James LaBach photographs
Abstract
The James LaBach photographs (dated circa 1901-1922; 0.86 cubic feet; 7 boxes) consists of 152 nitrate and glass plate negatives documenting LaBach's time in Lexington and travel through the Southern United States.
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- James LaBach photographs
- Date
- circa 1901-1922 (inclusive)
- Extent
- 0.86 Cubic Feet
- Subjects
- Laboratories.
- Arrangement
- Collection is arranged in the order received.
- Preferred Citation
- 2003av031: [identification of item], James LaBach photographs, circa 1901-1922, University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- James Oscar LaBach was born in Newcastle, Indiana on April 22, 1871. He was the son of James Mayer LaBach and Cornelia Esther Ryker. On October 10, 1917 in Asheville, North Carolina, James O. LaBach married Mary Shepherd Parker daughter of Watts Parker and Elizabeth "Bettie" Burgin. They had two children, James Parker, 1918, and Mary in 1920. James O. LaBach graduated from Carleton College in Northfield Minnesota and the University of Tennessee where received a Master of Science degree. He was an assistant chemist working in food nutrition at the University of Tennessee from 1885 through 1897. From 1897 through 1901, Professor LaBach was a chemist for the Proctor and Gamble Company in Cincinnati. In 1901, he became the chief chemist of the Kentucky Food and Drug Control Laboratories with headquarters at the Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station at the University of Kentucky. Professor LaBach was the head of the food and drug control department in 1916 until 1918 when he became director of laboratories of the Kentucky State Board of Health. James O. LaBach was a Democrat and a member of the Presbyterian Church. He wrote numerous reports and bulletins published the State of Kentucky and by the United States Government. James O. LaBach died on September 1, 1922 and is interred at the Lexington Cemetery.
- Scope and Content
- The James LaBach photographs (dated circa 1901-1922; 0.86 cubic feet; 7 boxes) consists of 152 nitrate and glass plate negatives documenting LaBach's time in Lexington and travel through the Southern United States. Most of the images are unidentified, but the subject matter includes church exteriors and interiors; scenes of the Lexington, Kentucky courthouse and Lexington Cemetery; travel images from New Orleans, Louisiana and Mt. Vernon, Virginia; interiors of laboratories; farming and agriculture; and rural landscapes.
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
- Use Restrictions
- The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
Contents of the Collection
A young girl on a wall enclosure, undated
A boy and a girl in yard playing with a small dog, undated
Three people in a yard, undated
Couple standing, undated
A man and small child in a yard, undated
Exterior view of building with man standing on large steps, undated
A man standing in a laboratory, undated
A man looking at chemicals in a laboratory, undated
An elderly woman sitting in a twig chair, undated
An elderly woman sitting in a twig chair, undated
An elderly couple sitting in the interior of a house, undated
Eight people on the front stoop of a house, undated
Four women and one man sitting in the interior of a house, undated
Four women and one man sitting in the interior of a house, undated
Couple standing in by a house, undated
An elderly man in a rocking chair holding a copy of the Lexington Democrat, undated
An elderly man in a rocking chair, undated
A woman pushing a baby carriage, undated
A woman standing in a yard, undated
A woman and a little girl sitting in a yard holding a teddy bear and a baby doll, undated
A couple standing in a yard by a house, undated
A woman holding a bouquet of flowers, undated
Two women pictured by a staircase, undated
Two women cooking over a stove, undated
Three women having tea, undated
A woman standing in a house, holding a violin, undated
Five women lounging in a house, undated
A woman sitting in a room reading, undated
Two women sitting by a stove peeling vegetables, undated
A woman sitting at a piano, undated
Interior of a room, undated
Interior of a bedroom, undated
Interior of a sitting room, undated
Interior of a sitting room, undated
Seven people in downtown Lexington, undated
A church in downtown Lexington, Kentucky The church is now the Central Christian Church located at 205 East Short Street at the corner of Short Street and Martin Luther King Boulevard, undated
Courthouse in Lexington, Kentucky The old Fayette County Courthouse in Lexington was completed ca 1898 It was the fifth courthouse, the fourth on the site, and is now home to the Lexington History Museum, undated
Front view of the courthouse in Lexington, Kentucky The old Fayette County Courthouse in Lexington was completed ca 1898 It was the fifth courthouse, the fourth on the site, and is now home to the Lexington History Museum, undated
Front view of the courthouse in Lexington, Kentucky The old Fayette County Courthouse in Lexington was completed ca 1898 It was the fifth courthouse, the fourth on the site, and is now home to the Lexington History Museum, undated
Headstone in the Lexington cemetery, undated
Two men standing by a cannon on the University of Kentucky campus, undated
A man sitting in an old car, undated
Three people in a horse and buggy, undated
Small country lane, undated
Exterior of an unidentified building, undated
Six people seated in a horse-drawn carriage, undated
Exterior of the St Louis Cathedral in Jackson Square of New Orleans, Louisiana, undated
Exterior of an unidentified, six columned building, undated
Exterior of an unidentified, six columned building, undated
Exterior of a building complex, undated
Painting of men in a row boat "Battle of Lake Erie, 1913", undated
Exterior of a building, possibly the White House, undated
Exterior of a building, possibly Mt Vernon, undated
Exterior of an unidentified church, undated
Exterior of an unidentified building, undated
Portrait of a woman seated on a lion statue Lion statue in City Park in the Saint Charles area in New Orleans, Louisiana, undated
Four men standing by a statue of Andrew Jackson in Jackson Square of New Orleans, Louisiana Base of statue has quote from Jackson, "The Union Must and Shall Be Preserved", undated
Statue of a man standing, on a tall base John C. Breckinridge statue in Cheapside Lexington, Kentucky, undated
Couple standing in a doorway, undated
Couple standing in the doorway of Mt Vernon (rear side), undated
Exterior of an unidentified church, undated
Interior of an unidentified church, undated
Interior of an unidentified church, undated
Exterior of a house, undated
Exterior of a house, undated
Exterior of a house, undated
Exterior of a house with a car out front, undated
Exterior of a house, undated
Exterior of a house on the corner of Woodrow and North Holland A person is standing by the street sign, undated
Exterior of a house on the corner of Woodrow and North Holland, undated
Exterior of a house, undated
Exterior of a house, view from side, undated
Exterior of a house, view from back, undated
Exterior of a house, undated
Exterior of a house with a dog in the yard, undated
Exterior of a house, undated
Exterior of a house, undated
Exterior of a house with a person working in the yard, undated
Exterior of a house, undated
Man leaning on a car, undated
Shocks of hemp in a field, undated
Shocks of hemp in a field, undated
Entrance gate, undated
Shocks of hemp in a field, undated
Shocks of hemp in a field, undated
A field of trees, undated
A gazebo in a field of trees, undated
Exterior of an unidentified building, undated
Exterior of an unidentified building, undated
Exterior of an unidentified building behind a treeline, undated
Exterior of an unidentified building behind a treeline, undated
Exteriors of two buildings with people walking between them, undated
Exterior of an unidentified building behind a treeline, undated
Interior room of a house with two musical instruments on a couch, undated
Interior room of a house, undated
Interior of a laboratory, undated
A man standing in a laboratory, undated
Interior of a laboratory, undated
A man sitting at a desk reading, undated
Five men standing in line by a fence, undated
Five men standing in line by a fence, undated
Five men standing on the exterior steps of a building, undated
Five men standing on the exterior steps of a building, undated
A group of men and women, and a child, standing outside, undated
A group of men and women standing outside with a child climbing a tree, undated
A group of men and women standing outside, undated
A woman driving a horse-drawn buggy, undated
A woman in a horse-drawn buggy, and a man standing, undated
A woman sitting in a horse-drawn buggy, undated
A man driving a horse-drawn buggy, undated
Farmers working mules in the field, undated
A man riding a horse, undated
A coal tipple, undated
A coal tipple, undated
Exterior of an unidentified church, undated
Exterior of a building seen through trees, undated
Exterior of a building seen across a pond, undated
People ice skating on a frozen pond, undated
People ice skating on a frozen pond, undated
Woman seated on a bridge over a creek, undated
Woman standing beside a creek, undated
Woman seated on a rock wall, undated
Woman seated on a rock wall, undated
Woman seated by a stream, undated
Woman standing on a rock wall, undated
Rural scene of a stream, undated
Rural scene of a stream, undated
Rural scene of trees, undated
Rural scene of trees, undated
Rural scene of trees, undated
Rural scene of trees and a path, undated
Rural scene of trees, undated
Rural scene of sheep in a field, undated
Rural scene of trees and a path, undated
Rural scene of trees and a field, undated
Rural scene of trees, undated
Rural scene of a country road and wooden fence, undated
Rural scene of a country road and wooden fence, undated
Rural scene of a country road and wooden fence, undated
Rural scene of a country road and wooden fence, undated
Rural scene of a country road and rock fence, undated
Rural scene of a country road and rock fence, undated
Rural scene of a country road and houses, undated
Rural scene of a country road and stream, undated
Trees reflected in water, undated
Trees on bank reflected in water, undated
Trees reflected in water, undated
Railroad tracks, undated
Debris in a field, undated
Stacks or shocks of hemp in a field, undated
Stacks or shocks of hemp in a field, undated
Stacks or shocks of hemp in a field, undated
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