Metaphor; English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching
This dissertation is a theoretical examination and textual analysis of the metaphors used to describe the act of writing and the teaching of writing. Within Rhetoric and Composition, there are specific conceptual metaphors that are instrumental to...
This dissertation demonstrates an elegant method, known as 'micro-origami' or strain architecture to design and fabricate three-dimensional MEMS structures which are assembled using actuation of a metal-oxide bilayer with conventional planar...
This is likely an insurance photograph as it was ordered by lawyers at an insurance firm. The image depicts Baxter Avenue where it intersects with Castlewood Avenue and shows a section of road with what looks like tire skid marks. Along the left...
Address: 427 S. Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. This image depicts Fourth Street with a brick road and trolley tracks. The Kaufman Straus Co. department store is shown with multiple canopies and leaded glass windows. The store windows appear...
Sculpture; Horses; Houses; Parks; Castleman, John Breckinridge, 1841-1918; Buildings
At the intersection of Cherokee Road and Cherokee Parkway in Louisville, Kentucky, stands this monument to John B. Castleman. Created in 1913, the statue depicts Castleman on his mare Carolina. He is shown in a suit with a hat in one hand and the...
Amusement parks; Fontaine Ferry Park (Louisville, Ky.); Amusement rides
This partially corroded image depicts the alpine slide ride at Fontaine Ferry Park in Louisville, Kentucky. Twin slides end atop two wood-planked raised platforms. A sign painted on the wall shows a hand pointing and the words "way to top of...
Sculpture; Horses; Buildings; Parks; Castleman, John Breckinridge, 1841-1918
Located at the intersection of Cherokee Parkway and Cherokee Road, Louisville, Kentucky, and framed by one of the grand houses in the Cherokee Triangle area, the Castleman Statue sits on an island at the edge of Cherokee Park. The statue depicts...
A man in blackface sits in a chair with a wooden guitar on his lap. This image depicts African Americans in a stereotyped fashion that may be offensive to many viewers; the University of Louisville does not endorse the content of, or expression...
Buildings; Health care facilities; Hospitals; Marine hospitals; United States. Marine Hospital, no. 11 (Louisville, Ky.); United States. Works Progress Administration; Murals
Section of WPA project mural by Hendrik Martin Mayer (also known as Henrik) of Indianapolis at Marine Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky. Mural depicts the meeting between European and Native American cultures. A priest stands in the center in front...
Production photograph of a scene from a minstrel stage show, with an outdoor backdrop and picnic props. One man in blackface points a shotgun at another man in blackface, while a man in the middle, with long sideburns and wearing a hunting cap and...
Portrait of actor George W. Wilson in blackface. He wears the collar of his shirt up, and rests his chin on his left hand. This image depicts African Americans in a stereotyped fashion that may be offensive to many viewers; the University of...
Full-length character portrait of heavyset man wearing bald cap and kimono, standing with legs wide apart and gesturing with outstretched arms. This image depicts Asians in a stereotyped fashion that may be offensive to many viewers; the University...
Color lithograph advertising Emerson's Megatherian Minstrels, which featured performer Billy Emerson (pictured here). Billy Emerson (Edmund) was born in Belfast, Ireland in 1846 and died in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1902. Emerson's Megatherian...
Color lithograph advertising Emerson's Megatherian Minstrels, which featured performer Billy Emerson and were managed by Richard M. Hooley (pictured here). Hooley was born in Ballina, County Mayo, Ireland in 1822 and died in Chicago in 1893. The...
Full-length portrait of actor Paul Allen in blackface costume for a minstrel show. He wears a plaid suit and cap and appears to be pointing or beckoning. This image depicts African Americans in a stereotyped fashion that may be offensive to many...
Full-length portrait of actor Paul Allen in blackface costume for a minstrel show. He wears a top hat and white coat over a velvet jumpsuit, and points to a glass bottle held in his left hand. He sits cross-legged on a stool, smoking a stogie. This...
Atlas of the City of Louisville, Kentucky prepared from official records, private plans and actual surveys. Thirty plates cover the entire city of Louisville and parts of the surrounding county. Each plate shows names of businesses and property...
Baseball; Parkway Field (Louisville, Ky.); Contests; Watermelons; African Americans
Watermelon eating contest during baseball game at Parkway Field, Louisville, Kentucky. Six African American boys participate; grandstands filled with people in background. This image depicts African Americans in a stereotyped fashion that may be...
Two rows of men with a man standing with a female mannequin. The back row stands with a few men on the right holding instruments. The front row sits and has seven men in blackface. This image depicts African Americans in a stereotyped fashion that...
Group of Native Americans (Cherokees) face a group of European white men. One of the Cherokees is standing and addressing or listening to the white men; the rest are seated. Three of the white men are standing, two others are seated. There is a...
