Photography--Psychological aspects; Mourning customs in art; Mourning customs in literature; Phenomenology and art
The creation of liminal spaces has been used for centuries cross-culturally to create sacred or taboo meanings in rituals, people, places, or objects. Liminality is constructed by the overlapping of cultural categories and "ruptures" an...
Children; Group portraits; Dresses; Suits (Clothing); African Americans; Rites & ceremonies; People
Address: 1304 W. Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky. Three rows of children pose for a photograph commemorating their first communion in front of St. Augustine's Roman Catholic Church. The children are African American and range in ages from perhaps...
Rites & ceremonies; Building construction; Blueprints; Shovels
Address: 829 Logan Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Four men pose for a group portrait commemorating the breaking of ground for a new building on the lot at Logan and Breckenridge Streets. All four wear suits, overcoats, and hats. One is holding...
Heigold House, home of G.W. Huber, engraver, 264 Marion Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Close-up of recessed entrance and entrance steps, two side windows, and above the entrance, information commemorating George Washington with the words...
World War, 1914-1918--France; Men; Historical markers
André Jeunet stands next to a large stone marker which reads in part "Vive la France" (Long live France) and "Doubs". The marker, located near Jeunet's ancestral home in Jougne, which is in the Doubs, may be a boundary marker...
Horseshoe-shaped flower wreath mounted on wooden stand, probably commemorating the death of John T. Macauley on November 3, 1915. Location of photo studio: Louisville (Ky.). Title supplied by cataloger.
Horseshoe-shaped flower wreath mounted on wooden stand, probably commemorating the death of John T. Macauley on November 3, 1915. Location of photo studio: Louisville (Ky.). Title supplied by cataloger.
Drawing commemorating the death of French composer and writer Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880). A bust, presumably of Offenbach, at the center of the drawing is surrounded by wreaths, laurel, and legions of costumed characters. A banner woven through...
Map of Louisville, Kentucky shows areas flooded by Ohio River in January, 1937. Map is surrounded on three sides by color illustrations commemorating Neville Miller's term as Mayor of Louisville from December 1933 to December 1937. The map, which...
Illustrated map depicting history of Louisville, Kentucky up until 1934. Only a few streets are named, but forty-eight points of interest are marked with small numbered drawings explained by a legend. Map is surrounded by twenty-seven color...
A beech tree with letters carved into the bark of the trunk apparently commemorating an event or relationship. Photographer Kate Matthews' signature is on the album page. Title supplied by cataloger.
From Hierakonpolis, Egypt. "In Predynastic times, Egypt was divided geographically and politically into Upper Egypt (the southern, upstream part of the Nile Valley), a narrow tract of grassland that encouraged hunting, and Lower (northern)...
