Amish--Books and reading; Amish--Ohio--Social life and customs; Literacy--Ohio
Following in the tradition of scholars who treat literacy in context such as Deborah Brandt, Shirley Brice Heath, and David Barton and Mary Hamilton, I conducted my dissertation research not in an academic classroom but in the valleys of Hanley, a...
Premenopausal women have fewer and less severe strokes when compared to postmenopausal females and aged matched males. The most obvious factor that could account for the observed difference is the physiological activity of Estrogen. Numerous...
Maritime museums--Indiana--Jeffersonville; Museums--Collection management--Indiana--Jeffersonville; Howard Steamboat Museum
My project looks at the current state of collections at the Howard Steamboat Museum located in Jeffersonville, Indiana and how the staff can improve their collections care and management. It is imperative that collection management guidelines and...
This thesis is an economic and historical examination of Keeneland racetrack in Lexington, Kentucky. The material commences with a historical overview of the role of sport and recreational activities in the United States. Putting sport and leisure...
The process of designing the settings and lighting for a show is an adventure; it's a story that has the normal components of any good story, a beginning, middle and end. There is tension, conflict, climax and resolution. It contains characters who...
Baseball cards; Athletes; Baseball players; New York Giants (Baseball team)
J.J. McGraw, John McGraw or John Joseph McGraw (1873-1934) also known as Mugsy and Little Napoleon. Color portrait of John McGraw with the New York Giants. Verso: John J. McGraw. When John J. McGraw took hold of the Giants, July 19, 1901, their...
Two men stand atop a cart of hay. Each holds what appears to be a pitchfork. At least one mule is at the front of the cart. At the rear of the cart is a pulley system that appears to be picking up the hay from the field and putting it on the cart....
A round is being framed out for putting in concrete. Sacks of material with the word Speed on them sit along the side of the road and mules pull carts down the road. Further up the road workers operate a machine and shovels. Utility lines frame the...
Stores & shops; Show windows; Window displays; Signs (Notices); Bananas; Buildings; People
A banana stand located in front of Ben Snyder's at 514-530 W. Market Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A boy eating a banana stands facing the camera as a woman pays one of the clerks. Another woman stands next to a clerk putting a bunch of bananas...
A group of young women, probably students at the Kentucky Home School for Girls, pose for a photo in Louisville, Kentucky's Central Park. They are dressed in togas and carry various props indicating they may have been putting on a play about the...
Dolly Ehert of Louisville, Kentucky putting her hand into what looks to be a fish bowl, posing with a piece of its contents in her other hand, holding it close to her mouth like she's readying to eat it. The photograph has some discoloration....
Two elves putting books away. One elf stands on a stack of three books and hands a book up to an elf kneeling on a shelf with books. The phrase "Ex Libris" is at the top of the design. The name "Ann Talbot Day" is to the right...
World War, 1914-1918; Soldiers; Arms & armament; Horses; Military training
French soldiers sit and stand in a field with their artillery and horses during World War I. One of two soldiers in the foreground appears to be taking his left shoe off, or putting it on, and the other is reaching into a bag or kit.
Children; Women; Play (Recreation); Costumes--United States
Seven children, dressed in pioneer costumes, follow the instructions of a woman wearing a long black dress. They stand outdoors, near the intersection of a picket fence and brick fence, and appear to be putting their right hands and feet in the...
Men; Women; Boys; Costumes--United States; Log cabins; People with disabilities
Described by Jean Thomas as "Idiot Man," the man in this image is wearing overalls and putting his finger to his nose. The child, a boy, crouches on the ground wearing a headband with feathers. A young woman (standing) and old woman...
Margy May, holding a doll and a basket; their mother Eula, holding an unnamed baby; Harry Lee Gullett, holding a gourd banjo; and an unnamed boy, putting his mouth around a pair of sticks; stand next to the Traipsin' Woman Cabin on the Mayo Trail...
Woodblock prints of large images from left to right starting at top left, and smaller images from top to bottom at right and from left to right beneath large images: border of flowers surrounding picture of young child, with blank space beneath;...
Children; Animals; Play (Recreation); Axes; Butterflies; Laundresses
Woodblock prints of, from top to bottom starting at top left: girl putting dog in doll buggy pulled by another girl; boy with stick approaching pig eating hat; boy lying on log, hat removed, pig on ground, and axe leaning against log; five little...
This set of woodblock prints was reprinted in the 1980s. With the exception of the caged lion, the saddle, and the man wearing vest resting on log, holding axe, while boy carries sheaves of wheat, the images duplicate the earlier prints in this...
This set of woodblock prints was reprinted in the 1980s. The images duplicate the earlier prints in this collection. Woodblock prints of, from left to right starting at top left: boy wading into water; young man seated outdoors, with sailboat on...
