Retouched portrait of actor John Hyams leaning on his right hand. Hyams performed at Macauley's Theatre in productions of "The Girl of My Dreams" (in November 1910, September 1911, and March 1912) and "My Home Town Girl"...
Full-length portrait of Grace Van Studdiford, actress and co-producer (with Charles Bradley) of the Grace Van Studdiford Amusement Company, which specialized in comedy and opera. She is standing on an Oriental rug wearing buns at each side of her...
Full-length portrait of actors Leila McIntyre and John Hyams, who performed at Macauley's Theatre in productions of "The Girl of My Dreams" (in November 1910, September 1911, and March 1912) and "My Home Town Girl" (December...
Portrait of actress and director Ethel Barrymore wearing a dark dress, with her dark hair pulled back on either side of her part. Barrymore was born August 15, 1879 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her parents (Maurice Barrymore and Georgiana Drew),...
Portrait of performer J. E. Dodson with arms folded, wearing eyeglasses, a three-piece pin-striped suit, and necktie. Dodson performed at Macauley's Theatre in "The House Next Door" in April 1910 and November 1910. The inscription is to...
Portrait of Max Bloom wearing pin-striped suit jacket with handkerchief peering out of left breast pocket, and necktie with stickpin. The inscription is to Pres. L. Hamilton, Macauley's Theatre's Treasurer beginning in the 1908-1909 season....
Full-length portrait of left profile of stage and screen actress Helen Ware wearing a floor-length dress with elbow-length sleeves. Ware, who married fellow actor Frederick Burt, was born October 15, 1877 in San Francisco, California. She appeared...
Drawing of Union National Bank in downtown Louisville, Kentucky. Handwritten on bottom of mounted print: "R.G. Potter. Collection; Union National was licensed Oct 28 1890 / Geo. W. Swearingen Pres. W. P. Otter V.Pres. L.O. Cox Cashier....
To gain a true appreciation of the works of any author, we must first be familiar with his race, his environment, and the period in which and of which he wrote. The Paris of the early seventeenth century was far different from the modern metropolis...
Portraits; Group portraits; Men; Women; Business people; Railroad employees
Whitefoord R. Cole, President of L. & N. Railroad, standing outside with his wife, Mary Connor Bass Cole; their son, Whitefoord R. Cole, Jr.; and Dr. M.M. Collum of Nashville, Tennessee. Photograph has been damaged and is missing bottom corner....
Portrait of left profile of actor Joseph F. Sheehan, who has grown corpulent since his portraits dated 1904. He wears a pinstripe suit jacket with tie. The Joseph F. Sheehan English Opera Company performed five operas at Macauley's Theatre on...
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Entertainers; Men
Portrait of George Evans wearing a suit jacket and tie. Welsh-born George "Honey Boy" Evans became famous in the United States as a blackface minstrel, vaudeville comedian, and songwriter who performed with the "Honey Boy"...
Louisville Gas and Electric Company; Public utility companies; Industrial facilities
Lithograph of Louisville, Kentucky's Gas Company. Handwritten on bottom of mounted print: "R.G. Potter Collection; Located on Washington between Jackson & Preston Office at 116 Green (Liberty) between 3rd & 4th J. Lawrence Smith Pres....
Louisville Water Company (Louisville, Ky.); Business people; Men; Group portraits
Group of men in suits posed on steps outside frame building. The men are identified by circled numbers to their left, with the key written beneath the image on the print: "1 John S. Morris Auditor, 2 Charles S. Potter Buyer - Ass't. Treas. 3...
Group of seven men in four rows wearing suits with pins or medals on their jackets. Text on photo: Kentucky Independent Telephone Assn. Convention. Lou. KY. Dec. 13, 1941. Standing LT. to RT. - S.B. Dibble Jr., Director - B.W. Saunders, V.P. - R.A....
Simmons University (Louisville, Ky.); African American college students; College students; African American educators; African American college teachers; Teachers; Education; African Americans--Education (Higher); College Presidents; African...
Simmons University faculty and students in the 1920s. The back of the photograph reads: "Faculty and Students of Simmons left to right H. A. Keen, C. H. Parrish Jr., Rev. L. A. Offutt, Dr. Parrish Pres., Dean Lawson, Dr. Lanier and Miss Hattie...
Simmons University (Louisville, Ky.); African American educators; African American college teachers; Teachers; African Americans--Education (Higher); African American universities and colleges; African Americans; Men
President C. H. Parrish with male faculty members at Simmons University in the 1920s. The bottom of the faded and foxed photograph identifies this group as ""Dept. of Education Ministers" and points to a "Dr. Hovey" and the...
Football players; University of Louisville--Football; University of Louisville--Students; Students; College athletes; Crowds; Airplanes; University of Louisville--Sports
University of Louisville Cardinals return from Miami, Florida where they unexpectedly tied the undefeated Miami Hurricanes 13-13. Two men disembark from an airplane and head down the stairs to a waiting crowd. One person holds a plackard that reads...
Fraternities & sororities; Meetings; Students; Student unions; University of Louisville--Buildings; Miller Information Technology Building (Louisville, Ky.)
View of the officers of Gamma Beta Phi prior to conducting a meeting in University Center on January 7, 1969. Gamma Beta Phi Meeting in the University Center on January 7, 1969. People: L to R: Donna Jo Willett; Fred Geswein; Jim Rich (Pres); Anne...
View of the officers of Pi Gamma Omicron prior to conducting a meeting in University Center on January 7, 1969. Pi Gamma Omicron Meeting in the University Center on January 7, 1969. People: L to R: Barbara Degener (Sec); Stephanie Pierce (VPres);...
