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The Kentucky Images collection contains postcards, photographs and slides of people, architecture, and locations in Kentucky and Appalachia.
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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 |