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Explore America: Kentucky

Explore America and discover people, places, art, and history that connect to Kentucky in the Smithsonian’s collections, held in trust for the American people. The Smithsonian’s collections document the country’s history, art from across the globe, scientific discovery, and the vast wonders of the natural and cultural world. Visit Smithsonian Open Access to download, share, and reuse millions of the Smithsonian’s 2D and 3D images.


Parents' Night at a High School Football Game, Harlan County, Kentucky

Chet Atkin’s Haile Guitar

Selling watermelons on Saturdays and court day in Jackson, Breathitt County, Kentucky

Memorial Quilt for Tuskegee Airman 2d Lt. James McCullin

Luke Blackburn

Man Driving Jet Boat, Lake Barkley, Lyon County, KY

Fiddlin' Bill Livers, Owen County, Kentucky

Eddie Arcaro

1899 Lydia Finnell's "Star Quilt"

Man O'War with handler

Colonel Sanders Weathervane

Boys and Ponies, Coal Waste, Hopkins County, Kentucky

Coal yards at Russell, KY

State Horse Show, Louisville, Kentucky

The Blue Diamond Mines, Leatherwood, KY

Duncan, Kentucky

Strip Mining at Night near Jackson, Breathiff County, KY

Higher Ground

Man in a Flashy Suit, Louisville, Jefferson County, KY

The Henderson-Evansville Bridge, Henderson County, Kentucky

39c Mammoth Cave single

July 4th Celebration, Louisville, Jefferson County, KY

Kentucky

Checking Gauges on a Steam Turbine Generator, Mercer County, Kentucky

Kentucky Bluegrass, Grass

Cane with Rattlesnake and Cow-Head Handle

Family in Kentucky

1825 - 1850 Silk Quilt

The Mayor and City Council, Owensboro, Daviess County, Kentucky

Overview of a Surface Mine at Paradise, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky

Cumberland Gap, Kentucky

Stamp with illustration of a rectangular brick building with many windows with black shutters

29c Kentucky Statehood Bicentennial single

Mountaineers cutting tobacco. Jackson, Kentucky

10c First Kentucky Settlement single

Sulky Races, Shelby County Fair, Kentucky


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