To gain a true appreciation of the works of any author, we must first be familiar with his race, his environment, and the period in which and of which he wrote. The Paris of the early seventeenth century was far different from the modern metropolis...
Night scene of harbor with lighted piers. At the end of one side of the harbor is a lighted building (the casino). Other buildings are visible near the water. There are ships and smaller boats at the docks and in the water. A mountain is visible...
Address: 312 E. Walnut Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Three "1/2 ton cap." trucks are shown here in front of the American Dye Works building. Each truck includes a sign reading, "American Dye Works, F. Edmond Klein, Prop., 'A Personal...
Buildings; Cultural facilities; Theaters; Auditoriums; Columns; Passageways; Lobbies
Large hallway or lobby at Municipal War Memorial Auditorium, Fourth and Kentucky Streets, Louisville, Kentucky. Boxy, perspectival view of floor, walls, and ceiling. The polished floor has patterns of large framed squares containing circles or...
Industrial Power Exhibit. Several men stop to talk under one of the lighted archways at the large electric light exposition. There appear to be booths or displays along the walkway. See ULPA 1982.01.568.p, ULPA 1982.01.730.p, and ULPA 1982.01.731.p...
Arches; Exhibition buildings; Electric lighting; Walkways; Men
A lighted archway at a large electric power exposition. Booths or displays appear to sit behind rails lining the walkway. A few men stand in the walkway while others have gathered at various points along the way. See ULPA 1982.01.568.p, ULPA...
"Nisley's Casual Shoes" are displayed in foreground, in front of a line of seating, and shoe boxes interspersed with mirrors line the left, right, and rear of the store, including the balcony. The handbag and hosiery counters flank the...
Large electric motor with freight cars filled with coal attached to it inside a mineshaft. . A man stands between the motor and first car, possibly on the back of the motor. Wires run across the ceiling. The shaft is supported by large wood...
Levy Brothers store at night. Beams of light emanate from the store, and the points of the roof and eaves twinkle. Numerous figures are shown around the lighted shop windows on the ground floor. One abutting building is slightly visible. Levy's was...
Palms trees near the beach, overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. There is a bench and a small roofed structure in the background. Text printed on the verso reads, "Jacksonville Beach, Florida. Situated on the Atlantic Ocean eighteen miles east of...
Twentieth Century Limited train on tracks near water. A building is visible on the horizon at the rear of the train. Text printed on verso reads, "The Twentieth Century Limited on the Lake Shore & New York Central lines is the fastest long...
