February 25, 2025
Baker Iron and Metal, 1981
Donald Baker, with Baker Iron and Metal on Manchester Street, climbed up a stack of crushed autos on Sept. 28, 1981. The cars were on a flatbed truck, and he was securing them with a cable before they were taken to a recycling center out of state. Photo by Ron Garrison | Staff
Ballard’s Market, 1978
Joe Ballard, owner of Ballard’s Market, took a phone order in his store on Jefferson Street in June 1978. He was one of the few remaining small store owners who offered home delivery in the neighborhood. The building now houses the Grey Goose Restaurant. Photo by Christy Porter | Staff
Looking over UMWA contract, 1984
John Hall looked over the new United Mine Workers of America contract in the gymnasium at Cumberland High School in Cumberland on Sept. 25, 1984. Hall was a member of UMWA Local 7425 and was a miner at the U.S. Steel Mine No. 32. In the background is fellow miner and UMWA member William Clark. On Tuesday, thousands of active and retired UMWA members from seven states are expected to attend a rally in downtown Lexington in support of legislation pending in Congress to protect health care and pension benefits for retired coal miners, their dependents and widows. Photo by Charles Bertram | Staff
Toyota plant construction, 1987
An aerial view showing construction on the Toyota Motor Manufacturing plant in Scott County near Georgetown on May 21, 1987. The plant, Toyota’s largest manufacturing plant outside of Japan, began production in May 1988, building the 1989 model four-cylinder Camry. To the left is Cherry Blossom Way. Celebrating 30 years, 10 million cars and 8,000 employees, Toyota marked its anniversary in Kentucky recently with a grand reopening of its visitors center and with donations to area organizations. Click here to see more photos from our archives of the plant. Photo by Frank Anderson | Staff
Aerial view of Lakeshore Drive, 1973
An aerial view of Lakeshore Drive and Lakeview Estates in late August 1973. The fashionable new neighborhood was being developed along the reservoirs formerly operated by Kentucky-American Water Co. This view, from the south looking north, shows houses under construction and an apartment complex at 515 Laketower Drive. Photo by John C. Wyatt | Staff
John Will Carter and Kate, 1971
John Will Carter, 65, and Kate worked the ground at Hillenmeyer Nurseries on Sandersville Road in June 1971. Carter and Kate used a double shovel cultivator between rows of spreading taxus shrubs. The pair had worked at the nursery since 1952. Published in the Lexington Herald on June 10, 1971. Herald-Leader Archive Photo
Sewing circle, 1946
This photo was taken sometime in 1946 of a sewing circle that had met weekly for 18 years. Mrs. Henry W. Gentry, Mrs. John H. Bowman, Mrs. George W. Tudor, Mrs. William P. Turner, and Mrs. George R. Hukle. Standing, Mrs. Mae C. Rice, Mrs. Andrew Hamon, hostess, and Mrs. Margaret Marquis. Herald-Leader Archive Photo
Editor joins circus band, 1948
Lexington Leader managing editor C.G. Dickerson, second from right, swapped his typewriter for his clarinet on April 23, 1948, and joined the Dailey Brothers circus band for a oneday stand. Dickerson played along with Joe Pomillo, right, a Rossi band regular, during the show’s holdover performance. Herald-Leader Archive Photo
Confiscated moonshine still in Jessamine County, 1947
Jessamine County Sheriff Harvey Partin, left, and Nicholasville Police Chief Carl Bruner examined parts of a confiscated 50-gallon moonshine still onMay 14, 1947. The equipment consisted of a sour mash barrel, a complete worm, a condensing barrel, a boiler, 12 half-gallon jars and several half-pint bottles. The officers said it had recently been used. Three days later, a jury of 10 men and two women convicted two men of possessing the still. County Judge T.R. Guyn gave them each $250 fines and three months in jail. Published in the Lexington Leader on May 15, 1947. Even today, state officials shut down moonshine stills in Kentucky. Click here to see other photos of moonshine posted on our blog. Herald-Leader Archive Photo
A1A Sandbar and Grille, 2003
The patio area of A1A Sandbar and Grille, overlooking a sand volleyball court, on June 18, 2003, in downtown Lexington. The bar used to be on Wilhite Drive but moved to 367 East Main Street in 1994. It closed in 2004 and became several bars in the years after. In April 2016, the building on Main Street was sold for $1.2 million to a developer. The building was torn down June 6, 2016. Photo by Mark Cornelison | Staff
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