Computer vision; Pattern recognition systems; Human face recognition (Computer science)
Humans have the uncanny ability to perceive the world in three dimensions (3D), otherwise known as depth perception. The amazing thing about this ability to determine distances is that it depends only on a simple two-dimensional (2D) image in the...
Kwame Nkrumah framed a model of African unity and development, which stood out in
sharp contrast to the Western model of capitalist development and neo-liberal democracy.
Decades after his demise, the African Union which he co-founded with other...
Electroactive polymers (EAPs), including conducting polymers (CPs) such as polyaniline (PAn), and hydrogels are exciting areas of research in disciplines such as biomedical engineering, with the goal of creating low-cost, lightweight, non-toxic...
Discovered in Pompeii.
"With its fluted shaft and slightly flared bottom, the candelabrum rests on a tripod shaped like lion's paws, partially covered by a double plant-motif sheath. Three palmettes, one broken, ornament the space between the...
Composite of nine separate photographs of Maude Adams, an actress born Maude Ewing Adams Kiskadden in Salt Lake City, Utah, on November 11, 1872. She appeared at Macauley's Theatre thirteen times between 1902 and 1918, including two performances as...
Hogan's Fountain in Cherokee Park, Louisville, Kentucky. Water streams from a figure of the Greek god Pan into a round reservoir below. A female figure stands beside the fountain on the right, leaning on it. The fountain is in a clearing surrounded...
Boys at the Hiram Roberts School at 615 E. Market Street in Louisville, Kentucky, learn how to cook. They wear aprons over their clothes as they work or eat. Some are working at the stove or countertops while a group of six sit at a small table....
Floods; Western Union Telegraph Company; Hotels; Disaster relief; People; Floods--Kentucky--Louisville
Address: 612 W. Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky. In 1937, after a January of intense rainfall, the Ohio River Valley flooded. The 1937 flood was one of Louisville's greatest natural disasters. This photo shows police and Kentucky State Health...
Hogan's Fountain in Cherokee Park in Louisville, Kentucky. The fountain may be photographed in an early stage of construction as the statue of Pan has not yet been placed on top. The fountain was built in 1905 to provide water for horses.
Decorative shield featuring a pegasus, a palette with paint brushes, the drama masks for comedy (Thalia) and tragedy (Melpomene), and a pan flute or panpipe. Black ink with orange highlights. A scroll near the top of the shield has the text...
Portrait of Audrey Jackson baring her shoulders. Inscription on print, right center: To "Boyd Martin" - May you never have to "pan" me. My best to you always - Sincerely, Audrey Jackson. Location of photo studio: Louisville...
Map, on a scale of 400 feet to an inch, showing the Louisville and Portland Canal, with Sand Island, Rock Island, Goose Island, Shippingport, Corn Island, Louisville, Portland, New Albany, Clarksville, Falls City, and Jeffersonville also labeled....
Women; Fountains; Sculpture; Watering troughs; Parks
Two women in white, or light-colored, dresses and flowered hats pose at Hogan's Fountain in Cherokee Park. One sits on the edge of the fountain smiling toward the camera. The other woman, who may be blind, stands to her right looking down. The...
Hogan's Fountain in Cherokee Park on a winter day. The large stone structure, which was built in 1905 to provide water for horses, features a sculpture by Enid Yandell of the Greek god Pan. Title supplied by cataloger.
About a dozen people, both African Americans and Caucasians, stand on this side of a wire fence looking at a roofless log cabin. Large American flags and a picture of Abraham Lincoln are attached to the logs. The original logs from what was...
Animals; Street railroads; Children; Play (Recreation); Toys; Writing; Reading; Sleeping; Men; Lathes; Shepherds; Barrels; Women; Flowers; Plants; Trees; Urns; Inkstands
Woodblock prints of, from top left and starting with larger images: fox ready to pounce on rabbit, hidden under tree root; 5-cent stamp, bearing image of horse-drawn trolley; mother cat leaping with arched back toward dog to protect her litter of...
This set of woodblock prints was reprinted in the 1980s. With the exception of the grapevine, the large cat jumping to the ground, the porcelain bowl, the black-and-white dog, and the log cabin with smoke coming from chimney, the images duplicate...
Alphabets (Writing systems); Animals; Containers; Laundry; Buildings; Men; Women; Children; Barrels; Barns; Carriages & coaches; Pipes (Smoking); Body parts; Top hats; Flowers; Wash tubs; Containers; Writing materials; Toys; Pine cones;...
This set of woodblock prints was reprinted in the 1980s. With the exception of the letters A and V and the sea serpent, the images duplicate the earlier prints in this collection. Woodblock prints of, from left to right starting at top left: letter...
