Baseball cards; Athletes; Baseball players; Philadelphia Athletics (Baseball team)
Color portrait of Frank Baker (John Franklin Baker) framed by two baseball bats. An elephant is in the top left corner. 'Athletics' is in the top right corner. Baker earned the nickname Home Run Baker in the 1911 World Series with the Philadelphia...
Jackson Jail in "bloody Breathitt County." A dark building (or dark photograph), behind a telephone pole and flanked by trees. Image from Associated Press Photo, Chicago Bureau. AP caption: "Kentucky mob invades jail to seize...
Jackson Jail in "bloody Breathitt County." A dark building (or dark photograph), behind a telephone pole and flanked by trees. Caption from Associated Press: "Jail from which mob took victim--the Breathitt County Jail at Jackson,...
A wooden courthouse (possibly in Morehead or Greenup, Kentucky) flanked by residences, with laundry hanging on a clothesline. Jean Thomas worked as a court stenographer, and riding the circuit earned her the nickname "Traipsin' Woman."...
Two men stand in the portico of a courthouse (possibly in Morehead or Greenup, Kentucky). Jean Thomas worked as a court stenographer, and riding the circuit earned her the nickname "Traipsin' Woman." Title supplied by cataloger.
A wooden courthouse (possibly in Morehead or Greenup, Kentucky). Jean Thomas worked as a court stenographer, and riding the circuit earned her the nickname "Traipsin' Woman." Title supplied by cataloger.
Courthouses; Men; Porticoes (Porches); Hand railings; Suits (Clothing)
A man, dressed in suit and hat with pocket watch chain at waist, holds onto the railing of the steps of a brick courthouse (possibly in Morehead or Greenup, Kentucky). Jean Thomas worked as a court stenographer, and riding the circuit earned her...
The front steps and portico of a brick courthouse (possibly in Morehead or Greenup, Kentucky). Jean Thomas worked as a court stenographer, and riding the circuit earned her the nickname "Traipsin' Woman." Title supplied by cataloger.
A wooden courthouse (possibly that of Morehead, Kentucky, while still under construction). Jean Thomas worked as a court stenographer, and riding the circuit earned her the nickname "Traipsin' Woman." Title supplied by cataloger.
Two men wearing suits and hats stand outside a wooden courthouse (possibly that of Morehead, Kentucky), near a fence. The address over the door reads '201'. Jean Thomas worked as a court stenographer, and riding the circuit earned her the nickname...
Three men wearing suits and hats stand outside a wooden courthouse (possibly that of Morehead, Kentucky), near a fence. The address over the door reads "201." Jean Thomas worked as a court stenographer, and riding the circuit earned her...
The side of a wooden courthouse (possibly in Morehead, Kentucky). Jean Thomas worked as a court stenographer, and riding the circuit earned her the nickname "Traipsin' Woman." Title supplied by cataloger.
Jean Thomas, wearing a long black dress and hat, leans against a stone building, probably a courthouse. As a young woman, she worked as a court stenographer, and riding the circuit earned her the nickname "Traipsin' Woman." Title supplied...
A blurry image of the front of a log cabin, built onto a platform stage. A flag is draped on one side of the cabin, and on the other side is a sign. This cabin, known as the "Traipsin' Woman Cabin" (as indicated by the sign above the...
Log cabins; Signs (Notices); Plaques; Flags--United States
The front of a log cabin, built onto a platform stage. A flag is draped on one side of the cabin, next to a bronze tablet, and on the other side is a sign reading "American Folk Song Society Presents the Fourth American Folk Song...
Log cabins; Signs (Notices); Plaques; Flags--United States
The front of a log cabin, built onto a platform stage. A flag is draped on one side of the cabin, next to a bronze tablet, and on the other side is a sign reading "American Folk Song Society Presents the Fourth American Folk Song...
Portraits; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union; Generals--American--1860-1870; Generals; Military uniforms; Military officers
Portrait of Joseph Hooker (1814-1879), a career soldier and Union major general in the United States Civil War. His nickname, "Fighting Joe" Hooker, came from a clerical error that stuck. Hooker is best remembered for his stunning defeat...
"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...
"The outstanding preserved example of early Sumerian temple architecture is the 5,000-year-old White Temple at Uruk, the home of Gilgamesh. Usually only the foundations of early Mesopotamian temples can still be recognized. The White Temple is...
Architecture; Buildings; Temples; Religious facilities; Walls; Drawings; Reconstructions; Architectural drawings
Reconstruction drawing (after S.E. Piggott). "The outstanding preserved example of early Sumerian temple architecture is the 5,000-year-old White Temple at Uruk, the home of Gilgamesh. Usually only the foundations of early Mesopotamian temples...
