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...
A loose crowd of people walk toward the flooded intersection of Cardinal Boulevard and Brook Street. Yellow caution tape extends across the intersection and orange and white sawhorses stand in the water. Photograph was taken in the early afternoon.
Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; Floods; Men; Equipment; Hoses; Oil spills; Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings
A reddish pool of diesel fuel leaks out of two large vents in the side of the on the University of Louisville College of Education and Human Development (renamed the Woodford R. and Harriett B. Porter Building in September 2010). The spill occurred...
Utopias; Adorno, Theodor W., 1903-1969; Irigaray, Luce; Agamben, Giorgio, 1942-
What is the idea that "utopia" names? How can discourse represent that idea? Setting aside temporarily deeper problems with the idea of representation, and focusing on how a complex philosophical discourse might approach the problem of...
Louisville Loose Leaf Tobacco Warehouse at Camp Taylor, featuring a wooden floor, brick walls, and a sign for "Camels" in the background. Two men tackle a pile of tobacco as high as their heads.
Auctioneer R. D. Jones (presumably the man at center, wearing black gloves with his three-piece suit and hat), presiding over the auction at Loose Leaf Tobacco Warehouse at Camp Taylor. Men inspect tobacco and talk.
Two men wearing denim overalls load tobacco sold at auction at Loose Leaf Tobacco Warehouse at Camp Taylor, while two other men look on. Above the piles of tobacco leaves, a cigarette ad (bearing the words "Sir Walter Raleigh" is visible...
Address: 840 Ash Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A note on the invoice indicated the camera position as "in front of dividing line between 840-842 looking West." As the focus of the image is the brick sidewalk, this photo may have been...
The interior of an unidentified home is shown after the 1937 flood. A water line can be seen about five feet up the wall. A warped piano is lying on its back next to another large piece of furniture. At the top of the stairs, is a loveseat or coach...
Two one-story buildings made of vertical wood boards with large signs, "Blacksmith Shop" (at left, smaller) and "London Wagon Works. Incorporated" (at right, larger). In front of the buildings, there are people milling around; a...
Character portrait of actress Mary Anderson as a young woman, looking over her left shoulder. She wears a ribbon (in three bands) around her hair, which is pulled back, and a loose white dress. Mary Anderson is the stage name of Mme. de Navarro....
Portrait of actress with loose curly hair, wearing checked dress. Rachel Booth (1862-1955) married actor James T. Powers (1862-1943) in 1892. Location of photo studio: New York (N.Y.). Title supplied by cataloger.
Full-length portrait of actor, producer, and director Walker Whiteside holding a violin case. He is in costume for "The Magic Melody," wearing pin-striped pants with a handkerchief hanging out of the pocket; a black suit jacket; a loose...
Full-length character portrait of actress Laura Bellini in costume, possibly as a gypsy. She wears her hair down, with a small hat atop her head, and a long dress with fitted bodice trimmed with tassels and loose pleated skirt. Bellini appeared at...
Portrait of Eliza Weathersby with her head tilted to the left and her hair loose down her back. The actress, who died in 1887, was married to actor Nat C. Goodwin (1857-1919). She performed in six productions at Macauley's Theatre between 1875 and...
Character portrait of left profile of actress Mary Anderson as a young woman. She wears a ribbon (in three bands) around her hair, which is pulled back, and a loose white dress. Mary Anderson is the stage name of Mme. de Navarro. Born in 1859, she...
Character portrait of actress Gertrude Taylor, possibly in costume for her role in the musical "Mr. Pickwick." She is seated in a high-backed wooden chair wearing a white dress with loose drapes and decorative cloth flowers. Her hair is...
