Women in literature--History--19th century; Consumption (Economics) in literature; Materialism in literature; American literature--19th century--Social aspects
This dissertation examines American consumer culture and its influences on images of women created in art and literature at the turn of the twentieth century. It is divided into four substantive parts and uses the methods and theoretical approaches...
Portrait of left profile of Edith Fassette Tillor. Inscription on print, lower right: Yours sincerely, Edith Fassette Tillor. Location of photo studio: Chicago (Ill.). Title supplied by cataloger.
Portrait of Edith Marie Cress. In 1908, when Edith was a 12-year-old orphan living with her poor grandmother, she wanted an education so desperately that she took what few clothes she had and began to walk over twenty-five miles to ask Professor...
Portrait of Edith (Mrs. James T.) Howington of Louisville, Kentucky. She is wearing a cloche hat and fur around her neck. Crop marks frame her face, and the photograph is yellowing due to age. Stamped on back of image: December 4, 1933.
Portrait of Edith Judson Norman and Elizabeth Cecil Norman of Louisville, Kentucky playing with alphabet blocks. The photograph has been painted on accentuating details and marked with discolorations from age. Handwritten on bottom, front of image:...
Portrait of Edith (Mrs. Prentiss M.) Terry of Louisville, Kentucky, wearing her hair short and wavy. The photograph has marks of damage and bad discoloration from age. Handwritten on back of image: Clubwoman. Stamped on back: April 10, 1933;...
Portrait of Edith (Mrs. John B.) Wintersmith of Louisville, Kentucky, wearing a fur stole and beads around her neck. The photograph is discolored from age. Stamped on bottom, front of image: copyright, Bachrach (Louisville). Handwritten on back:...
Edith James, a brunette woman, sits outdoors in a high-back chair, wearing a long black dress. A spinning wheel, house, and trees are visible in the background.
Edith James, a brunette woman, sits outdoors in a high-back chair, wearing a long black dress. A spinning wheel, house, and trees are visible in the background.
This shop window shows the wares of Edith V. Walker & Brothers, a florist shop at 640 S. Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Poinsettias and small plants and flowers in pots and vases sit in the window along with candles. Fluffy lampshades, a...
Louisville City Hospital 1920 - Composite photograph of Louisville City Hospital school of nursing class of 1920. Cluster of individual oval-shaped portraits of students in nursing uniforms and caps with one larger portrait of the superintendent....
Louisville City Hospital 1921 - Composite photograph of Louisville City Hospital school of nursing class of 1921. Cluster of individual oval-shaped portraits of students in nursing uniforms and caps. Decorated with an interlocked LCH. Text:...
Louisville City Hospital school of nursing 1939 - Student nurses, class of 1939, at the Louisville City Hospital school of nursing, which later became Louisville General Hospital. Three rows of female students stand on the steps in front of a...
Six children ride on a sled being pulled by a team of oxen on McMurray's farm. The children are playing with two dogs. H. L. McMurray was a Baptist preacher and co-founder of Mamre Baptist College, which became Oneida Baptist Institute. McMurray...
College administrators; Deans (Education); Gardiner Hall (Louisville, Ky.); University of Louisville--Buildings; Buildings; University of Louisville--Faculty
The University of Louisville's newly appointed dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Dr. Richard Barber, poses in front of Gardiner Hall with his family. His wife, Frances McCutchon and their children, Richard, Jr. and Francis Edith stand with...
Deans (Education); College administrators; Families; University of Louisville--Faculty
Newly appointed dean of the University of Louisville College of Arts and Sciences, Dr. Richard L. Barber, walks down the sidewalk with his wife Frances McCutchon and their two children Richard, Jr. And Francis Edith. Barber was dean of the College...
Portrait of Margaret Taylor of Louisville, Kentucky, wearing an evening gown and beads around her neck. The photograph has been painted on to crop her image, badly creased, and marred with discolorations from age. Stamped on bottom, front of image:...
Louisville City Hospital school of nursing 1932 - Student nurses, class of 1932, at Louisville City Hospital school of nursing, which later became Louisville General Hospital. Three rows of female students in front of a brick wall. The women wear...
Louisville City Hospital school of nursing 1938 - Student nurses, class of 1938, at the Louisville City Hospital school of nursing, which later became Louisville General Hospital. Three rows of female students on the grass in front of a brick...
Louisville General Hospital school of nursing 1950 - Class of 1950 at Louisville General Hospital School of Nursing. Four rows of students in nurse's uniforms and caps holding diploma covers. The students are in front of a stage curtain with an...
