographer 478 Broadway, Albany, N.Y. CDV
012PC25.47 Robert Jefferson Breckinridge / 1888 Robert J. Breckinridge (1800-1871), image from a painting by Mathew Jouett depicting Robert in his younger years, 11-7-88 Cabinet Card
012PC25.48 Elizabeth Breckinridge Meredith / 1887 Meredith, daughter of Colonel Robert Breckinridge (1720-1773.) Verso: “copy of [Matthew] Jouett’s portrait sent me 2.4.87 by Cousin Jo. Peter” Cabinet Card
012PC25.49 Robert Jefferson Breckinridge / undated Robert J. Breckinridge (1800-1871), period copy of a family photo of Robert with his sons, 4 x 6 in.  Rockwood Jr. New York: studio 4 x 6” print
012PC25.50 Unidentified portrait of young man / undated Front: Robert De Greck Lausanne. Verso: Robert De Greck No. 438H Cabinet Card
012PC25.51 Joseph Cabell Breckinridge, III / 1900 “Joseph Cabell Breckinridge Age 4 months June 28, 1900,” Son of Ethelbert Dudley Breckinridge, J. C. Breckinridge III (1900-1971). Mounted, Holsteater 165 ½ Third St. Portland, Oreg[on] Cabinet Card
012PC25.52 Unidentified portrait of man and small child / undated Verso: Mullen Artist Photographer No. 5 West Main St. Lexington, KY Cabinet Card
012PC25.53 Unidentified portrait of man / undated Man in uniform. Verso: “Compliments of F.E. Bu*ts” Cabinet Card
012PC25.54 Mary Collis / 1893 Verso: “Mary Collis Va* Aged 2 yrs 9 months June 15th 1893 Lexington, KY” Mullen Lexington, KY Cabinet Card
 

012PC25.55

 Unidentified small child / undated Front: Bradley & Rulofson San Francisco; Verso: Bradley & Rulofson…San Francisco Cabinet Card
012PC25.56 Unidentified portrait of young man / undated Portrait of young man. Verso: Prince, Penn. Ave. Washington, DC; New York Studio Cabinet Card
012PC25.57 Unidentified woman/ undated Portrait of young woman Tintype
012PC25.58 Artifacts /undated Image possibly artifacts on a table Print?
012PC25.59 Unidentified group / 1904 Verso: “For Mother From John.  October 1904 Institution  P. Ros Select Lausanne” Print?
012PC25.60

012PC25.60a

 Two unidentified women / undated Portrait of two women dressed up Real photo postcard
012PC25.61 Unidentified woman / undated Portrait of unidentified woman Real photo postcard
012PC25.62 Unidentified portrait of two women and a man / 1915 Verso: Exposition Souvenir; Stamp post marked San Francisco, Cal. Nov. 13, 1915; Additional stamp reads “World..Panama-Paci.. Exposi…” [San Francisco staged the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition] Appears to be to J. C. Breckinridge in D.C. & From: ?, Ruth, Margaret Real photo postcard
012PC25.63 Unidentified portrait of woman / undated Woman posed in carriage with sea background.  Real photo postcard
012PC25.64 Margaretta M. Bar* / undated “Margaretta M. Bar*” (Strauss, 1245 & 1247 Franklin Avenue, St. Louis) Cabinet Card
012PC25.65 Unidentified young man / undated Front: Nora 707 Broadway, N.Y. Cabinet Card
012PC25.66

012PC25.66a

 Family Portrait of Mrs. Louise Ludlow Dudley Breckinridge / undated Mrs. Louise L. D. Breckinridge; Mrs. Joseph Cabell Breckinridge, Sr. and children: Mary Dudley, b. 1869 (left of Louise); Joseph Cabell, Jr., b.1872 (drowned 1898 Annapolis, standing in the back row); Ethelbert Dudley, b. 1875 (far left?); Lucian Scott b. 1878; Lucy Hayes b. 1881 (smallest girl?); Scott Dudley b. 1882; Henry Skillman b. 1886; Margaret Scott Skillman b. 1889; John Preston b. 1890.  Verso: High Art Photography: Gilbert Studios: 926 Chestnut St. Philadelphia Cor. F & Eleventh Sts. Washington Imperial Mount [Potentially from the 1890s]
012PC25.67 Louise Ludlow Dudley Breckinridge / undated Louise L. D. Breckinridge (1849-1911), Verso: appears to be Christmas card, can’t read note, but signed “God Bless him- Merry Xmas” Mullen, Lexington, KY

 

 Mounted photograph
012PC25.68 Unidentified portrait of woman / undated Front: W. E. Johns, Lexington, KY Mounted photograph
012PC25.69 Unidentified portrait of man /undated Portrait of man in dress attire Mounted photograph
012PC25.70 Lucy Hays Breckinridge/ 1902 Portrait of Lucy Hays Mounted photograph
012PC25.71 Cabby with dog / undated “Our cabby with the dog outside the gate of the Plainpalais cemetery Geneva. X.4.” Print
012PC25.72 Unidentified grave / undated Probably in the Plainpalais cemetery, SEE ALSO: 012PC25.71 Silver Gelatin?
012PC25.73 Unidentified woman / undated Unidentified woman standing in front of train with sign that reads, “Voiture Directe Pour Paris,” Print?
012PC25.74 Joseph Cabell Breckinridge, Sr. / undated Joseph C. Breckinridge, Sr. (1842-1920), on horse, Verso: “…Army camp,” circa late 19th-early 20th century. Silver Gelatin

 
012PC25.75 Joseph Cabell Breckinridge, Sr. / undated Joseph C. Breckinridge, Sr. (1842-1920) Silver Gelatin
012PC25.76 Joseph Cabell Breckinridge, Sr. / undated Joseph C. Breckinridge, Sr. (1842-1920), group image of Joseph with 3 unidentified men and a woman. Silver Gelatin
012PC25.77/

012PC25.129a/

012PC25.129b

 Joseph Cabell Breckinridge, Sr. / undated Joseph C. Breckinridge, Sr. (1842-1920), SEE ALSO : 012PC25.129a/

012PC25.129b—all 3 same image.

 Silver Gelatin
012PC25.78 Group image / undated Individuals identified: Joseph C. Breckinridge, Sr. (second row, left); Louise Ludlow Dudley Breckinridge (second row, right); and Mary Dudley Breckinridge (third row, left) Real photo postcard
012PC25.79 House and Perkins children / undated Verso: “West view of house and two younger Perkins children” Real photo postcard
012PC25.80 Perkins children / undated Verso: “Soldier Perkins son & Sister” Real photo postcard
012PC25.81 Pasture after flood / undated Verso: “Pasture after the flood in June” Real photo postcard
012PC25.82 Perkins Family / undated Verso: “Front view of the house & Perkins daughter” Real photo postcard
012PC25.83 Barn and houses / undated Hard to read Verso: “C*- Barn and houses?” Real photo postcard
012PC25.84 House / undated Hard to read Verso: “East view of house?” Real photo postcard
012PC25.85 Flock of Turkeys / undated Verso: “flock of turkey & Mrs. P[erkins]” Real photo postcard
012PC25.86 John Perkins / undated Verso: “John Perkins tenant” Real photo postcard
012PC25.87 Cows / undated Verso: “cow with the twin calves” Real photo postcard
012PC25.88 Cutting hedges / undated Hard to read Verso: “Cutting hedge fence at Frank Leoffens?, X M. Lauton Breckinridge from near [can’t read],” Real photo postcard
012PC25.89 Poultry yard / undated Verso: “poultry yard” Real photo postcard
012PC25.90 Farm / undated Hard to read Verso: “on ma? Farm at H. H. Dolcans?” Real photo postcard
012PC25.91 Aerial View of Dominican Republic / undated Verso: “Tell Hayes to study this one as it gives a good idea of my happy home- large building sporting flag- 6 houses under construction in front.  Large round cistern behind 2 tennis courts etc.” [Potentially in the Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo, near the Ozama River; 012PC25.91-012PC25.102; arrows and handwriting.] Real photo postcard
012PC25.92 Aerial View of Dominican Republic / undated Aerial view of what appears to be a track, post card

[Potentially in the Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo, near the Ozama River; 012PC25.91-012PC25.102 all appear to have similar arrows and handwriting.]

 Real photo postcard
012PC25.93 Aerial View of Dominican Republic / undated Aerial view of what appears to be a town square.

[Potentially in the Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo, near the Ozama River/012PC25.91-012PC25.102 all appear to have similar arrows and handwriting.]

 Real photo postcard
012PC25.94 Aerial view of Dominican Republic / undated Aerial view of what appears to be a town square/city.

[Potentially in the Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo, near the Ozama River/012PC25.91-012PC25.102 all appear to have similar arrows and handwriting.]

 Real photo postcard
012PC25.95 Aerial view of Ozama River, Dominican Republic / undated Aerial view of the Ozama River in the Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo.

[Potentially in the Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo, near the Ozama River/012PC25.91-012PC25.102 all appear to have similar arrows and handwriting.]

 Real photo postcard
012PC25.96 Aerial view of Ozama River, Dominican Republic / undated Aerial view of the Ozama River in the Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo.

[Potentially in the Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo, near the Ozama River/012PC25.91-012PC25.102 all appear to have similar arrows and handwriting.]

 Real photo postcard

 

 

 

 

 
012PC25.97 Aerial view of Ozama River, Dominican Republic / undated Aerial view of the Ozama River in the Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo.

[Potentially in the Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo, near the Ozama River/012PC25.91-012PC25.102 all appear to have similar arrows and handwriting.]

 

 

 Real photo postcard
012PC25.98 Mouth of the Ozama River / undated Verso: “Mouth of the Ozama River. Ship off the coast is “Memphis” aground since several years,” Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo [Potentially in the Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo; 012PC25.91-012PC25.102 all appear to have similar arrows and handwriting.] Real photo postcard
012PC 25.99 Aerial view of Ozama River / undated Aerial view of possibly the Ozama River in Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo [Potentially in the Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo /012PC25.91-012PC25.102 all appears to have similar arrows and handwriting.] Real photo postcard
012PC25.100 Aerial view of the Ozama River in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic / undated Verso: “See the little tents inside the fort overlooking the mouth of Ozama.  Ink blobs mark us.”  Fort may be Fortaleza Ozama. [Potentially in the Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo /012PC25.91-012PC25.102 all appears to have similar arrows and handwriting.] Real photo postcard
012PC25.101 Aerial view of Cathedral / undated Verso: Cathedral a Plaza Colon” Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic [Potentially in the Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo /012PC25.91-012PC25.102 all appears to have similar arrows and handwriting.] Real photo postcard
012PC25.102 Aerial view of river and city / undated Potentially in the Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo, near the Ozama River

[Potentially in the Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo /012PC25.91-012PC25.102 all appears to have similar arrows and handwriting.]

 Real photo postcard
012PC25.103 Old Power House / undated Old Power House, Built 1755, Marblehead, Massachusetts Real photo postcard
012PC25.104 Montfaucon: The Kronprinz’s observatory-1918 / undated Hard to read Verso: To: Mrs. N. R. Brigham? appears to be sent from Sainte-Menehould, a commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France. Real photo postcard
012PC25.105-012PC25.111 House / undated Possibly family home, all 7 images are the same.

 

 

 Real photo postcard
012PC25.112 Baseball game / 1911 Image of crowd watching a baseball game in field.  Women in dresses and parasols.  Hard to read note on Verso: mentions baseball and date is 1911 [SEE ALSO: 012PC25.113] Prints
012PC25.113 Group image / 1911 Image of men dressed up in what appears to be women’s clothes playing baseball in field, Verso: “Annual…baseball 1911 North Hatley, Canada”   [SEE ALSO: 012PC25.112] Print
012PC25.114 Group image / undated Group of men and women on porch of a house.  Verso note to faint to read. Print
012PC25.115-012PC25.116 Home / 1911 Duplicate image of home. Verso of .115, “Mr. ____ new addition and old outhouses & pigs near Luke Massawi?….(too faint to read) 1911”  Verso of .116 to faint to read, dated 1911 Print
012PC25.117 Unidentified portrait / undated Portrait of woman and two small boys, unidentified, undated Print
012PC25.118 Grove Hill / undated “Grove Hill: The old homestead of the Virginia Breckinridges” Belonging to General James Breckinridge Mounted print
012PC25.119 Family home / undated Possibly the Breckinridge family home Mounted print
012PC25.120 Interior shot of Joseph & Louise Breckinridge’s family home / undated Interior shot of home with piano in corner and walls adorned with portraits. Mounted print 6 ¼ x 8 ¼
012PC25.121 Portrait of baby (unidentified) / undated Portrait of small baby. Front: “Aunt Hayes from Bill” 4 x 6 print

 

 

 
012PC25.122 Relief of Breckinridge & wife Louise Ludlow Dudley & 1st 10 children / undated Relief of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge, Sr. & wife Louise Ludlow Dudley & 1st 10 children (4 of which died in infancy);  Same relief can be seen in interior photo of sitting room of Breckinridge Home (image 120), Mullen, Lexington, KY Albumen silver print
012PC25.123 Portrait of Louise Ludlow Dudley Breckinridge / undated Portrait of Louise L. D. Breckinridge (1849-1911) dressed in black dress and white hat with knitting needles.  High Art Photography: The Gilbert Photo Company, Studios: 926 Chestnut St. Philada; Cor. F & Eleventh St. Washington; Atlantic City, N.J. Mounted print
012PC25.124 Portrait of Mary Dudley Breckenridge & 2 other women / undated Mary Dudley Breckenridge (1869-1939) and two unidentified women. Mounted print
012PC25.125 Portrait of Mary Dudley Breckinridge and possibly John Fore Hines dressed in costume / undated Mary Dudley Breckinridge (1869-1939) Mounted print
012PC25.126 Interior shot of Breckinridge Family home / undated Interior shot of family living room with portraits on the mantel. Mounted print 4 ¾ x 6 ¾
012PC25.127a

012PC25.127b

 Interior shot of Joseph & Louise Breckinridge’s family home Interior shot of family home showing numerous portraits displayed on the mantel Mounted print 9 x 11

¾
012PC25.128 Robert Jefferson Breckinridge / undated Robert Jefferson Breckinridge (1800-1871), Lithograph 6 ½ x 9 ¼  mounted
012PC25.129a/

012PC25.129b/

012PC25.77

 Joseph Cabell Breckinridge, Sr. / undated Joseph Cabell Breckinridge, Sr. (1842-1920), All 3 images are the same

 

 Silver Gelatin
012PC25.130 Unidentified portrait of woman / undated Portrait of young woman dressed in sailor attire. Front: “Louis Held. Weimar Hof-Photograph” Verso: “Louise Held” Mounted print 2 3/8 x 5 3/8
012PC25.131 Portrait of unidentified woman / undated Woman in white blouse wearing a fur stole and fur hand warmer with decorative background. 1 ½ x 2 1/2

Looks like cute up CDV
012PC25.132 Unidentified portrait of man / undated Man wearing “N” sweater CDV?

 

 
012PC25.133 Unidentified man / undated Appears to be a cut CDV and mailed, Verso: “Miss Dudley, Lexington, KY” with stamp; H. A. Olwell 78 Dauphin Street, Mobile, Ala. CDV?
012PC25.134 Joseph Cabell Breckinridge, Sr. / undated Joseph Cabell Breckinridge, Sr. (1842-1920) Print
012PC25.135 Charles Henry Breckinridge / undated Charles Henry Breckinridge (1844-1867), of a young boy who appears to be Charles posed with family dog. Quarter Plate Ambrotype
012PC25.136 Unidentified Stern looking parents posed with children Half plate Ambrotype
012PC25.137 Charles Henry Breckinridge / undated Charles Henry Breckinridge (1844-1867); Charles in uniform 1.25 x 1.5 in. cased tintype
012PC25.138 Joseph Cabell Breckinridge, Sr. / undated Portrait of Joseph in uniform; Aime Dupont, 574 Fifth Ave. New York Mounted print

 

 

 

 

Bismarck, Mona Photograph Collection, 1860-1979

Held by The Filson Historical Society

Creator: Bismarck, Mona

Title: Photograph Collection, 1860-1979

Rights: For information regarding literary and copyright interest for these papers, contact the Curator of Special Collections.

Size of Collection:  .33 cubic feet

Location Number:  989PC9X

Scope and Content Note

The collection includes portrait photographs of Mona Bismarck, many by Sir Cecil Beaton, and photographs of her family, her husbands, and friends from her years in society. There are also photographs of the villa on Capri and her Paris apartment in the Hotel Lambert. Identified persons include Count Edward Bismarck, Harrison Williams, Umberto di Martini, Robert Sims Strader, Margaret Sims Strader, members of the Shockency family, Birdie Bell Shockency Hussey, John Hussey, Sir Cecil Beaton, Bernard Baruch, Marlene Dietrich, Lorraine Rowan Cooper (Mrs. John Sherman Cooper), Randolph Churchill, and Cristobal Balenciaga.

Biographical Note 

Countess Mona Bismarck, born Mona Travis Strader in Louisville, married in 1917 the first of five husbands. After a divorce from her second husband, she became part of the “cafe society” world in New York and her marriage to Wall Street financier Harrison Williams in 1926 gave her further entree into a glamorous lifestyle. After his death in 1953, she married Count Edward Bismarck, grandson of Germany’s Chancellor Bismarck. In her later years, she lived quietly in Paris and at her villa on the Isle of Capri.

 

Photograph List

COLLECTION #  PHOTOGRAPH DESCRIPTION  LOCATION 
989PC9X.01 Strader, Robert Sims (age 3 months) and Margaret Sims Strader Box 1
989PC9X.02 Strader, Robert Sims (age ca. 2 years old) and Margaret Sims Strader Box 1
989PC9X.03 Shockency, John Bird (ca. 3 years old) Box 1
989PC9X.04 Shockency, John Bird (ca. 13 years old) Box 1
989PC9X.05 Bird, Elizabeth Holmes Box 1
989PC9X.06 Shockency, Martha Ann Bird Box 1
989PC9X.07 Shockency, Martha Ann Bird Box 1
989PC9X.08 Shockency, Mary (Polly) Woodside Box 1
989PC9X.09 Shockency, John Wesley Box 1
989PC9X.10 Shockency, John Bird Box 1
989PC9X.11 Shockency, John Bird Box 1
989PC9X.12 Bismarck, Mona as a child Box 1
989PC9X.13 Strader, Margaret Sims, ambrotype Box 1
989PC9X.14 Shockency, Martha Ann Bird (Mrs. John Wesley Shockency), tintype Box 1
989PC9X.15 Bismarck, Mona ,close up highlighting her eyes Box 2
989PC9X.16 Bismarck, Mona and “Micky,” her dog Box 1
989PC9X.17 Bismarck, Mona seated in a chair, photo by Cecil Beaton Box 1
989PC9X.18 Bismarck, Mona, in profile Box 3
989PC9X.19 Bismarck, Mona, photo by Hoyningen-Huene, 1933 Box 2
989PC9X.20 Bismarck, Mona, wearing a hat Box 3
989PC9X.21 Bismarck, Mona, and her dog, “Micky,” photo by Cecil Beaton Box 3
989PC9X.22 Bismarck, Mona, looking out through ripped paper, photo by Cecil Beaton Box 3
989PC9X.23 Bismarck, Mona, wearing a cape, photo by Cecil Beaton Box 3
989PC9X.23B Bismarck, Mona, wearing a cape, photo by Cecil Beaton Box 3
989PC9X.24 Bismarck, Mona, with flower netting background, photo by Cecil Beaton Box 3
989PC9X.25 Bismarck, Mona, with flower netting background, photo by Cecil Beaton Box 3
989PC9X.26 Bismarck, Mona, with flower netting background, photo by Cecil Beaton Box 3
989PC9X.27 Bismarck, Mona, wearing a dark evening dress, photo by Cecil Beaton Box 3
989PC9X.28 Bismarck, Mona,  wearing business attire, photo by Cecil Beaton Box 3
989PC9X.29 Bismarck, Mona, portrait by  Salvador Dali, 1948 Box 2
989PC9X.30 Bismarck, Mona, in Mexico Box 1
989PC9X.31 Bismarck, Mona and Edward Bismarck Box 1
989PC9X.32 Bismarck, Mona and Umberto di Martini Box 1
989PC9X.33 Williams, Harrison Box 1
989PC9X.34 Williams, Harrison Box 1
989PC9X.35 Bismarck, Edward Box 1
989PC9X.36 di Martini, Umberto, photo by Cecil Beaton Box 1
989PC9X.37 di Martini, Umberto, photo by Cecil Beaton Box 1
989PC9X.38 di Martini, Umberto, photo by Cecil Beaton Box 1
989PC9X.39 di Martini, Umberto, photo by Cecil Beaton Box 1
989PC9X.40 Balenciaga, Cristobel, 1962 Box 1
989PC9X.41 Sutherland, Duchess of Box 1
989PC9X.42 Sutherland, Duke Box 1
989PC9X.43 unidentified man Box 3
989PC9X.44 Worgen, Col. Rivers Box 2
989PC9X.45 Worgen, Col. Rivers, 1932 Box 2
989PC9X.46 Baruch, Bernard, 1918 Box 2
989PC9X.47 Fasso, Carlo Box 2
989PC9X.48 Beaton, Cecil Box 2
989PC9X.49 Beaton, Cecil at the Metropolitan Opera Ball, photo by Cecil Beaton Box 3
989PC9X.50 Churchill, Randolph Box 3
989PC9X.51 Lowmon, Barry (?) Box 2
989PC9X.52 Hill, Derek, photo by Cecil Beaton Box 3
989PC9X.53 Dietrich, Marlene Box 2
989PC9X.54 unidentified man Box 2
989PC9X.55 Brecknock, Countess of Box 3
989PC9X.56 Brecknock, Countess of Box 3
989PC9X.57 Brecknock, Countess of Box 3
989PC9X.58 Doris, Lady Castlerosse Box 2
989PC9X.59 Doris, Lady Castlerosse Box 2
989PC9X.60 Doris, Lady Castlerosse Box 3
989PC9X.61 Doris, Lady Castlerosse Box 3
989PC9X.62 Cooper, Lorraine Rowan (Mrs. John Sherman Cooper), photo by Cecil Beaton

 

 

 Box 3
989PC9X.63 Williams, Harrison and Robert Kennedy, Hugh Traber, Pat Kennedy, Jean Kennedy, Eunice Kennedy and Rose Kennedy Box 1
989PC9X.64 Bismarck, Mona and Franklin Roosevelt, Jr. Box 1
989PC9X.65 Bismarck, Mona and the Duke of Windsor, Baron and Baronesse de Cabrole and others at the Lido in Paris, 1959 Box 1
989PC9X.66 Bismarck, Mona, Edward Bismarck and Arthur Rubenstein  and others Box 1
989PC9X.67 Spoleto, Duke of Box 1
989PC9X.68 Duke d’ Osta, 1935 Box 1
989PC9X.69 Duke d’Osta Box 1
989PC9X.70 Umberto, King of Italy Box 1
989PC9X.71 Bismarck, Mona, Umberto di Martini, the Duchess of Windsor and others at Maxim’s Box 2
989PC9X.72 Alexandra R and Peter R, 1948 Box 1
989PC9X.73 Portarlington, Lady, photo by Cecil Beaton Box 1
989PC9X.74 Warwick, Duke of,  as a child, 1945 Box 1
989PC9X.75 Churchill, Randolph Box 1
989PC9X.76 Churchill, Randolph, 1934 Box 1
989PC9X.77 “Boy”, a dog Box 1
989PC9X.78 Pope Pius XII, 1939 Box 1
989PC9X.79 Pope Pius XII, 1939 Box 1
989PC9X.80 Pope Pius XII, 1939 Box 1
989PC9X.81 Nanny and child (unidentified) Box 1
989PC9X.82 miscellaneous color snapshot Box 1
989PC9X.83 “Micky,” Mona Bismarck’s dog Box 1
989PC9X.84 portrait of three unidentified children Box 2
989PC9X.85 Forkland Farm Box 3
989PC9X.86 painting by Sert (?) Box 2
989PC9X.87 painting by Goya Box 2
989PC9X.88 drawing by J. Cooper of the Arcturus (a boat) with the sentiment “Many happy returns of the tide    Will Beebe”

 

 Box 3
989PC9X.89 drawing by Don Dickerman of the Arcturus (a boat) with the sentiment “Will Beebe   wishes you a Happy New Year” Box 3
989PC9X.90 drawing by Umberto di Martini of a marketplace stall which is selling honey Box 3
989PC9X.91-.98 “Casa del la Lune”, unidentified location Box 1
989PC9X.99-107 Capri Box 1
989PC9X.108-111 miscellaneous color snapshots Box 1
989PC9X.112-130 Hotel de Lambert, Mona Bismarck’s Paris apartment Box 2
989PC9X Shockency, John Wesley Box 1
989PC9X Bismarck, Mona, as a child, and her brother (?) Box 1
989PC9X Hussey, Birdie Bell Shockency and Winston (?) Box 1
989PC9X Hussey, John, ca. 1905 Box 1
989PC9X Bismarck, Mona, as a child, and her brother (?) Box 1
989PC9X Hussey, Birdie Bell Shockency and Winston Box 1
989PC9X Bismarck, Mona, as a child, and her brother (?) Box 1
989PC9X Hussey, Birdie Bell Shockency Box 1
989PC9X Terrace Park, Louisville Box 2
989PC9X Shockency, John Wesley Box 2
989PC9X Shockency, Martha Ann Bird Box 2
989PC9X Hussey, Birdie Bell Shockency Box 2
989PC9X unidentified woman Box 2

 

Beasley, Ronald Korean War Photograph Collection, 1950

Held by The Filson Historical Society

Creator:  Beasley, Ronald

Title:  Korean War Photograph Collection, 1950

Rights: For information regarding literary and copyright interest for these papers, contact the Curator of Special Collections.

Size of Collection:  64 photographs

Location Number:  013PC22

Scope and Content Note

Collection consists of 63 photographs taken by Sgt. Ronald L. Beasley of Company H, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Division in 1950 during the early months of the Korean War. Beasley was a heavy gunner. With the collection a list of the images and short descriptions was provided.

Biographical Note 

Ronald Louis Beasley was born to William J. Beasley and Johnnie E. Gamblin on July 1st, 1925, in Meridian, Mississippi. In 1943, Beasley signed up for the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, where he was in the Infantry Battalion at Camp Elliott, San Diego, California. He would later be listed as a Combat Naval Casualty in the 1946 State Summary of War Casualties for Mississippi.

After World War II, Sgt. Beasley enlisted to serve in the Korean War as a member of Company H, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Division. Sgt. Beasley was a heavy gunner during the early months of the Korean War. He joined the company in late August, 1950, beginning in Pusan and travelling from there to Inchon, Seoul, and through the Chosin Reservoir. Sgt. Beasley would later receive the Purple Heart, and move to Louisville, Kentucky sometime before 1974. After retiring from the Marine Corps, he became a letter carrier for the U.S. Postal Service.

Beasley died on January 8th, 2005 at Jewish Hospital in Louisville. After his passing, his wife, Cathreen Vandevelde of Paducah, moved to Virginia to live closer to family. Cathreen died on September 15th, 2012.

Photograph List 

013PC22.01-.03: Pusan, South Korea – Aug./Sep. 1950
013PC22.04: Sun Rise – Pusan, South Korea – Aug./Sep. 1950
013PC22.05-.07: Pusan (Harbor), South Korea – Aug./Sep. 1950
013PC22.08: Japanese Ship Sunk during WWII, Pusan, Soth Korea – Aug./Sep. 1950
013PC22.09: British War Ship, Korean Waters – 1950
013PC22.10: Sunset at Sea, Korean Waters – 1950
013PC22.11-.12: Marines landed at 1730 on 9/15/50 – Picture taken from Wolmi-do Island, Inchon Harbor, South Korea
013PC22.13: Area East of Inchon, South Korea – Sep. 1950
013PC22.14: On road to Seoul, U.S. Army base in background, South Korea – Sep. 1950
013PC22.15-.18: Passing through U.S. Army base, On road to Seoul, South Korea – Sep. 1950
013PC22.19: South Korean Post, On road to Seoul, South Korea – Sep. 1950
013PC22.20: Village west of Seoul, South Korea – Sep. 1950
013PC22.21-.22: Han River, South Korea – Sep. 1950
013PC22.23-.24: North Korean supply train, West of Seoul, South Korea – Sep. 1950
013PC22.25: Taking a break on road to Seoul, South Korea – Sep 1950
013PC22.26: North Korean POWs – Sep. 1950
013PC22.27-.28: Women’s University, Seoul, South Korea – Sep. 1950
013PC22.29-.30: Moving through Seoul, South Korea – Sep. 1950
013PC22.31: North Korean in Seoul – Sep. 1950
013PC22.32-.36: Seoul, South Korea – Sep. 1950
013PC22.37-.39: Capital Building in Seoul, South Korea – Sep. 1950
013PC22.40: Building behind Capital Building, Seoul, South Korea – Sep. 1950
013PC22.41: Sgt. Ronald L. Beasley, Seoul, South Korea – Sep. 1950
013PC22.42: Catholic Mass, Sgt. Duncan on right with carbine, Seoul, South Korea – Sep. 1950
013PC22.43-.44: Sgt. Richard J. Duncan, Deceased Dec. 1993, Ret. July 1968, 1stSgt. (NJ/Texas), Seoul South Korea – Sep. 1950
013PC22.45-.46: Lt. Post, Platoon leader, California, Seoul, South Korea – Sep. 1950
013PC22.47-.48: Sgt. Ronald L. Beasley (Miss./KY), Seoul, South Korea – Sep. 1950
013PC22.49: Area Below 38th Parallel but North of Seoul, South Korea, North Korean in foreground – Sep. 1950
013PC22.50: South Korean home between 38th Parallel and Seoul, South Korea – Sep. 1950
013PC22.51: American Cemetery, Seoul, South Korea – Sep. 1950
013PC22.52: Sgt. Richard J. Duncan, American Cemetery, Seoul, South Korea – Sep. 1950
013PC22.53: Grave of former member of H-3-5 (Sorry unable to remember name)
013PC22.54: North Korean village – Oct. 1950
013PC22.55-.56: Aboard flat cars restination remembered as Hungham or Hamhung, N.K., Wonson, North Korea – Oct. 1950
013PC22.57-.58: Believed to be schoolhouse on East Side of the Chosin Reservoir, later used by the 31st Inf. Regt. as its Operations Center – Nov. 1950
013PC22.59: The Old Homestead, East of the Chosin Reservoir – Oct./Nov. 1950
013PC22.60: Cpl. R. B. Williams (NY), East Side of the Chosin Reservoir – Oct./Nov. 1950
013PC22.61: Sgt. Ronald L. Beasely (Miss./KY), East Side of the Chosin Reservoir – Oct./Nov. 1950
013PC22.62-.63: Snow-covered mountains, East of Chosin Reservoir – Oct./Nov. 1950
013PC22.64: Flag raising over Wolmi Do Island, Inchon Korea landing, September 1950 by 3-5-1st Marine Division
013PC22.65-.66: List of images and descriptions

Arrasmith, Strudwick William (1898-1965) Photograph Collection, ca. 1930-1950

Held by The Filson Historical Society

Creator: Arrasmith, William Strudwick

Title:  Photograph Collection, ca. 1930-1950

Rights: For information regarding literary and copyright interest for these papers, contact the Curator of Special Collections.

Size of Collection:  .33 cubic feet

Location Number:  016PC13

Scope and Content Note

The William Strudwick Arrasmith Photograph Collection is housed in one photograph box collection containing 10 folders of photographic items varying in formats, including photographic prints, sketches, negatives, and real photograph postcards. The collection documents the life and work of William Strudwick “Arra” Arrasmith, an architect who is primarily known for designing Greyhound bus terminals throughout the eastern United States. Dates of photographs appear to range from around 1930 to 1950, but most of the material is undated. Some photographs are labeled with individuals’ names and location.

Related Collections:
William Strudwick Arrasmith papers [Mss. A A773]
Edward Willis Baldwin, Jr. papers [Mss. A B181]
Frank Wrenick papers [Mss. A W945]

Historical Note

William Strudwick “Arra” Arrasmith was born in Hillsboro, North Carolina in 1898 to Thomas and Mary Arrasmith. Arrasmith studied architecture at the University of Illinois and graduated in 1921. After graduation, Arrasmith briefly worked in New York City before moving to Louisville, Kentucky, where he worked with local architect E.T. Hutchings before moving to the renowned architect Brinton B. Davis’ firm. After leaving Davis’ firm, Arrasmith became business partners with Clarence Stinson, and later Hermann Wischmeyer. During the Great Depression, Arrasmith, a member of the Army Reserves, was called to active duty and given command of a Civilian Conservation Corps detachment. In 1936, Fred Hoyt Elswick joined the firm, making it Wischmeyer, Arrasmith, and Elswick. Around 1935, the firm submitted a design proposal for the Louisville terminal to the Southeastern Greyhound Company, for whom Arrasmith had previously done small projects. The firm successful completed the Louisville terminal and won subsequent commissions for terminals in Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Cincinnati, and Chicago. During World War II, Arrasmith was assigned command of construction of Camp Atterbury in Indiana, before serving overseas in Europe. Upon returning to the United States, Arrasmith renewed his work with Greyhound as an in-house architect and moved to Cleveland to be closer to their headquarters. Around 1950, Arrasmith returned to Louisville, but continued to work primarily on Greyhound projects. In 1953, Arrasmith formed Arrasmith & Tyler with Will Tyler. The firm continued to undertake some projects for Greyhound but the relationship diminished with changes in Greyhound’s longtime executive leadership. This partnership dissolved in the early 1960s. Arrasmith worked as a sole practitioner for a few years before forming Arrasmith & Judd with Arnold Judd in 1963. In 1965, Arrasmith died at the age of 67. Arrasmith was married to Elizabeth “Betty” Arrasmith (1901-1999), with whom he had one child, Anne Lewis (née Arrasmith).

Source: Wrenick, Frank E. The Streamline Era Greyhound Terminal The Architecture of W.S. Arrasmith, McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,
Jefferson, North Carolina and London, 2007.

Folder List 

Box 1: 
Folder 1: Family and personal photographs, undated (016PC13.1-.14).

Folder 2: Washington, D.C. Greyhound terminal grand opening photographs, 1940 (016PC13.15-18).

Folder 3: Proposed Cleveland Greyhound terminal and unidentified Greyhound terminal exterior renderings, undated (016PC13.19-20).

Folder 4: Annual Greyhound fishing outing in Canada photograph, undated (016PC13.21).Folder 5: Lytle Creek CCC Camp Co. 908 photographs and postcards, undated (016PC13.22-35).

Folder 6: Pontoon Bridge 1937 flood in Louisville photographs, 1937 (016PC13.36-37).

Folder 7: Military Service during World War II photographs, c. 1940 (016PC13.38-47).

Folder 8: Sketches of Italy, greeting cards and other drawings by Arrasmith, 1941-1943 (016PC13.48-56).

Folder 9: Washington, D.C. Greyhound terminal exterior and two men with perspective drawing of proposed administration building for the Chicago Tribune photographs and negative, undated (016PC13.57-61).

Folder 10: Evangelical Hospital, Library building for State Normal School (Bowling Green, Ky.), Farm Credit Administration of Louisville, a photograph print of Louisville’s Greyhound Station, and other building plans exterior renderings, undated (contains photographs 62-67).

 

Subject Headings 

Architecture – Kentucky – Louisville
Arrasmith, Elizabeth, 1901-1999
Arrasmith, William Strudwick, 1898-1965
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.)
Commercial buildings – Kentucky – Louisville
Floods – Kentucky – Louisville – 20th century
Greyhound Lines, Inc.
World War, 1939-1945

All-Prayer Foundlings Home, Lantern Slide Photograph Collection, 1904-1931

Held by The Filson Historical Society

Creator:  All-Prayer Foundlings Home

Title:  Lantern Slide Collection, 1904-1931

Rights: For information regarding literary and copyright interest for these papers, contact the Curator of Special Collections.

Size of Collection:  70 glass lantern slides and 1 illustration in wooden frame for viewing (.5 lin ft.).

Location Number:  012PC33

Scope and Content Note

This collection consists of seventy glass lantern slides of images of foundlings, adult caregivers, biblical scenes, illustrations advocating temperance, passages of scripture, and hymns; and one illustration in wooden frame for viewing. The collection also includes a box of unused slide plates as well as several box tops and bottoms.

Historical Note

The All-Prayer Foundlings Home was established in 1905 by Lutheran Pastor George Clinton Cromer (1869-1950) and his wife Grace Orlena Kelly (abt.1877-1963) to care for orphans under the age of three. They took the name from John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress, in which the pilgrim relied on prayer to protect him rather than carrying a weapon. Founded on the principle that they would trust God to meet all their needs and take on no debt, other than carefully considered loans for the houses, the Cromers refused to solicit donations and instead followed the pilgrim’s example and asked God to answer their prayers.

The Cromers initially established the nonsectarian institution in their house at 1622 Story Avenue in Louisville, Kentucky. In 1918, they moved the home just over a mile away to 2305 Sycamore Avenue with twelve mothers and twenty-nine children in its care. Mrs. Comer designed a second home they had built next door specifically to meet the needs of the orphans and mothers. According to the Golden Key, a pamphlet written by Mr. Cromer to mark the 25th anniversary of the founding of the home, the Cromers cared for 709 children during that time, with a mortality rate of 11%. The Cromers adopted and raised three of the children who came to their home: William and Louise, who were two weeks old when adopted, and Doris, a one-year-old.

Cromer preached in churches of all denominations in fifteen states about how to live a life of prayer. The Golden Key pamphlet describes him “packing up [his] lantern and curtain and slides” after just such a talk (p.18). In another passage Cromer writes, “we have beautiful stereopticon views which we show and nearly always have some of the children from the Home along to sing and recite on the program,” (p. 34).

In forty-five years of service, the home cared for over a thousand infants and five hundred mothers. In 1947 it became a home for unwed mothers; it closed in 1969. This collection was discovered in materials removed from 2305 Sycamore Avenue, the final location of the All-Prayer Foundlings Home, and donated to the Filson Historical Society.

Container List

012PC33.01: Studio portrait of a child standing in a winter coat.
012PC33.02: Group of orphan babies and children sit for picture.
012PC33.03: Text below image reads, “Sunday School pictures. 224. W. A. Wilde Company. Bethany. Reputed Tomb of Lazarus.”
012PC33.04: Slide reads, “1809-1865, From Log-Cabin to Capitol, A. Lincoln.”
012PC33.05: “Come Thou Fount Of Every Blessing” hymn lyrics. [Written by Robert Robinson (27 September 1735 – 9 June 1790). Lyrics ca. 1900s.]
012PC33.06: “Whosoever Will” hymn lyrics. [Written by Philip P. Bliss, published 1870.]
012PC33.07: “Where Is My Boy Tonight?” hymn lyrics. [Written by Robert Lowry, 1877.]
012PC33.08: “The Wondrous Cross” hymn lyrics. [Written by V.C. Taylor, ca. 1904-1931.]
012PC33.09-.10: “Jesus, Saviour, Pilot Me.” hymn lyrics. [Written by Rev. E. Hopper, D.D., composed by J.E. Gould, Lyrics ca. 1905-1909.]
012PC33.11: “Calling to thee” hymn lyrics. [ca. 1890-1925]
012PC33.12: “Throw Out the Lifeline” hymn lyrics. [Music by Edwin S. Ufford, 1888 and arranged by George C. Stebbins, 1890.]
012PC33.13: “Oh Worship the King” hymn lyrics. [Written by Robert Grant,1833]
012PC33.14: “Sweet Name of Jesus” hymn lyrics. [Composed by George Kingsley, 1811-1884]
012PC33.15: “Jesus Shall Reign” hymn lyrics. [Arranged by Frederick M. A. Venua]
012PC33.16: “Just as I am” hymn lyrics. [Written in 1835, text by Charlotte Elliott, Melody: “Woodworth” by William B. Bradbury and others, published by Christian Remembrancer, 1835]
012PC33.17: “I rest upon the ground” hymn lyrics. [Possibly written by Paul Gernhardt, ca. 1650-1653]
012PC33.18: Slide of the Crucifixion.
012PC33.19: Slide Title: “Mother Waiting” [Produced by Stereopticon and Film ExchangeCopyright 1904 by G. W. Bond Chicago]
012PC33.20: “Rock of Ages” hymn lyrics. “Toplady. 7s. 6 lines. T. H. Hastings” [“Rock of Ages” is a popular Christian hymn by the Reverend Augustus Montague Toplady written in 1763 and first published in The Gospel Magazine in 1775. Usually sung to the hymn tune “Toplady” by Thomas Hastings.]
012PC33.21: Slide Title: “Esther implores Ahasuerus” / Schopin. [Produced by T. H. McAllister, Manufacturing Optician, 49 Nassau Street, New York. Old Testament series, ca. 1887.]
012PC33.22: Original Slide No. 36: “Arch of Ecce Home. Holy Land.”
012PC33.23: Original Slide No. 55: “Donkeys Awaiting Tourists, Cairo and the Nile.”
012PC33.24: Original Slide No. 34: “Primitive Shepherd” [Produced by Moore, Bond &Co., 108 Franklin Street Chicago]
012PC33.25: Slide Title: “Evangelist shows the shining light.” Economic Series. [SERIES TITLE: “Pilgrim’s Progress I” part of the Economic Series produced by T. H. McAllister.]
012PC33.26: Slide reads, “Some ‘Let It Alone,’ Yet Suffer. A Product of “Personal Liberty.” [Produced by Maddox & Pearse 610 Avenue Louisville, Ky.]
012PC33.27: Slide Title: “Rescue of Lot.” [Produced by Stereopticon and Film Exchange. 108 Franklin St., Chicago, Ill.]
012PC33.28: Slide Title: “The Great Physician.” Text reads, “The children, too, both great and small, Who love the name of Jesus, May now accept the gracious call To work and live for Jesus.”
Set No. 787, Slide No. 5 + 6 [Original Slide No. 7] Produced by Herbert J. Riley, 68 Nassau St., New York. Trade Mark Riley Bro. [Original set has a total of 7 slides]
012PC33.29: Slide Title: “Solomon’s reception of Queen of Sheba.” Schopin. [SERIES TITLE: “Old Testament History” Produced by T. H. McAllister, Manufacturing Optician, 49 Nassau Street, New York.]
012PC33.30: Grace Orlena Kelly Cromer, wife of George Clinton Cromer, founders of the All-Prayer Foundlings Home.
012PC33.31: Man and woman in front yard playing with children and goats.
012PC33.32: All-Prayer Foundling’s Home envelope. Addressed to Mrs. L. M. Dillard 705 West Broadway City. [Produced by Furnas & Maddox 552 Fourth Avenue Louisville, Ky.]
012PC33.33: Original Slide No. 10, Slide Title: “Christian Climbing the Hill of Difficulty.” [ARTIST: Joseph Boggs Beale, SERIES TITLE: “Pilgrim’s Progress I” part of the Economic Series produced by T. H. McAllister.]
012PC33.34: Slide Title: “The Slough of Despond.” [SERIES TITLE: “Pilgrim’s Progress” part of the Economic Series produced by T. H. McAllister.]
012PC33.35: Slide Title: “The Three Shining Ones.” [ARTIST: Joseph Boggs Beale, SERIES TITLE: “Pilgrim’s Progress I” part of the Economic Series produced by T. H. McAllister.]
012PC33.36: Original Slide No. 8, Slide Title: “Passion and Patience.” [ARTIST: Joseph Boggs Beale, SERIES TITLE: “Pilgrim’s Progress I” part of the Economic Series produced by T. H. McAllister.]
012PC33.37: Original Slide No. 7, Slide Title: “Pilgrim knocking at the gate.” [SERIES TITLE: “Pilgrim’s Progress I” part of the Economic Series produced by T. H. McAllister.]
012PC33.38: Original Slide No. 2, Slide Title: “Pilgrim Parting from his Family.” [ARTIST: Joseph Boggs Beale, SERIES TITLE: “Pilgrim’s Progress I” part of the Economic Series produced by T. H. McAllister.]
012PC33.39: Original Slide No. 8, Slide Title: “At Bethel.” [Produced by Moore, Bond & Co., 108 Franklin St., Chicago.]
012PC33.40: Group of seven toddlers eating at table outside, possibly All-Prayer Foundling orphans.
012PC33.41: Two images of prints on slide “Courier of the desert” which depicts a man on a camel [The Christian at Work Publishing Company, 23 Park Row, New York] and “Brining out the music” which is an image of a boy with a flute.
012PC33.42: Unidentified storefront, undated.
012PC33.43: A barrel with “Harned Ky.” witten on the front and a sign leaned next to it reading, “Texas Ky. Learn Club”
012PC33.44: Mrs. Grace Orlena Kelly Cromer, wife of George Clinton Cromer; sits on porch steps, possibly at their home on 2305 Sycamore Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky.
012PC33.45: Original Slide No. 8, Slide Title: “Where is My Wandering Boy To Night?” [Produced by Stereopticon and Film Exchange. Copyright 1902 by G. W. Bond Chicago.]
012PC33.46: Original Slide No. 9, Slide Title: “Home Sweet Home.” [Produced by Stereopticon and Film Exchange. Copyright 1903 by G. W. Bond Chicago.]
012PC33.47: Original Slide No. 15, Slide Title: “Home Sweet Home.” [Produced by Stereopticon and Film Exchange. Copyright 1903 by G. W. Bond Chicago.]
012PC33.48: Original Slide No. 17, Slide Title: “Where is My Wandering Boy To Night?” [Produced by Stereopticon and Film Exchange. Copyright 1902 by G. W. Bond Chicago.]
012PC33.49: No original slide number, Slide Title: “Tell Mother.” [Produced by Stereopticon and Film Exchange. Copyright 1902 by G. W. Bond Chicago.]
012PC33.50: Slide of an 1891 One Hundred Dollar Silver Certificate.
012PC33.51: Illustration of a boy holding tin canisters.
012PC33.52: Toddler standing on chair, possibly an All-Prayer Foundlings orphan.
012PC33.53: Unidentified building. [Produced by Caufield & Shook. INC. Louisville, KY.] *Please contact the University of Louisville Archives and Special Collections to obtain rights and reproductions for this image.*
012PC33.54: Studio portrait of a boy in knicker suit, possibly an All-Prayer Foundlings orphan.
012PC33.55: George Clinton Cromer (1869-1950), front center, poses with group outside, ca. 1905-1915.
012PC33.56: 2305 Sycamore Avenue, second house addition. In 1918 the Cromer’s moved to 2305 Sycamore Ave. Mrs. Cromer designed this second house, and had it built next door to the first house specifically to meet the needs of the orphans and mothers of the All-Prayer Foundlings Home.
012PC33.57: 1622 Story Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky; where the All-Prayer Foundlings Home began in 1905 by George Clinton Cromer and Grace Orlena Kelly Cromer. [Produced by Caufield & Shook, INC. Louisville, KY.] *Please contact the University of Louisville Archives and Special Collections to obtain rights and reproductions for this image.*
012PC33.58: Portrait photograph of girl and boy, possibly All-Prayer Foundlings orphans.
012PC33.59: Family stands on porch outside home.
012PC33.60: Child stands outside behind cake decorated with bunnies and eggs, possibly an All-Prayer Foundling’s orphan.
012PC33.61: Studio portrait of a man posing in chair.
012PC33.62: Man sitting in chair outside.
012PC33.63: Child sitting in chair outside on patio, possibly an All-Prayer Foundlings orphan.
012PC33.64: Young boy poses outside on patio, possibly an All-Prayer Foundlings orphan.
012PC33.65: Child sitting in chair outside on patio, possibly an All-Prayer Foundlings orphan.
012PC33.66: Young girl in dress, possibly an All-Prayer Foundlings orphan, poses in curtsy position on patio, a woman stands next to her.
012PC33.67: Double exposed image. First image: Studio portrait of two women in dark dresses. Second image: Group image of the All-Prayer Foundlings children posed outside with older children and/or staff in the back row.
012PC33.68: Studio portrait of man in three-piece suit. Photograph by C. F. Havercamp, 538 Market St. Chester, PA.
012PC33.69: Woman and child pose for photograph, undated.
012PC33.70: Studio portrait of a young boy kneeling with hand resting on his face, possibly an All-Prayer Foundlings orphan.
012PC33.71: Single lever action slide of a patient sitting in a chair with leg on a wooden bench, doctor sitting on bench holding knife about to amputate patient’s leg, and a woman is hurrying behind the doctor with bowl in hand.

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