"Further insight into Sumerian religious beliefs and rituals comes from a cache of sculptures reverently buried beneath the floor of a temple at Eshnunna (modern Tell Asmar) when the structure was remodeled. Carved of soft gypsum and inlaid...
Corner of Main Street and Limestone Street in Lexington, Kentucky, with people on the sidewalks in front of stores and businesses, including Webster Clothes.
Group of images of three men -- Mr. Bullock and two game wardens -- standing next to a body of water and at a construction site at Limestone Springs Kentucky.
“The first part of the project, which began perhaps as early as Augustus, was a grandiose temple to Jupiter; an inscription suggests it was completed by 60 CE. The Jupiter temple is a typical example of the compromise between Greek and Roman...
"The vast majority of prehistoric sculptures depict either animals or humans. In the earliest art, humankind consists almost exclusively of women as opposed to men, and painters and sculptors almost invariably showed them nude […]. When...
Religious facilities; Synagogues; Schools; Buildings
Address: 232 E. Jacob Street, Louisville, Kentucky. The congregation of Keneseth Israel Synagogue gathers in front of the new brick and limestone building, which is multiple stories with twin Corinthian columns. Menorahs and a tablet are carved...
Schools; Children; Group portraits; People; Buildings
Address: 1713 W. Madison Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Students pose for a group portrait at the entrance to the Madison Street School. The entry has an extra large arch with "Madison St. School" and decorative leaves carved above it. In...
Address: 1915 W. Market Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Brooms lean against the exterior of a hardware store as a row of pots and buckets sits at the curb. A couple of reel mowers are also on display. An advertisement on the window reads,...
Buildings; Religious facilities; Welfare facilities
Address: 245 E. Chestnut Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A sign by the front door announces, "Home of the Innocents." A cross stands above the decorative lintel of the door. The main portion of the three-story building appears to be made of...
Address: Second and Main Streets, Louisville, Kentucky. A street light stands on an intersection island with a sign indicating "Toll Bridge." This is the Louisville side of the Municipal Bridge which spans the Ohio River to...
Address: 2320 Frankfort Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. Trolley tracks run down Frankfort Avenue by the Schwarz, Clifford and Scott building at the corner of Keats Avenue. The building includes signage for "Pontiac Sixes and Eights" and...
Young Women's Christian associations; Cobblestone streets; Street railroad tracks; Utility poles; Buildings; Transportation
Address: 720 S. Second Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Trolley and utility lines crisscross the cobblestone street. On the corner is the Young Women's Christian Association, bearing a sign with YWCA spelled out in light bulbs. To the side of the...
Belknap Bridge crosses Beargrass Creek in a section of Cherokee Park. The bridge is made of stone, probably limestone. Grassy areas are being kept mown and a walking path can be seen on the left.
Green River furnace, a low building with a central higher section from which two smokestacks emerge, as seen from a distance, with a field and a brick house in the foreground. Several railroad cars are on the tracks leading to the furnace. Kentucky...
The central part of the Green River furnace is a small brick building with white arches on its front wall, bordered by two smokestacks. The furnace extends to the sides in low sections and projects forward at both ends. The sections pointing...
Historic buildings; Churches; Baptist churches; African Americans; Men
Old Providence Church, a simple stone building with small, shuttered windows, located off of New Boonesboro Road in Winchester, Clark County, Kentucky. William Bush, a member of Daniel Boone's second Kentucky expedition, built the stone structure...
