Infirmaries and Poorhouses: Image Gallery

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Daviess County Infirmary (From the Owensboro Messenger, Owensboro, Kentucky, 17 February 1946)
Daviess County Infirmary (From the Owensboro Messenger, Owensboro, Kentucky, 17 February 1946)
Woodford County Poorhouse
Bourbon County Infirmary (From the Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky, 4 April 1971)
Entrance to Poor Farm, Unknown Location (From the University of Kentucky Archives)
Fayette County Infirmary (From the Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky, 25 June 1961)
Jefferson County Poor Farm (From the Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky, 18 June 1911)
Jefferson County Poor Farm (From the Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky, 9 November 1952)
Kenton County Infirmary (From the Kentucky Department of Libraries and Archives, Special Collections, Frankfort, Kentucky)
Marshall County Poor Farm Kitchen (From the Paducah Sun, Paducah, Kentucky, 15 November 1950)
McCracken County Poor Farm (From the Paducah Sun, Paducah, Kentucky, 20 October 1968)
Old Allen County Almshouse (From the University of Kentucky Archives)
Scott County Poor Farm (From the Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky, 14 April 2002)
Harlan County Poor Farm (From the University of Kentucky Archives)
Carroll County Infirmary (From the Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky, 22 October 1916)
Nelson County Infirmary in Flames, Five Lives Lost in Fire (From the Paducah Sun, Paducah, Kentucky, 13 December 1957)
McCracken County Poor Farm Dormitory (From the Paducah Sun, Paducah, Kentucky, 5 July 1970)

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