April 20, 2025
Tear gas at UK, 1970
University of Kentucky students meeting with their class outside on campus were caught up in the spraying of tear gas by National Guardsmen. The Guard was ordered to help break up a student demonstration on campus on May 7, 1970. Photo by Paul Lambert | Staff
Keeneland, 1947
Keeneland Race Course, just before the beginning of the fall meet, Oct. 4, 1947. In the foreground is the clubhouse, and the grandstand is in the center. The track started racing in April 1936, 11 years before this image was taken. In 1953, work began on expanding the grandstand toward the first turn. Click here to see an image from our archives of that construction. Also during this time, the finish line was moved 184 feet closer to the first turn. Moving the finish line meant that the stretch run was lengthened from 990 to 1,174 feet. In 1963, work began on linking the clubhouse and the grandstand. Click here to see more of our images from Lexington’s famed race track, which is a National Historic Landmark. Herald-Leader Photo Archive
Clearing snow, 1985
Valerie Wells swept snow from the roof of her car, which was parked on Kentucky Avenue, on Feb. 2, 1985. Photo by Christy Porter | Staff
New Circle Road construction, 1958
Workers poured the first of three courses of blacktop on a new section of New Circle Road in June 1958. This section was to be four lanes from west of Newtown Pike to a point near North Limestone.
George Clooney, 1996
Kentucky native and actor George Clooney with Joanne Pitino, the wife of then-Kentucky basketball coach Rick Pitino, before the 1996 NCAA Basketball Tournament championship game between the Wildcats and Syracuse on April 1,1996, in the Meadowlands in Newark, N.J. Photo by Charles Bertram
Smallest post office in the United States, 1946
The post office in Owsley County, thought to be the smallest post office in the United States, in June 1946.
Kincaid Tower, 1978
In June 1978, most of the steel was in place for Kincaid Tower, a 22-story office building in downtown Lexington. From left, construction superintendent Scotty Wilson, general foreman Roy Cooper andforeman Kenny Carter looked over a set of plans with the Lexington skyline in the background. The contractor for the 421,000-square-foot tower were Huber, Hunt, Nicholas, Inc. of Indianapolis. The building was completed in 1979 at a cost of $20 million and was the tallest building in Central Kentucky for eight years. The building became the headquarters for Kentucky Central Life Insurance. It also housed Central Bank and Trust, WVLK Radio and Kentucky Finance Company. Photo by Ron Garrison | Staff
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