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University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center
James LaBach photographs
2003av031
0.86 Cubic Feet
7 boxes (152 items)
circa 1901-1922
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.
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift, 1998.
Arrangement
Collection is arranged in the order received.
Biographical note
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.
Preferred Citation
2003av031: [identification of item], James LaBach photographs, circa 1901-1922, University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
Scope and Contents
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.
Conditions Governing Use
The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
Laboratories.
Mount Vernon (Va.)
Lexington (Ky.)
New Orleans (La.)
Photographs
LaBach, James
A young girl on a wall enclosureundated11A boy and a girl in yard playing with a small dogundated12Three people in a yardundated13Couple standingundated14A man and small child in a yardundated15Exterior view of building with man standing on large stepsundated16A man standing in a laboratoryundated17A man looking at chemicals in a laboratoryundated18An elderly woman sitting in a twig chairundated19An elderly woman sitting in a twig chairundated110An elderly couple sitting in the interior of a houseundated111Eight people on the front stoop of a houseundated112Four women and one man sitting in the interior of a houseundated113Four women and one man sitting in the interior of a houseundated114Couple standing in by a houseundated115An elderly man in a rocking chair holding a copy of the Lexington Democratundated116An elderly man in a rocking chairundated117A woman pushing a baby carriageundated118A woman standing in a yardundated119A woman and a little girl sitting in a yard holding a teddy bear and a baby dollundated120A couple standing in a yard by a houseundated121A woman holding a bouquet of flowersundated122Two women pictured by a staircaseundated123Two women cooking over a stoveundated124Three women having teaundated125A woman standing in a house, holding a violinundated126Five women lounging in a houseundated127A woman sitting in a room readingundated128Two women sitting by a stove peeling vegetablesundated129A woman sitting at a pianoundated130Interior of a roomundated131Interior of a bedroomundated132Interior of a sitting roomundated133Interior of a sitting roomundated134Seven people in downtown Lexingtonundated135A 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 Boulevardundated136Courthouse 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 Museumundated137Front 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 Museumundated138Front 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 Museumundated139Headstone in the Lexington cemeteryundated140Two men standing by a cannon on the University of Kentucky campusundated141A man sitting in an old carundated142Three people in a horse and buggyundated143Small country laneundated144Exterior of an unidentified buildingundated145Six people seated in a horse-drawn carriageundated146Exterior of the St Louis Cathedral in Jackson Square of New Orleans, Louisianaundated147Exterior of an unidentified, six columned buildingundated148Exterior of an unidentified, six columned buildingundated149Exterior of a building complexundated150Painting of men in a row boat Battle of Lake Erie, 1913undated151Exterior of a building, possibly the White Houseundated152Exterior of a building, possibly Mt Vernonundated153Exterior of an unidentified churchundated154Exterior of an unidentified buildingundated155Portrait of a woman seated on a lion statue Lion statue in City Park in the Saint Charles area in New Orleans, Louisianaundated156Four 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 Preservedundated157Statue of a man standing, on a tall base John C. Breckinridge statue in Cheapside Lexington, Kentuckyundated158Couple standing in a doorwayundated159Couple standing in the doorway of Mt Vernon (rear side)undated160Exterior of an unidentified churchundated161Interior of an unidentified churchundated162Interior of an unidentified churchundated163Exterior of a houseundated164Exterior of a houseundated165Exterior of a houseundated266Exterior of a house with a car out frontundated167Exterior of a houseundated168Exterior of a house on the corner of Woodrow and North Holland A person is standing by the street signundated169Exterior of a house on the corner of Woodrow and North Hollandundated170Exterior of a houseundated171Exterior of a house, view from sideundated172Exterior of a house, view from backundated173Exterior of a houseundated174Exterior of a house with a dog in the yardundated175Exterior of a houseundated176Exterior of a houseundated177Exterior of a house with a person working in the yardundated178Exterior of a houseundated179Man leaning on a carundated180Shocks of hemp in a fieldundated281Shocks of hemp in a fieldundated282Entrance gateundated283Shocks of hemp in a fieldundated384Shocks of hemp in a fieldundated385A field of treesundated386A gazebo in a field of treesundated387Exterior of an unidentified buildingundated388Exterior of an unidentified buildingundated389Exterior of an unidentified building behind a treelineundated390Exterior of an unidentified building behind a treelineundated391Exteriors of two buildings with people walking between themundated392Exterior of an unidentified building behind a treelineundated393Interior room of a house with two musical instruments on a couchundated494Interior room of a houseundated495Interior of a laboratoryundated496A man standing in a laboratoryundated497Interior of a laboratoryundated498A man sitting at a desk readingundated499Five men standing in line by a fenceundated4100Five men standing in line by a fenceundated4101Five men standing on the exterior steps of a buildingundated4102Five men standing on the exterior steps of a buildingundated4103A group of men and women, and a child, standing outsideundated4104A group of men and women standing outside with a child climbing a treeundated4105A group of men and women standing outsideundated4106A woman driving a horse-drawn buggyundated4107A woman in a horse-drawn buggy, and a man standingundated5108A woman sitting in a horse-drawn buggyundated5109A man driving a horse-drawn buggyundated5110Farmers working mules in the fieldundated5111A man riding a horseundated5112A coal tippleundated5113A coal tippleundated5114Exterior of an unidentified churchundated5115Exterior of a building seen through treesundated5116Exterior of a building seen across a pondundated5117People ice skating on a frozen pondundated5118People ice skating on a frozen pondundated5119Woman seated on a bridge over a creekundated5120Woman standing beside a creekundated5121Woman seated on a rock wallundated5122Woman seated on a rock wallundated5123Woman seated by a streamundated6124Woman standing on a rock wallundated6125Rural scene of a streamundated6126Rural scene of a streamundated6127Rural scene of treesundated6128Rural scene of treesundated6129Rural scene of treesundated6130Rural scene of trees and a pathundated6131Rural scene of treesundated6132Rural scene of sheep in a fieldundated6133Rural scene of trees and a pathundated6134Rural scene of trees and a fieldundated6135Rural scene of treesundated6136Rural scene of a country road and wooden fenceundated6137Rural scene of a country road and wooden fenceundated6138Rural scene of a country road and wooden fenceundated7139Rural scene of a country road and wooden fenceundated7140Rural scene of a country road and rock fenceundated7141Rural scene of a country road and rock fenceundated7142Rural scene of a country road and housesundated7143Rural scene of a country road and streamundated7144Trees reflected in waterundated7145Trees on bank reflected in waterundated7146Trees reflected in waterundated7147Railroad tracksundated7148Debris in a fieldundated7149Stacks or shocks of hemp in a fieldundated7150Stacks or shocks of hemp in a fieldundated7151Stacks or shocks of hemp in a fieldundated7152