"With its somewhat distant-looking quality and distinctive crown of olive leaves, this statue is most likely a memorial portrait. Although the head and body originally came from two separate statues, they are chronologically consistent. The...
“One of the finest – and most controversial – works of third-century relief sculpture is the fragmentary sarcophagus found at Acilia, near Rome. It is an example of a later form of Roman coffin that art historians call the lenos (bathtub)...
“One of the finest – and most controversial – works of third-century relief sculpture is the fragmentary sarcophagus found at Acilia, near Rome. It is an example of a later form of Roman coffin that art historians call the lenos (bathtub)...
Carnahan Hall, a three-story girls' dormitory, which was built at Oneida Baptist Institute in 1905. The frame building at the left is a meat house and laundry. Carnahan Hall was converted to a boy's dormitory in 1925 and razed in 1968. This image...
A young boy wearing overalls and a striped shirt sits on a stool near a table. There is food on the table and a cuckoo clock over the boy's head. Kate Matthews frequently persuaded relatives and neighbors to pose in tableaux vivants, or living...
Intoxication; Children; Men; Churns; Maps; Bears; Parrots; Monkeys; Dogs; Women
Woodblock prints of, from top to bottom starting at top left: girl shaking man who appears drunk and is seated at table holding glass in establishment with sign reading "Wines Liquors," signed "John Andrew - Son"; rows of...
Woodblock prints of, from left: girl, boy, and cats in front of fireplace; man and boy in rowboat rocked by waves; girl putting hand on boy's shoulder on snowy day outside schoolhouse; number 9.
Simmons University (Louisville, Ky.); Architectural drawings; Dormitories; African American universities and colleges; Universities & colleges--Buildings; Simmons University (Louisville, Ky.)--Buildings
Sketch of the boy's dormitory constructed in 1924 by architects Plato and Evans. The university has gone by many names since its founding in 1879: The Kentucky Normal and Theological Institute (1879), State University (1883), Simmons University...
Jouett Hall (Louisville, Ky.); Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Educational facilities;
Jouett Hall from an elevated perspective. This building was originally named for Daniel Spalding, Jr., president of the Industrial School Board of Managers and president of the city council. It was renamed in honor of Edward Stockton Jouett,...
Jouett Hall (Louisville, Ky.); Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Educational facilities;
Jouett Hall at the University of Louisville. This building was originally named for Daniel Spalding, Jr., president of the Industrial School Board of Managers and president of the city council. It was renamed in honor of Edward Stockton Jouett,...
Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Educational facilities; Jouett Hall (Louisville, Ky.); Men; Women; People;
Biology Building, University of Louisville. People stand at the entrance, under its portico and at the base of the stairs. Jouett Hall served as the home of the biology department until 1958. This building was originally named for Daniel Spalding,...
Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Jouett Hall (Louisville, Ky.); Educational facilities; Educational facilities;
West side of Jouett Hall, showing the dual staircase entry way. This building was originally named for Daniel Spalding, Jr., president of the Industrial School Board of Managers and president of the city council. It was renamed in honor of Edward...
Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Jouett Hall (Louisville, Ky.); Educational facilities; Sidewalks;
West entrance of Jouett Hall. A sidewalk leads up to the entryway, and cement stairs lead up to the covered doorway. Dried leaves on the ground indicate the photograph was taken in the fall. This building was originally named for Daniel Spalding,...
Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Jouett Hall (Louisville, Ky.); Educational facilities; Reflections;
Rear of Jouett Hall reflected on the windows in the back of the Law School. This building was originally named for Daniel Spalding, Jr., president of the Industrial School Board of Managers and president of the city council. It was renamed in honor...
Bands; Bandmasters; University of Louisville. Band;
Three-year-old conductor Jerry Lyon stands in front of the University of Louisville Band which has assembled for a "Communiversity Concert" on the steps of the Administration building (Grawemeyer Hall), in front of the Thinker. The boy's...
Sculpture; Sarcophagi; Coffins; Death & burial; Containers; Monuments & memorials; Memorial works; Inscriptions; Human life cycle; Childhood & youth; Domestic life; Child rearing; Breast feeding; Feeding; Lifting & carrying; Riding;...
"[…] this child's sarcophagus has been reassembled from many fragments. The front panel is, however, in fairly good condition, with a few missing pieces reconstructed from Carrara marble. […] This sarcophagus is among the earliest of the...
