The library has a collection of original photographs that cover over 100 years of local history. The photos were donated by individuals. The photographs have been cataloged and you can search our online catalog by keyword or browse the list of subject folders below. Each folder represented may include multiple photographs. If you have historical photos that you would like to donate to the library, please call, stop by, or email the library.
If you would like to see the photos, copies are filed in the Genealogy Department at the library. Copies of the photos are not available online at this time.
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A
Acme Drug Store
Adams, John
Aerial View - Henderson
Agriculture
Agriculture - Machinery
Agriculture - Tobacco Warehouse
Airplanes
Allison, Young E.
Alves Home
Alves, Mary Flemming
Alves, Mary Kaye
Anchor Supply Company
Anderson Box and Basket Company
Anderson, Mary
Architecture
Atkinson Park
Atkinson Park Pool
Atlas Tack Corporation
Audubon Cardinal
Audubon Family
Audubon, John James
Audubon, John James - Miscellaneous
Audubon, John James - Pennsylvania
Audubon Memorial Park
Audubon Mill
Audubon Mill Park
Audubon Museum
Audubon Park Board
Audubon Prints
Auto Accident
B
Bach-McCollum Home
Ball Family
Ball, Jenny Boone
Ball, Sam
Banks Family
Banks, Hannie
Barges & Tugboats
Bransford Family
Barret, Alex
Barret, Henry Estate
Barret Manual Training High School
Barret Manual Training High School - Marching Band
Barret Manual Training High School - Sports
Barret-Stites Home
Barret, William T. Home
Barron, Thomas E.
Bear Brand Hosiery Company
Becker, Louella Mary "Glimpses of Henderson, KY"
Belk & Henderson Store
Bell
Ben T. White and Son
Bend Gate School
Benton-Martin Home
Bernstein's Menswear
Bethel Church
Bienvenue Home
Biggs Family
Blackberry Hall
Blackwell, Marlin (Judge)
Blackwell #1 Oil Well
Blackwell-Vaughn Home
Blue, James
Boats
Bond Drive
Boone, Daniel
Boswell, Craven Home
Breckinridge, Robert
Bridges, John (Capt.)
Bright Spot
Brown, Claude
Brown, Sneed - Blacksmith
Buildings - Miscellaneous
Burch Electronics
C
Cabell-Lambert-Logan Home
Cabell, Roger "Big Doc"
Camp Breckinridge
Camp Cromwell
Canaday Family
Carroll, Redmond
Cartwright, Tom
Cemeteries
Center Street School
Central Park
Central School
Chambers, Beulah Beverly
Chandler, Albert Benjamin (Happy)
Church, Mrs. Powers
City Committee
City Flag
City High School(South Middle School)
City Office Building
City Seal
Civil War
Clark, George Rogers
Clay, Sally Ann
Clements, Earle C.
Cloudy, John
Club Commando
Coal Belt
Coal Mine
Columbia School
Combs, Bert T.
Cooper, H. Lee (Mrs.)
Cooper, Helen
Cooperative Seed & Farm Supply Service
Corydon Elementary School
Cotton Mill
County High School(North Middle School)
Crutcher Family
Cummings, Janet
D
Dade Family
Dade Park (Ellis Park)
Dallam-Branaman Home
Dallam-Norment Home
Daughters of the American Revolution
Davis, Don
Delano-Farmer Home
Delker Brothers Manufacturing
Dixie School
Downtown - Public Gathering
Drive-In Movie Theater
Duncan, Elaine
E
Eblen Hotel
Eblen-McGinnis Home
Eisenhower, Dwight D.
Elk's Home
Elm Street
Eureka Plating Co., Inc.
F
Fagan Home
Farley Slave Quarters
Farm Bureau Building
Farm Credit Bank
Farmer Home
Farmer's Bank & Trust
Feix, Essie
Feix, Jimmy
Female Seminary
Fenn & Kleiderer Merchant Tailors/Lambert & O'Connel Merchant Tailors
Fernwood Cemetary
Ferries
Fire Department
Fires
First Christian Church -- Henderson, Kentucky
First Baptist Church - Morganfield, KY
First Christian Church - Corydon, KY
First Methodist Church
First Missionary Baptist Church
First Presbyterian Church
First Street
Fisher, Jack - Sketches
Fisher, L.D. (Captain)
Fishtown
Flatboat Race of 1973
Flatboats
Flood of 1937
Flood of 1937 - Cairo, IL
Flood of 1937 - Paducah, KY
Flooding
Foard, Harry T.
4-H
Francis, James Patrick
Frank G. Schmitt Wholesalers
Furman Home
Furman, Lucy
G
Galloway, Ewing
Galloway, Maurice (Mayor)
Gas Lamp Pole
Gateway Motor Court
Geese
Gibbs Die Casting
Glass Family
Goebel Home
Gospel Assembly
Governor's Home
Gravette Home
Green River
Green River Ferry
Group Photos - Misc
Gulf Gas Station
H
Hagan, Joe
Halle, Fred J.
Handy, W.C. (William Christopher)
Harpe's Head Marker
Harris, Leigh
Hart Family
Hart, Nancy Morgan
Hartmann Thomas Electrical Supplies
Haven Pentecostal Church
Haywood-Alves Home
Headstones
Hebbardsville Elementary School
Henderson Academy
Henderson, Archibald
Henderson City Scales
Henderson Community College
Henderson Community College - Students
Henderson Community College - Teachers
Henderson County Court
Henderson County Courthouse
Henderson County Historical Society
Henderson County Homemakers
Henderson County Public Library - Building
Henderson County Public Library - Children's Department
Henderson County Public Library - Great Horned Owls
Henderson County Public Library - Miscellaneous
Henderson County Public Library - 100th Anniversary
Henderson County State Bank
Henderson County State Bank – Corydon
Henderson Electric Supply
Henderson - Evansville Bridge
Henderson Golf & Country Club
Henderson High School - Class of 1907
Henderson Municipal Center
Henderson – Municipal Power and Light
Henderson National Bank
Henderson - Original Plan
Henderson, Richard
Henderson Union REA
Henn & Lain Company Furniture
Herron, Elmer
Hill Home
Historic Henderson Publishing Council
Historical Tablets
Hitching Post
Hogg, James
Holloway Home - Graham Hill
Holloway, John
Holy Name Catholic Church
Holy Name Catholic School
Holy Name Grade School
Homecrafters
Homes - Historic
Honig, George
Hood, Charles (Dr.)
Hopkins, Samuel (General)
Horse Races
Horseshoe Bend
Horticulture
Hosback, "Doc"
Hosiery Mill Housing
Howard, Tryon Yancey
Huhlein, John - Band
Hunt, Hallie
Hutchen, Virginius
I
Ijames Farm
Illustrated Henderson
Imperial Tobacco Company
Indian Guide Tree
Individual Photographs - Miscellaneous
Industrial Photos
Ingram-Snyder Home
Irwin, Margaret
Island Queen
J
J.C.Penney Company
J.J. Newberry
J. Redding Jewelers
Johnson, Adam Rankin
Jones, Gabriel (Judge)
Jones, Henderson
Jones, John
Jones, Margaret
Judy, E. Keevil (Dr.)
K
Kasey, Sally
Katterjohn-Reid Home
Keach Home (The Elms)
Kentucky Capitol
Kentucky Movie Theater
Kentucky Parks
Kiefer-Winstead Home
Kimmel Home
Kimmell, Husband Edward (Admiral)
Kingdon Hotel
Kirby Home
Kirby, Maurice
Kraver Building
Krug, Frank
Kruger, Harold
Kruger's Store
Kusan, Inc.
L
L&N Wharf Boat
Lackey Family
Lambert Home
Laswell, Linda
Latta Home
Lattin, William J. (Mrs.)
Letcher, Gibney Oscar
Lockett Collection
Lockett Family
Lockett, Mary
Lockett, Robert Addison
Lockett-Wilson Home
Locomotives
Louisville & Nashville Railroad Bridge
Lyne, Leonard L. (Col.)
Lyne, Thomas B.
Lyne, Willie
Lyne-Crafton Home
Lyne-Trawick Home
M
McAllister, Fannie J. Stanley
McBride, Daniel
McCallister-Bird Home
McCollum Home
McCormick-Stagg Home
McCullagh, Mary Lyne
McCullough Home
McFarland Family
Mac's Women's Clothing
Main Street
Mann Homes
Mann's Ladies Ready To Wear
Marshall, William J. Home
Martin, Lew
Mason, Carol Faye
Mastadon Bones
Medicine Show
Mesker Steel Storefronts and Columns
Methodist Hospital
Metzger's Tavern
Meuth Family
Millet Hill
Miscellaneous
Mitchell Home
Mitchell, Robert
Moonshine Still
Morton, Thurston (Senator)
Moss Corydon Funeral Home
Moss Funeral Residence
Moss, Paul
Movie Photos
My Old Kentucky Home
N
National Bellas Hess Co.
Neel, Barbara
Newman, William (Mayor)
Nicholson, J.L.
Niles, Ben
Norris Hardware
O
Odd Fellow's Hall
Ohio River
Ohio River - Frozen
Ohio River Ordinance Ammonia Plant
Ohio Valley Banking
Ohio Valley National Bank
Ohio Valley Soybean Cooperative
Old Henderson Homes and Buildings - Miscellaneous
Old Henderson Homes and Buildings - Proofs
Old Kentucky Mansion
Oliver Family
O'Nan, Richard
Osborn Manufacturing Company
Otey Home
Overby, Marjorie Sutton
Owen, G. Wash
P
P and H House
Palmore, John S. (Judge)
Parades
Payne's Cleaning and Pressing
Period Tables, Inc.
Perkins-Sprague Home
Phillips Family
Phillips 66 Gas Station
Planters State Bank
Police Department
Poole, Kentucky
Poole School
Porter, Elliott Jr.
Posey, Mary
Posey, Robert
Post Office - Drakesboro, Kentucky
Post Office - Smith Mills, Kentucky
Postcards - Alamo Plaza Courts
Postcards - American Legion
Postcards - Atkinson Park
Postcards- Atkinson Park Dancing Pavilion
Postcards - Audubon, John James
Postcards - Audubon, John James - Louisiana
Postcards - Audubon, John James - New York
Postcards - Audubon, John James - Prints
Postcards - Audubon Memorial Park
Postcards - Audubon Mill
Postcards - Audubon Museum
Postcards - Audubon School
Postcards - Bardstown, Kentucky
Postcards - Barret Manual Training High School
Postcards - Barret Park
Postcards - Bennett Memorial Church
Postcards - Boone Tavern
Postcards - Camp Cromwell
Postcards - Central Park
Postcards - Central Presbyterian Church
Postcards - Club Trocadero
Postcards - Cotton Mills
Postcards - Country Club
Postcards - Dade Park (Ellis Park)
Postcards - Dams
Postcards - Davis, Jefferson
Postcards - Elk's Home
Postcards - Ferry
Postcards - Fire Department
Postcards - First Christian Church
Postcards - First Methodist Church
Postcards - First Presbyterian Church
Postcards - Flood of 1937
Postcards - Gateway Motor Court
Postcards - Georgia - Miscellaneous
Postcards - Glass House Restaurant
Postcards - Henderson County Courthouse
Postcards - Henderson County Public Library
Postcards - Henderson - Downtown
Postcards - Henderson-Evansville Bridge
Postcards - Historical Tablets
Postcards - Holy Name Catholic Church
Postcards - Honig, George
Postcards - Immanuel Baptist Temple
Postcards - Indiana - Miscellaneous
Postcards - Interurban Station
Postcards - Jimmy's Drive In & Gift Shop
Postcards - Johnson, Andrew
Postcards – Johnston, Amelia
Postcards - Kentucky Capitol
Postcards - Kentucky Miscellaneous
Postcards - Kingdon Hotel
Postcards - Knight & Gregory Service Station
Postcards - Liberty Hall
Postcards - Louisiana - Miscellaneous
Postcards - Louisville & Nashville Railroad Bridge
Postcards - Main Street
Postcards - Marstall Furniture Company
Postcards - Methodist Church (Corydon)
Postcards - Methodist Hospital
Postcards - Ohio - Misc.
Postcards - Ohio River
Postcards - Ohio Valley Bank & Trust Co.
Postcards - Paducah, Kentucky
Postcards - Planters State Bank
Postcards - Post Office
Postcards - Riverfront
Postcards - Second Presbyterian Church
Postcards - Second Street
Postcards - Seventh Street School
Postcards - Shakertown, KY
Postcards - Soaper Hotel
Postcards - Transylvania Company
Postcards - Union Station Train Depot
Postcards - Virginia - Miscellaneous
Postcards - Washington, George Kenmore Estate
Postcards - World Fair 1939
Postcards - YMCA
Powell - McCormick Home
Powell, Lazarus
Q
R
Rankin, Alex
Rankin, Ann (Miss)
Rankin, Dr. Home
Rankin-Markwell Home
Rash-Phillips Home
Red Cross
Red Front Food Market
Red Horse Gift Shop
Revolutionary War Memorial
Rhoades-Gilliham Home
Rhoads, W.P.
Rinke, Milton
River Scenes
Riverfront
Riverview School
Robards Family
Roberts, Dorothy
Robertson Settlement
Rose, Reverend L.W.
Ross, Suzanne Snyder
Rotary Club
Rowland, Jim
Royster, Carrie Mae
Rudy Rowland Funeral Home
S
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Sandefur, Hugh E.
Sandefur, Hugh E. - Building
Sasseen, Mary Towles
Schools - Graduates
Scott Lumber Company
Second Street
Sesquicentennial Celebration
Shakers
Sheffer, Mrs.
Simon's Shoes
Simpson, Faust Y.
Sinclair Gas Station
Slot Machines
Smith, BeeGee
Smith, Graham Allen
Smith Mills, Kentucky
Sneed, Henry (Uncle Skillet)
Snyder, Russell (Mrs.)
Soaper Barber Shop
Soaper Hotel
Soaper - Hughes Tobacco Company
Soaper, Richard Henderson
Soaper, Robert II
Soaper-West Home
Speculation Homes
Spencer Chemical Company
Sports - Baseball
Sports - Basketball
Sports - Football
Sports - Golf
Sports - Tennis
Sprague Home
Stagecoach House
Starling Family
Stewart Family
Stewart's Plumbing & Heating Company
Stone-Lambert Home
Street, Frank T.
Street Scenes - Miscellaneous
Sugar Tree Grove
Sunset Park
Swope, Ella
T
Tanner, Charles
Tapp's Café
Taylor, J.C.
Taylor, J.N.
Teachers
Temple of the Adas Israel Jewish Church
Texaco Gas Station
Tobacco Industry
Towles, Mary Lucy
Towles-Sasseen Home
Towles, Susan Starling
Traction Station
Treadwater Bridge
Trend Setters Beauty Salon
Tri-State Plastic Molding Company
Turner-Griggs Home
U
Union Bank & Trust
Union Federal Savings Bank
Union Station Train Depot
Utley, Edward "Red"
V
Valley Distilleries
Virginia - Miscellaneous
W
W.C. Handy
Walters, Judy
War
Water Bucket
Waterson Treaty
Wathen, Jack
Wathen, Samuel Spaulding
Weaverton Junior High School
Weiner's Market
Western & Atlantic Railroad
Wetherby, Lawrence
White City Stock Farm
Whitfield, George
Wilkerson Family
Wilkerson's Shoes
Williams, J.J.B. (Major General)
Williams, Lida
Wilson-Eargood Home
Wilson, Glenda
Wing Family
Wolf's Tavern
Wootton, Bailey
World War II
X
Y
Z
Zion United Church of Christ

