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Lexington Kentucky post office circa 1901

Lexington Kentucky post office circa 1901

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James Allen House driveway

Looking down the driveway of the James Allen House from Lane Allen Road in Lexington, Kentucky, United States. The house, invisible from the street on all sides, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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Kentucky - Lexington - NARA - 23940299

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Kentucky - Lexington - NARA - 23940301

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Kentucky - Lexington - NARA - 23940303

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Lewis C. Robards house

House of rape run by Lewis C. Robards, from Lincoln and the Bluegrass : slavery and civil war in Kentucky by William H. Townsend.

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Lafayette Hotel in Lexington

Front of the former Lafayette Hotel, located at 200-206 E. Main Street (U.S. Routes 25/60/421) in downtown Lexington, Kentucky, United States. Built in 1920 and now part of the Lexington-Fayette County Government Building Block, it is listed with the rest of the government complex on the National Register of Historic Places.

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LexingtonDowntown

Downtown Lexington, Kentucky. The Lexington Financial Center (blue building) is the city's tallest.

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Town Branch Park

Gatton Park on Town Branch in Lexington, Kentucky on its opening day, Aug. 23, 2025.

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Burley tobacco is placed on sticks to wilt after cutting, before it is taken into the barn for drying and curing on the Russell Spears' farm, vicinity of Lexington, Ky. LCCN2017877535

Title: Burley tobacco is placed on sticks to wilt after cutting, before it is taken into the barn for drying and curing on the Russell Spears' farm, vicinity of Lexington, Ky. Abstract/medium: 1 slide : color.

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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. LCCN2017877537

Title: 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. Abstract/medium: 1 slide : color.

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Burley tobacco is placed on sticks to wilt after cutting,before it is taken into the barn for drying and curing, on the Russell Spears' farm, vicinity of Lexington, Ky. LCCN2017877538

Title: Burley tobacco is placed on sticks to wilt after cutting,before it is taken into the barn for drying and curing, on the Russell Spears' farm, vicinity of Lexington, Ky. Abstract/medium: 1 slide : color.

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Burley tobacco is placed on sticks to wilt after cutting1a34371v

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

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Burley tobacco is placed on sticks to wilt after cutting 1a34373v

Title: 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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Burley tobacco is placed on sticks to wilt after cutting 1a34374v

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

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Cut burley

Wolcott, Marion Post,, 1910-, photographer. Burley tobacco is placed on sticks to wilt after cutting,before it is taken into the barn for drying and curing, on the Russell Spears' farm, vicinity of Lexington, Ky. 1940 Sept. 1 slide : color. Notes: Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. Subjects: Tobacco plantations United States--Kentucky--Lexington Format: Slides--Color Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. Repository: Libra

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Cutting Burley tobacco and putting it on sticks to wilt 1a34370v

Title: Cutting Burley tobacco and putting it on sticks to wilt before taking it into the curing and drying barn on the Russell Spears' farm, vicinity of Lexington, Ky.

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Cutting Burley tobacco and putting it on sticks to wilt before taking it into the curing and drying barn on the Russell Spears' farm, vicinity of Lexington, Ky. LCCN2017877534

Title: Cutting Burley tobacco and putting it on sticks to wilt before taking it into the curing and drying barn on the Russell Spears' farm, vicinity of Lexington, Ky. Abstract/medium: 1 slide : color.

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Cutting burley

Wolcott, Marion Post,, 1910-, photographer. Cutting Burley tobacco and putting it on sticks to wilt before taking it into the curing and drying barn on the Russell Spears' farm, vicinity of Lexington, Ky. 1940 Sept. 1 slide : color. Notes: Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. Subjects: African Americans--Employment. Tobacco plantations. Harvesting. United States--Kentucky--Lexington Format: Slides--Color Rights Info: No known restriction

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Fencing livestock out of the streambed, Lexington, KY (14595300711)

Fencing livestock out of the streambed, Lexington, KY. USEPA photo by Eric Vance.

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Field of Burley tobacco on farm of Russell Spears, drying and curing barn in the background, vicinity of Lexington, Ky. LCCN2017877532

Title: Field of Burley tobacco on farm of Russell Spears, drying and curing barn in the background, vicinity of Lexington, Ky. Abstract/medium: 1 slide : color.

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Field of Burley tobacco on farm of Russell Spears1a34368v

Title: Field of Burley tobacco on farm of Russell Spears, drying and curing barn in the background, vicinity of Lexington, Ky.

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Field of burley

Field of Burley tobacco on farm of Russell Spears, drying and curing barn in the background, vicinity of Lexington, Kentucky, United States.

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Harvesting burley

Wolcott, Marion Post,, 1910-, photographer. Taking Burley tobacco in from the fields, after it has been cut, to dry and cure in the barn, Russell Spears' farm, vicinity of Lexington, Ky. 1940 Sept. 1 slide : color. Notes: Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. Subjects: Tobacco plantations Carts & wagons United States--Kentucky--Lexington Format: Slides--Color Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. Repository: Library of C

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