Churches; Cathedrals; Catholic churches; Religious facilities; Vestments; Rites & ceremonies; Cathedral of the Assumption (Louisville, Ky.)
The inside of the Cathedral of the Assumption, home church of the Catholic Archdiocese of Louisville and located at 433 South Fifth Street, Louisville, Kentucky, is shown during a service. Behind the altar is a large stained glass window depicting...
Buildings; Temples; Organs; Altars; Temple Adath Israel (Louisville, Ky.)
Address: 834 S. Third Street. The interior of Temple Adath Israel is shown. The pews are arched to form a semi-circle around the altar. The altar contains an inscribed podium, two menorahs on large stands and two armchairs. A curtained section is...
View of giant stalactites inside Mammoth Cave at The Altar. Text on verso: "In the foreground is a cluster of columns called the Altar, at which a romantic marriage took place between two parties whose union on the face of the earth was...
Churches; Religious facilities; Altars; Stained glass
Wooden pews face an altar which is carved with an image of the Last Supper. Potted lilies sit on either side of the altar and three stained glass windows are above. The windows come to a slight point at the top which is echoed in the cantilevered...
“Illustration of a suovetaurilia, a ritual sacrifice made before the start of a military offensive. At the bottom, a pig and a sheep are being led to the sacrificial altar. The ox which was also destined for sacrifice cannot be seen in this view....
Temple Adath Israel (Louisville, Ky.); Synagogues; Religious facilities; Historic buildings; Group portraits; Organs; Altars; People
Address: 834 S. Third Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A group poses in pageantry costumes in the Temple Adath Israel. The children are dressed in white gowns with headbands. Some of the children hold horns. The adults wear a variety of costumes most...
Vaults (Architecture); Buildings; Religious facilities; Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani (Trappist, Ky.)
Address: 3642 Monks Road, Trappist, Kentucky. Stained glass windows are set in pointed arches along the walls of the Abbey of Gethsemani. A vaulted ceiling towers over the wooden pews and altar. Books rest at an incline on wooden stands. In the...
Vaults (Architecture); Buildings; Religious facilities; Churches
Address: 1126 S. Sixth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A prayer rail separates the altar from the pews at St. Louis Bertrand Church. Religious scenes are painted on the walls. A series of columns uphold transverse arches and the ceiling is vaulted.
Address: 1617 W. Jefferson Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A small statue of a woman holding a large flame decorates a handrail in a hallway. The walls are decorated with two different patterns; one is a wallpaper with sketches of leaves and...
Buildings; Religious facilities; Churches; Catholic churches; Basilicas; Historic buildings
Interior, with altar and Gothic rib vaulting, of St. Joseph church in Bardstown, Kentucky, which was built between 1816-1819. The St. Joseph Proto-Cathedral complex is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Buildings; Religious facilities; Churches; Presbyterian churches
Interior of Second Presbyterian Church, on Second Street and Broadway in Louisville, Kentucky, with Gothic rib vaulting holding spherical light fixtures; pews; and altar.
A large pipe organ stands behind the altar in the sanctuary of Pewee Valley Presbyterian Church. Signed by photographer on cardboard frame below lower right edge of print. Title supplied by cataloger.
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: dog holding cane in its mouth; geyser, with inset image of smoke...
Woodblock prints of, from left to right starting at top left: large building built in hill and valley; white man wearing loincloth and carrying bow and arrows among indigenous people, possibly setting up sacrificial altar; scene of Boston Tea...
Interior of church damaged by flood, likely the 1937 Ohio River flood: floor covered in inches of mud, ruined Bibles scattered along pews and floor, furniture on altar covered in powdery mold. Title supplied by cataloger.
Interior of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, looking toward altar and showing pews and vaulted ceilings. Handwritten on back of print: "Church - St. Patrick, interior of church. 1301 W. Market St."
Wooden chairs, wooden floor, and Bibles on the altar of a church appear to be covered in powdery mold, possibly caused by flooding during the 1937 Ohio River flood. Title supplied by cataloger.
Churches; Revivals; Youth organizations; Religious groups; Audiences; Organs; People
Stage or altar, with "Louisville-Land Youth for Christ Geared to the Times - Anchored to the Rock" banner hanging from choir loft and two men and a woman standing behind lectern, possibly during event including services conducted by...
Young boys in suits and girls in white dresses stand in rows at the altar of a church during First communion at St. Leo the Great Roman Catholic Church.
