February 24, 2025
Tim Couch and Hal Mumme, 1997
First-year University of Kentucky football coach Hal Mumme and sophomore quarterback Tim Couch watched practice on Aug. 20, 1997, at the Nutter Field House in Lexington. Mumme was announced as UK’s coach on Dec. 2, 1996, and by Christmas he had named the Kentucky native his starting QB. Couch had finished his freshman season under Bill Curry in a quarterback controversy with Billy Jack Haskins. Photo by Frank Anderson | Herald-Leader Staff
University of Kentucky freshmen, 1980
Four incoming University of Kentucky freshmen waved at friends from a third-floor window of Jewell Hall in August 1980. From left, Kim McClaskey of Rochester, N.Y.; Sandy Pulsfort of Fort Thomas; Michele Stephens ofVerona; and Missy Embree of New York’s Long Island. Photo by Christy Porter | Staff
Adopted children become U.S. citizens, 1961
Major and Mrs. R. D. Hobdy with their three adopted German-American children, who became naturalized U.S. citizens on Jan. 19, 1961. The children are Robert, 5, Leta, 3, and Karla, 4. All were adopted in Germany while Maj. Hobdy was there on duty. Published in the Lexington Herald on Jan. 20, 1961.
Mother Teresa, 1982
Mother Teresa shook the hands of a well-wisher upon her arrival in the small Eastern Kentucky town of Jenkins on June 19, 1982. She was there to open the first Appalachian mission established by her order, The Missionaries of Charity. Photo by Charles Bertram | Staff
Louis Armstrong at the University of Kentucky, 1960
Legendary jazz trumpeter Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong warmed up backstage before an appearance for Greek Week at the University of Kentucky in 1960. Published in the Lexington Herald on Feb. 20, 1960.
Joyland Park, 1950
A group of orphans received a ride on the miniature train at Joyland Park in Lexington in August 1950. Joyland Park, considered the best-known park in the Bluegrass, operated from 1923 to 1964. Published in the Herald-Leader on Aug. 16, 1950.
Guignol Theatre reopening, 1950
Actors George R. Stone, as a soldier, and Michael Graine, as a guardian, awaited the curtain call on opening night at the new Guignol Theater at the University of Kentucky in February 1950. The first Guignol Theatre, built in 1927 at the northwest corner of Euclid Avenue and Martin Luther King Boulevard, burned to the ground in 1947. Three years later, the new Guignol reopened in the Fine Arts Building with a production of Medea, starring Mrs. Lucille Caudill Little. This photo was published in the Lexington Leader on Feb. 14, 1950.
Fayette Mall site, 1967
This aerial view shows the site of the future Fayette Mall on Jan. 19, 1967. Sixty acres of land with frontage on Nicholasville Road, left, and Reynolds Road, near the bottom of the photo, was the John Shillito Co.’s selection for the site of its first Kentucky department store. Click on the image for a closer look and click here to see more images from our archives of Fayette Mall.
Burnside, Ky., before Lake Cumberland, 1950
A government-operated ferry crossed the Cumberland River at Burnside, Ky., in July 1950, before the formation of Lake Cumberland. Above the ferry is the U.S. 27 bridge and tunnel, which were built in 1932. The tunnel can be seen today, just above the water line. A story about the impending lake and the moving of Burnside to higher ground appeared in the Lexington Leader on July 22, 1950.
Before Thoroughbred Park, 1990
In February 1990, plans were announced for a new downtown park to be built on this site along Midland Avenue and Main Street. Various used-car lots and auto-repair shops had occupied that block. The new park became Thoroughbred Park, developed by The Triangle Foundation. Photo by Clay Owen
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