Kentucky Historic photos, documents, and people

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Alice Hedger Moore and her sister Ruth Florence Hedger Maurer posing on the family homestead, likely around 1923

Dan Birdwhistell

over 9 years

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Hauling tobacco. Location: Hebbardsville vicinity, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

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Buckeye School. Location: Clark County, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

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Rounding up the staked tobacco to head to the barn. Photo taken August, 1940 on a farm outside Lexington, Ky.

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over 8 years

Postcard

Science Hill Female School - Oldest Female School in the South. Established 1825 in Shelbyville, Kentucky

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over 8 years

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Members of the First Christian Church around 1920. JWB Birdwhistell pictured. Return to tag others later.

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over 8 years

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Sallie Moore Short and her nieces Kitty, Mary Lois, and Martha playing in the leaves on the Moore Homeplace

Dan Birdwhistell

over 9 years

Letter

Abraham Lincoln to Robert Anderson, Monday, September 16, 1861 (Anderson should take command in Kentucky)

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over 8 years

Letter

Robert Anderson to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, September 16, 1861 (Telegram regarding situation in Kentucky)

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over 8 years