Photograph collection, 1880-1942.

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Photograph collection, 1880-1942.

Collection includes photographs taken in Ky. in Anderson, Barren, Boone, Bourbon, Boyle, Breckinridge, Caldwell, Carroll, Daviess, Edmonson, Fayette, Franklin, Green, Hancock, Hardin, Hart, Henry, Hopkins, Jefferson, Larue, Leslie, Lincoln, Madison, Mason, Mercer, Metcalfe, Monroe, Nicholas, Nelson, Oldham, Scott, Shelby, Trimble, and Whitley counties. He photographed scenes and people in Alaska, Ariz., Calif., Colo., Conn., Del., Washington (D.C.), Fla., Ga., Hawaii, Ill., Ind., La., Mass., Mich., Minn., Miss., N.H., N.J., N.M., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Or., Pa., R.I., S.C., Tenn., Utah, Vt., Va., Wash., W. Va., Wis., and Wyo. Foreign countries in which Thruston traveled and photographed include the Azores, Austria, Bahamas, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Cuba, Denmark, Egypt, England, France, Germany, Holland, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Panama, the Philippines, and Scotland. The collection includes negatives and contact prints for many of the negatives.

20,000 items.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7605428

The Filson Historical Society

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Thruston, R. C. Ballard

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Louisville geological engineer, researcher, historian, collector, and president and benefactor of The Filson Club. From the description of Correspondence, 1940-1942. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49324775 From the description of R.C. Ballard Thruston : papers, 1885-1945. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49324781 From the description of Report, [18--?]. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49324782 ...