Kentucky Historic photos, documents, and people

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Burley tobacco is placed on sticks to wilt after cutting, before it is taken into the brn for drying and curing, on the Russell Spears' farm, vicinity of Lexington, Ky.

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"Driving boy" driving sheep into the sheep pens at Carlisle. Location: Nicholas County--Carlisle vicinity, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

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Margurett Powell Rider (violin) and Harriett Powell Myers (banjo) play for family members outside the George W. Powell home in Chestnut Flats. Photo taken around 1900.

Editor

about 8 years

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Hugh Oliphant, 12 years old driving a "double-shovel." Location: Warren County--Bowling Green, Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

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A Greyhound bus trip from Louisville, Kentucky, to Memphis, Tennessee, and the terminals. One of the many abandoned gas stations seen along the road. Near Louisville

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L-R: Martha, Frances, Alice (Kitty), Georgia, and Mary Lois Moffett in front of their house at 568 South Main Street in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, likely spring 1939

Dan Birdwhistell

almost 9 years

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Harry Dewitt driving a roller on his father's farm. See report. Location: West Point vicinity, Kentucky. / L.W. Hine.

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Harry Dewitt driving a roller on his father's farm. See report. Location: West Point vicinity, Kentucky / L.W. Hine.

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William, Anna Belle and Garland Carter. See card and report. Location: Elizabethtown vicinity, Kentucky / L.W. Hine.