Photo Courtesy of Kentucky Historical Society Boy Scout camp on a farm in Mason County, ca. 1970s.

Photo Courtesy of Kentucky Historical Society

Boy Scout camp on a farm in Mason County, ca. 1970s.


Youth with puppies at dog house, Mason County, ca. 1900.


Horse race at the Great West Kentucky Fair, Henderson County, 1916


Graham family at wedding, Flemingsburg, 1980. Young man in first row is holding ceremonial broom, a tradition from Africa.


Children on their way to a Christmas party at Cabbage Patch Settlement House, Louisville, ca. 1950s.


Fannie Wright, standing next to two chairs in the yard, Louisville, ca. 1890s.


Children at Story Hour at the Western Branch of the Louisville Free Public Library, ca. 1950s.


Girl Scout troop #231 outside home, Paducah, 1974.


Two men and horse-driven stone cart, Covington, undated.


Group of girls wearing bonnets, sitting on stone fence, ca. 1900.


Children standing on stone fence, possibly Mason County, ca. 1900.


Elizabeth Thornton Kizito, known as the "Cookie Lady," taken on Bardstown Rd., Louisville, ca. 1980s.


Willie Mae Boyd, right, and Ella Allen, left, granddaughters of Dave Spencer, Louisville, ca. 1960s.


Formal portrait of a young Kentucky man, ca. 1880s.


Robert Llard and wife Rollie May on "Delta Queen," Cincinnati. Llard was a preacher and roustabout, and worked on ships all his life, 1966.


Librarian Thomas F. Blue (center), Elizabeth Finney (left) and Rachael Harrison, (right) of the Western Branch Library in Louisville, ca. 1908.


Mary Ellen Foley and her nephews James O. Foley (in lap) and Henry Grant Foley, Mays Lick, 1944.


Scout troop in parade, possibly on Veteran’s Day, Mason County, ca. 1970s.


Youths at city swimming pool, Maysville, ca 1970s.


Workman seated in front of interior stairway, Mason County, ca. 1900.


Two children and buggy, Bath County, ca. 1890s.


W. C. Handy, “Father of the Blues,” playing grand piano, undated. In 1906, while performing at a barbecue in Henderson, Kentucky, Mr. Handy met his first wife, Elizabeth Price, and lived there prior to joining a minstrel group.


W.C. and Irma Lou Handy, Henderson, 1954. Irma Lou was W.C.’s second wife, whom he married in 1954; his first wife, Elizabeth, died in 1937.


Mayo-Underwood School graduating class of 1947. Mayo-Underwood school was open from 1929 to 1964 on Mero Street.


Clark Center, James “Mitch” Mitchell, and Carl McDowell (l. to r.) at Mr. Center’s retirement dinner from the Paducah Union-Carbide Plant, Paducah, 1967.


Samuel Jackson with gun and hunting dog, Henderson County, ca. 1916.


The City Federation of Frankfort, Ky., ca. 1947. This group was formed as a social and civic club.


Pete Marshall at work, building a home for Brutus Jameson on East Main Street, ca. 1950s.


World War I soldier, believed to be a Morton, undated.


Alice Sanders, Evelyn Williams, Henry Sanders, Sallie Fields, Robert Sanders, and Dorothy Sanders from Frankfort relax in the infield at the Kentucky Derby in the mid-1950s.


Billy Davis, winner of the Soap Box Derby, and Queen Lylia McGowan are congratulated by Steve Brooks, city recreation director. at the Franklin County playground closing festivities, 1972.


Undated photograph taken at a theatrical production at Kentucky State College, Frankfort.


Virginia Brooks and Marjorie Doneghy playing dress-up in a yard on Third Street, Frankfort, 1957.


Children, dressed for church, in front of McCullin Hall, Kentucky State University, undated.


Historians Dr. Thomas Clark and Dr. Henry Cheaney chat during a ceremony at the capitol rotunda, ca. 1980s.


Winnie A. Scott, at right, in front of the Winnie A. Scott Hospital. The hospital was founded by Ms. Scott, a Frankfort teacher, in 1915.


Mr. Robert Basey, standing in front of the Old State Capitol, Frankfort,

ca. 1940s.


Man with dog at farmhouse, possibly on the farm of Kentucky State College, undated.


Mary Elizabeth Simmons pretends to milk a cow at Kentucky State's farm,

ca. 1940.


Kentucky State University Homecoming parade, undated.


Reading of proclamation at the renaming of Martin Luther King Drive ceremony, Frankfort, 1986.


Changing street sign at the renaming of Martin Luther King Drive ceremony, Frankfort, 1986.


Rev. and Mrs. Crayton at their wedding, Ebenezer Temple, Maysville, 1986.


Dora Williams watches while her husband plays the guitar and girl dances, Maysville, 1909.


Wilma Ryan, Stanton “Pig Iron” Thomas and Virginia Carr (l. to r.) prepare to board the John G. Fee Consolidated High School bus, Maysville, 1940.


Three children standing with bicycle at tree, possibly Mason County, ca. 1900.


Barney Parker as a young man, wearing a cap and holding a baton, Smiths Grove, ca. 1920s.


Susan Ijames Bonnell (front), with Ed and Sam Jackson on the frozen Ohio River, Henderson County, ca. 1930.


Marie Yates sitting on a baggage cart at the Maysville train station, Maysville, ca. 1930.

Photo Courtesy of Kentucky Historical Society Boy Scout camp on a farm in Mason County, ca. 1970s.

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