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Box Small Coll. 11

 Container

Contains 64 Results:

Hazard, Kentucky Flood, 12 Mar 1963

 Item — Box: Small Coll. 11, Folder: 1, item: 8
Identifier: 8
Scope and Contents

The Kentucky River rose to 17 feet above flood stage in downtown Hazard rolling over the bridge to the business district.

Dates: 12 Mar 1963

Lady Bird Johnson, 28 May 1964

 Item — Box: Small Coll. 11, Folder: 1, item: 9
Identifier: 9
Scope and Contents

Four secret Service men stand by as Mrs. Johnson crosses a rough bridge over a ditch at Lick Branch school near Jackson, Kentucky.

Dates: 28 May 1964

Harvesting Sorghum, 9 Oct 1955

 Item — Box: Small Coll. 11, Folder: 1, item: 10
Identifier: 10
Scope and Contents

Two women harvesting sugar cane to make into molasses.

Dates: 9 Oct 1955

Coal Tipple, 25 May 1959

 Item — Box: Small Coll. 11, Folder: 1, item: 11
Identifier: 11
Scope and Contents

Coal mine near Isom, Kentucky operated by Lonzo Collins.

Dates: 25 May 1959

Strip Mine, 25 Jul 1972

 Item — Box: Small Coll. 11, Folder: 1, item: 12
Identifier: 12
Scope and Contents

Man walking through a stip mine.

Dates: 25 Jul 1972

Paradise, Kentucky Steam Plant, 25 Jul 1972

 Item — Box: Small Coll. 11, Folder: 1, item: 13
Identifier: 13
Scope and Contents

Aerial view of the Paradise, Kentucky steam plant.

Dates: 25 Jul 1972

Army Maneuvers, 25 May 1966

 Item — Box: Small Coll. 11, Folder: 1, item: 14
Identifier: 14
Scope and Contents

Betty Goodowens plays the role of a Vietnamese villager during a five day field exercise by the 101st Airborne Division, designed to familiarize soldiers with problems they will face while serving in Viet Nam.

Dates: 25 May 1966

Preparing for Nerve Gas Shipments, 8 Aug 1970

 Item — Box: Small Coll. 11, Folder: 1, item: 15
Identifier: 15
Scope and Contents

A hospital car that will procede a shipment of nerve gas rockets from the Blue Grass Depot at Richmond for burial at sea.

Dates: 8 Aug 1970

Concrete Encased Chemical Weapons Warheads, 8 Aug 1970

 Item — Box: Small Coll. 11, Folder: 1, item: 16
Identifier: 16
Scope and Contents

Shown are some of the concrete encased M55, 115 mm rockets armed with deadly GB chemical warheads that will be shipped by rail early next week to Sunny Point, NC.

Dates: 8 Aug 1970

Munitions Train Leaves Depot, 10 Aug 1970

 Item — Box: Small Coll. 11, Folder: 1, item: 17
Identifier: 17
Scope and Contents

A munitions train carrying 3,372 nerve gas rockets leaves the Lexington-Blue Grass Army Depot in Richmond, KY, en route to Sunny Point, NC. The concrete encased gas rockets are to be loaded on a ship there, taken 253 miles out into the Atlantic Ocean, and dumped in 16,000 feet of water. The 11 open-top freight cars were accompanied by medical and security personnel.

Dates: 10 Aug 1970