Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Shipping; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
H.M. CARTER, a stern-wheel packet with wood hull (155 ft. x 28 ft. x 3.5 ft.), was built at Howard in 1901 and received a new cabin there in 1906. Owned by Carter Packet Company in New Orleans, H.M. CARTER operated on the lower Mississippi River...
Owned by Baton Rouge & Bayou Sara Packet Co., GOLDEN EAGLE, a stern-wheel packet with wood hull (175 ft. x 35 ft. x 5.2 ft.), operated on the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers. Originally built in 1904 by Howard Shipyard in Jeffersonville,...
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Bow and port side of stern-wheeler CARRIE HOPE, at the bank of the Ohio River, while be renovated at Howard Shipyard. CARRIE HOPE, a stern-wheel packet with wood hull (150 ft. x 27.3 ft. x 4.5 ft.), was originally named C.N. DAVIS when she was...
Buildings; Hotels; Lodges; Henry Clay Building (Louisville, Ky.)
Address: 604 S. Third Street. Originally built in 1924 as an Elks Athletic Club, this neo-classical revival building still stands at the corner of Third and Chestnut streets. For a while, it was used by the Young Women's Christian Association. It...
Before and after views of Dinty Moore's bar. In the before, it is a dark brick building. In the after, it has been renovated with Perma Stone facade and has new neon signs in the windows.
View of Weber School of Dance before being renovated with Perma Stone. The top third of the building has white horizontal siding and the bottom two-thirds have dark vertical siding..
Marquee for the Grand Theatre with ladders on the ground in front of the building. A sign hanging from the theater advertises the opening of the newly renovated building. Address: 6th Street and Walnut Street (now Muhammad Ali Boulevard),...
Big Red (Sculpture); Public art--Kentucky--Louisville;
Big Red sculpture undergoing refinishing. A white primer has been applied to the usually red sculpture, which stands outside the University of Louisville College of Business. Created by Tom Lear and installed December 20-21, 1989 and dedicated June...
Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Educational facilities; Scaffolding;
K Building with scaffolding, under renovation. Part of the old Louisville General Hospital, K Building was renovated and expanded in 1996. Current uses: School of Nursing (as of 1996?); houses classrooms; labs; HSC student government offices;...
Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Stadiums; Parking lots; Automobiles; Trucks; Cardinal Stadium (Louisville, Ky.)
Cardinal Stadium, the former home of the UofL football, seen from the air. The word "Louisville" is being painted in one end zone and the word "KFEC" is painted in the other; "UL" is painted in the center. There are no...
Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Educational facilities; Children; Men; Women;
Entrance of K Building. This is a close view of the doorway, focused on the columns, which have "UofL" inscribed at their tops, and the front door. A man holds the door open and a woman prepares to enter. Another woman with three...
Rooms & spaces; Fireplaces; University of Louisville--Buildings;
Empty room with fireplace. There is a glass lampshade on the fireplace mantel, which is topped by a mirror. The wood floor and walls are stained and worn. This building, at 2018 Confederate Place (now Unity Place), was a private home that the...
“The large oecus (5) next to the nuptial bedchamber (4) contains the famous frieze representing the “mysteries” of the Dionysus cult that give the villa its name. The paintings here represent the initiation of a young woman into the mysteries...
"The original building dates to the second century B.C., but it was renovated and enlarged many times, gradually transforming from a farmhouse into a true suburban villa. The period of its greatest splendor, however, began with the founding of...
“Moving from the atrium to the exedra, one passes through a tablinum or open living room (2), decorated with Egyptian motifs. They were executed with a miniaturist’s precision on a black wall polished to a mirrorlike shine. It is one of the...
"The construction technique and decorations of the villa suggest that it must have been built around the middle of the first century B.C. Only about thirty years earlier the Roman general Lucius Cornelius Sulla had conquered Pompeii and...
"The construction technique and decorations of the villa suggest that it must have been built around the middle of the first century B.C. Only about thirty years earlier the Roman general Lucius Cornelius Sulla had conquered Pompeii and...
"The construction technique and decorations of the villa suggest that it must have been built around the middle of the first century B.C. Only about thirty years earlier the Roman general Lucius Cornelius Sulla had conquered Pompeii and...
