Kate Matthews frequently persuaded relatives and neighbors to pose in tableaux vivants or living pictures based on fairy tales, nursery rhymes, books, or poems. This appears to be a tableau based on a nursery rhyme or children's story. Title...
Although not identified, this young girl probably represents the milkmaid in the nursery rhyme, "Where Are You Going My Pretty Maid?" In the rhyme, she responds," I'm going a-milking sir." Title supplied by cataloger.
A young boy wearing overalls and a striped shirt sits on a stool near a table. There is food on the table and a cuckoo clock over the boy's head. Kate Matthews frequently persuaded relatives and neighbors to pose in tableaux vivants, or living...
Volunteers of America; Charitable organizations; Day care; Children; Signs (Notices)
Group of children and two caregivers posed for photograph on steps of Volunteers of America Headquarters in Louisville, Kentucky; sign hanging from side of building reads: Volunteers of America Headquarters, Free Day Nursery For Children. The...
Oral history interview conducted with Nelson Goodwin on January 10, 1979 by Kenneth Chumbley. Mr. Goodwin, a nursery owner and local historian from Louisville, Kentucky, discusses his ancestors and other African Americans who lived in the...
Buildings; Charitable organizations; Public service
Volunteers of America, Preston & Fehr, Louisville, Kentucky. A churchlike building with a slanted roof and domed windows on the second floor. Stairs lead up to the door. The building included a men's lodge, daytime nursery, emergency kitchen,...
Kate Matthews frequently persuaded relatives and neighbors to pose in tableaux vivants, or living pictures, based on fairy tales, books, or poems. This may be a tableau based on a nursery rhyme or children's story. Title supplied by cataloger.
View of Main Street looking West from Jackson Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Universal Carloading & Distributing Company on right (now the site of Louisville Slugger Field), with sign reading "Daily Consolidated Package Cars"; parked...
View of Main Street looking East from Jackson Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Universal Carloading & Distributing Company on left, with trucks parked outside carrying jeeps. Louisville Bedding Co., at right, has sign painted on brick on side...
Volunteers of America; Charitable organizations; Buildings; People; Queues
Crowd of people outside Volunteers of America building on Preston Street and Fehr Avenue (now Liberty), which housed a day nursery, men's lodge, emergency kitchen, relief department, and auditorium. Title supplied by cataloger.
Volunteers of America; Charitable organizations; People; Queues
A man with hand raised appears about to make an announcement to the assembled crowds waiting in line outside the Preston Street and Fehr Avenue (now Liberty) headquarters of the Volunteers of America. The building included a day nursery, men's...
Performance art; Video recording; Motion pictures; Film stills; Myths; Fairy tales; Allusions; Artificial limbs; Artists; Women; Hairstyles; Posing; Interiors; Rooms & spaces; Architectural elements; Walls; Windows
Film still from recorded performance. "Rebecca Horn's early performances involved her strapping surreal prostheses to her body or wearing elaborate costumes. The allusions to fairy tale and myth were unmistakable but rarely specific. Since...
