Walter Kenneth Clore photographs ,

Abstract

Photographs of circa 1915 University of Kentucky student life.

Descriptive Summary

Title
Walter Kenneth Clore photographs ,
Date
circa 1915 (inclusive)
Creator
Clore, Walter Kenneth
Extent
0.04 cubic feet (1 box):57 items
Subjects
Clore, Walter Kenneth, ?-1972.
University of Kentucky.
Lexington (Ky.)
Kappa Sigma Fraternity.
Manners and customs --Kentucky -- Lexington.
Women -- Kentucky -- Lexington.
Photograph albums.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged according to its original order.
Finding Aid Author
Processed by Archives Staff and rearranged by Molly Kessinger in May 2007 under the supervision of Deirdre A. Scaggs, University Archivist.; machine-readable finding aid created by Eric Weig
Repository
University of Kentucky

Collection Overview

Biography / History
Walter Kenneth Clore (Kenneth) attended the University of Kentucky and graduated in 1915 with a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture. He was a member of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity, AZ Fat Stock Team, Kentuckian Business Staff, Class Baseball (1-2-3), Class Basket Ball (1), Strollers, Turtles, and the Agriculture Society. After World War I service Kenneth managed a sugar plantation in Cuba for the British American Sugar Company. After the plantation shut down in 1928 Kenneth, his wife Virginia Dunham Clore, and sons Walter and David moved back to Kentucky and then to Indianapolis. In Indianapolis he joined his brother, Dr. Earl Clore in the Hoosier Mineral Feed Company. Kenneth and family then moved to South Texas where he was employed with the Department of Agriculture. He was then transferred to Mexico as head of the agricultural mission in Mexico. He died in 1972.
Scope and Content
The Walter Kenneth Clore photographs consist of a photograph album. The photographs are unidentified, but according to the letter from Jean Phipps Clore in the donor file, the pictures are of "girls and Kenneth Clore's Kappa Sigma brothers". The photographs are a mix of small portraits (1 1/2" x 1 1/2") and casual snapshots. The photographs are pasted onto black album pages.

Contents of the Collection

unidentified woman

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"Virginia" photograph containing 2 women and a man, one of the women has an arrow pointing to her identifying her as Virginia

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uncut row of 4 photographs of an unidentified woman (side view, reading a book, talking on phone, and holding flowers) appears to be the same woman as in item #3

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"Harry Clare, Naomi Bruce" a man, woman, and horse (the photograph has detached from the scrapbook page)

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group portrait, some are holding kitchen items; unidentified woman; uncut row of 2 photographs of an unidentified woman, she is holding a tennis racket in one of the photographs

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an unidentified man, standing on the side of the street, crowd of people behind him on the sidewalk

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unidentified woman; uncut row of 3 photographs of an unidentified woman, she is holding a parasol in one picture, and wearing hats in the 2 other pictures

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appears to be of a flooded neighborhood

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appears to be of a flooded street with business

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unidentified woman wearing a straw hat; uncut row of 4 photographs of an unidentified woman, she is holding a tennis racket, talking on a phone, holding a parasol, and wearing an elaborate hat

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uncut row of 2 photographs of an unidentified young girl, hands behind her head in one picture; unidentified woman holding a tennis racket; unidentified woman wearing what a appears to be straw cowboy hat; uncut row of 2 photographs, an unidentified woman in one of the photographs and two unidentified woman in the other

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unidentified man

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unidentified woman holding a Cincinnati pendent; unidentified woman, has her hands behind her head; uncut row of 3 photographs of an unidentified man, a profile view of him in a bowler, a more frontal view without a hat, and a profile view of him wearing a floppy hat bandana and pointing a toy gun at himself

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a view through the trees, can see several houses in the background

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Three unidentified women in a haystack; unidentified man talking on a phone; unidentified man wearing a hat

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unidentified woman wearing a top hat; unidentified young girl, her hand is on her ear; unidentified woman holding a plaid umbrella; unidentified young girl wearing a hat

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3 unidentified men sitting in 2 canoes

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an unidentified man is diving into the water, there are 2 unidentified people in the background

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4 tents set up with trees around them, 2 unidentified people in the photograph as well

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2 unidentified woman standing on what appears to be train tracks, wearing hats

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3 unidentified men (appear to be the same men as in image #35) sitting in a canoe

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unidentified man in what appears to be a military uniform (the photograph has detached from the scrapbook page)

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an unidentified man and woman riding in a horse drawn carriage

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"Kenneth Clore" a group portrait of men(4 men) and woman (12 women) sitting on steps, there is an arrow identifying one of the men as Kenneth Clore

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a blurry image of a group of unidentified men and women sitting around a table outside under a tent; an unidentified woman holding up her skirts and walking along a wooded path

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a group of 3 unidentified women, appear to be standing on rocks; a group of 5 unidentified men in a lake or pond

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uncut row of 2 photographs of an unidentified woman, she is wearing an elaborate hat in one picture and holding a parasol in the other picture; uncut row of 2 photographs of an unidentified woman, she is wearing a bonnet in one picture, and the other is a profile view of her reading a book

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an unidentified woman standing next to a pillar on the porch

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an unidentified older woman bending over, carrying 2 buckets; "Earl Clore" sitting on a horse, with tents set up in the background

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unidentified women and a man

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