This dissertation examines popular periodicals in the late 19th- and early 20th-century America as pivotal artifacts in the history of literacy education. It first reviews current histories of literacy, writing instruction, and magazines at the...
Portraits; Women; Partisan politics; Political conventions; Teapots
Sallie Aley (Mrs. Alvin T.) Hert of Louisville, Kentucky pouring tea, wearing a hat and floral print dress. The photograph has a few spots of discoloration. Attached to back of image: Ladies Of The G.O.P. Hour Tea; While the Wet-Dry issue burned...
Entrance to Ladies Room at Loews Theater on Fourth Street between Broadway and Chestnut, Louisville, Kentucky. Photograph frames a wide rectangular doorway with a border carved in a more curved shape; doorway contains twin swinging doors, half open...
Four young ladies in costumes and a man pose for a picture in the parlor, or music room, of the Howard Mansion in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. Some of the girls are also in other pictures labeled "play girls" by the...
Merchandise display of ladies slips folded on s helves and on display on top of a counter. Address: Besten & Langen, 518-520 S. 4th Street, Louisville, Kentucky.
A sitting room with delicate furniture is shown within Colonel Charles Christopher Mengel's home at 1325 S. Third Street, Louisville, Kentucky. This may have been a ladies' sitting room. A portrait of a woman hangs on one wall above a curio...
Hotels; Cobblestone streets; Street railroad tracks; City & town life; Buildings
Address: 610 W. Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky. This portion of Main Street, a cobblestone street with trolley tracks, includes a row of five-story buildings including the Louisville Hotel. Two doormen stand by the entryway of the hotel which...
Streets; City & town life; Utility poles; Brick wall signs; Signs (Notices); Automobiles; Buildings; Stores & shops
Utility poles line East Broadway near Eighth Street in Louisville, Kentucky. Their wires form a grid in the air. A traffic cop stands in the middle of the intersection as cars and a trolley pass by. On the left side of the street people stand by...
Cars are parked at an angle to the sidewalk along Market Street in Louisville, Kentucky. At the corner of Fourth Street is Goldberg's which advertises, "See us for clothes save money." Sarnoff-Irving Quality Hats occupies the space...
Address: 427 S. Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Automobiles park in front of the Kaufman-Straus Co. building. A crowd of pedestrians walk along the sidewalks in front of the display windows. On the side of the building is a sign indicating,...
The shop window for DeLuxe Eat Shoppe at 666 S. Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky, displays cakes and other pastries as well as candies and fruit. Lettering on the front window indicates, "Tables for Ladies & Gentlemen." Beyond the...
Portrait of Mrs. Emma Cimiotti of Louisville, Kentucky, wearing a high-collared dress and her silver hair short. Theodore Cimiotti was her late husband. Handwritten on back of image: Chairman of reception to be given by the Ladies' Auxiliary of the...
Portrait of Anna Eames of Louisville, Kentucky, wearing a cloche hat and glasses. The photograph has been cut, painted on and discoloration. Handwritten on back of image: Miss Anna Eames, President, Ladies Business & Professional Women's Club....
Portrait of Mrs. D.B. Munford of Hodgenville, Kentucky, wearing a polka-dot printed dress. The photograph has been painted on and badly creased on the right edge. Handwritten on back of image: president of Ladies Lives League.
Women's dining room, Nazareth College, Louisville, Kentucky, 1924. Features a huge ornate mirror over a fireplace, dark walls, and a table with curved wood chairs, a plant on top, and a chandelier above. On back of image: "Young Ladies Dining...
Nine unidentified young ladies in harem costumes pose for a picture in the parlor or music room in the Howard Mansion in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana, presumably after a recital or show. The room's decor is Moorish, with cream walls,...
