Art--Economic aspects--Nigeria; Anatsui, El, 1944-; Nigeria--Foreign economic relations
This paper is specifically concerned with contemporary artist El Anatsui, and his impact upon the region in which he lives and works in Nsukka, Nigeria. El Anatsui's large-scale wall sculptures—created by joining recycled aluminum distillery...
The research in this dissertation describes a simple electrochemical approach for fabricating nanoscale (metal/metal) or molecular (metal/polymer or self assembled monolayer (SAM)/metal) junctions. The fabrication involves metal deposition on one...
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
EL PETEN towing four barges in the Ohio River near Howard Shipyard in Jeffersonville, Indiana. EL PETEN, a stern-wheel towboat with wood hull (90 ft. x 20 ft. x 4 ft.), was built at Howard in 1896.
City & town life; Elevated railroads; Railroads; Buildings; Pedestrians; People
View down the Bowery of the cobblestone street and the elevated railroad tracks on either side in front of the buildings. Streetcars, carriages, and pedestrians are on the street. A train is on the elevated railroad on the left side of the street....
Exhibition buildings; Buildings; World's Columbian Exposition (1893: Chicago, Ill.); People
Large crowd of people, mostly men, outside at the World's Fair in Chicago (1893). Some people appear to be climbing or sitting on a pole in front of an arch over the crowd. Title: Entering Midway Plaisance to the World's Fair Grounds, Chicago, U.S....
Rialto Theatre (Louisville, Ky.); Theaters; Cultural facilities; Buildings; Marquees; Electric signs; Group portraits; Men; Women; Children
Group of people posing in rows under marquee for Rialto Theatre (616 S. Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky) bearing ad for "My Lips Betray," starring Lilian Harvey, John Boles, and El Brendel. That film debuted in 1933. Title supplied by...
Ornate bedroom inside the Royal Palace in France. Bed framed by tall curtains with a chandelier hanging above. Paintings are on the wall and a second chandelier hangs near the back. Descriptive information on back of card: The Royal Palace, Paris....
Train on elevated railroad tracks coming around a corner. A row of buildings is to the left, and a wagon is visible on the street below. Title: Elevated Railroad Coenties Slip, N.Y., U.S.A. Text on bottom: Un Ferrocarro; Elevado, tramo de Coenties,...
View of the metal frame of an elevated railroad from the street below. A building is in the background to the left. Title: Elevated Railroad, 110th Street, N.Y., U.S.A. Ferrocarril Elevado en la calle 110.a, Nueva Pork [York]. Text on left:...
Panel from Gods of the Modern World series. "Orozco moved closer to the Expressionists in spirit, at first working in the stylized, sculpturesque manner of [Ernst] Barlach, before later adopting the more dynamic and fluid forms of El Greco,...
