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The Kentucky Images collection contains postcards, photographs and slides of people, architecture, and locations in Kentucky and Appalachia.
Lena Hart Tobey CollectionThe Lena Hart Tobey Collection contains photos of people in Lexington in the 1880s. |
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Ashland McDowell Photograph CollectionThe photo collection contains images from an unknown event circa 1894. |
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Elmer L. Foote Lantern Slide CollectionThe Elmer L. Foote Collection is a group of 190 lantern slides. They were created by Elmer L. Foote, a Cincinnati photographer and library staff member whose pictures appeared in the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. |
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Fayette County PostcardsThe Fayette County Postcard collection contains 55 images of sites in central Kentucky. |
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Knowles Postcard CollectionImages of notable Kentucky locations, such as Ashland, Keeneland, and Mammoth Cave |