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30 Louisville town charter With his signature, Virginia Gov. Thomas Jefferson chartered the frontier town of Louisville in 1780. Lost for many years, the charter was discovered by Louisville bookseller W.K. Stewart in a New York bookstore, priced at $3,000. He bought the document and sold it to Courier-Journal publisher Barry Bingham, who gave it to the city in 1951 for permanent care and display at the University of Louisville Archives. 31 "Happy Birthday" sheet music The lyrics are revised from the original song "Good Morning to You," composed by Louisville sisters Patty and Mildred Hill in 1893 at the Little Loomhouse near Iroquois Park. Their lyrics: "Good morning to you/ good morning to you/good morning dear children/ good morning to all." Filson Society Photo. 32 Jim Crow sign Until 1964, when the national Civil Rights Act went into effect, many privately owned businesses in Louisville enforced strict racial-segregation policies. 33 Louisville Orchestra music director Jorge Mester's baton Displayed with a commissioned Columbia recording and a DVD of Music Makes a City. Mester served his frst term as music director from 1967 to '79 and has been interim director since 2006. 34 American Printing House for the Blind writing machine Louisville's American Printing House bought the rights to this 1888-patented writing machine for the blind for $300 in 1887. In the so-called "War of the Dots," it used the New York Point system rather than the Braille system of raised dots. The machine, manufactured by Louisville's Tafel Brothers company, didn't last long before being replaced by moreeffcient Braille writers. 35 L&N; Railroad sign The L&N; was chartered in 1850 (although its tracks didn't reach Nashville until 1859). At its peak, the Louisville-headquartered railroad covered 6,000 miles in 13 states, and its passenger trains ran to St. Louis, Memphis, Atlanta and New Orleans. 36 Cathedral of the Assumption pipe organ The gorgeous organ was built by Louisville's SteinerReck Co. in 1983 using hard-carved Gothic-style mahogany for the casework. The pipes number about 2,000 in all — producing sounds from horns to strings — and the cathedral's acoustics provide an ideal 3.5-second reverberation time. 6.13 LOUISVILLE MAGAZINE 41