Under the Big Top: Jim Slaughter Captures the Circus in the 1960s and ’70s
This post was originally published on this siteHoxie Brothers Circus played Somerset, Kentucky often in the 1960s and ’70. Despite the name implication, there were […]
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The Amazing Story of Chinn’s Cave House at Brooklyn Bridge, Kentucky
This post was originally published on this siteChinn’s Cave House was literally built out of the side of a cliff in rural Kentucky just west […]
At the Time of the Louisville Flood, 1937
This post was originally published on this siteA good photojournalist might count himself lucky if he gets only one of his images published in a […]
20 Historic Photographs Captured the Aftermath of the Great Ohio River Flood of 1937
This post was originally published on this site In 1937, the worst Ohio River flood in history covered 60 percent of the City of Louisville […]
John G. Zimmerman: American in Black and White
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1952, renowned American photographer John G. Zimmerman moved to Atlanta. During his time there he shot a […]
Horse Found in a Tree After Storm in Louisville, Kentucky in 1937
This post was originally published on this siteWhen you hear about Louisville’s Great Flood, people are talking about the devastating flood of 1937. It rained […]
Rainey Bethea, the Last Person to Be Publicly Executed in the United States on August 14, 1936
This post was originally published on this siteLess than a century ago, 20,000 people traveled to Kentucky to see a white woman hang a black […]
32 Sweet Photos That Capture Christmas at St. Joseph Orphanage, Louisville in the 1960s
This post was originally published on this siteThese sweet photos from stjoekid that capture children on Christmas days at St. Joseph Orphanage, Louisville, Kentucky in the 1960s.