Delivery trucks in front of a three-story brick industrial building with a freight train stopped behind the trucks. The building is for Byron Sash & Door Company. Some of the trucks are from Cummins-Collins Distilleries and Horn Transfer Line....
A large group of young women pose for a picture in front of the swimming pool at Fontaine Ferry Park, Louisville, Kentucky. These are the contestants of the Bathing Beauty Contest. Each girl wears a bathing suit and a sash. Some sashes have a...
Six young women in bathing suits stand on a stage at Fontaine Ferry Park, Louisville, Kentucky, holding trophies. These are the winners of the Bathing Beauty Contest. Each young woman wears a sash across her chest with a number and the name of a...
Fontaine Ferry Park (Louisville, Ky.); Amusement parks; Beauty contests; Bathing beauties; Women; Awards; People
Five young women wearing bathing suits, pumps and banners across their chests stand in a row smiling. These are the finalists and winner of the Bathing Beauty Contest at Fontaine Ferry Park, Louisville, Kentucky. The middle girl holds a large...
Fontaine Ferry Park (Louisville, Ky.); Amusement parks; Beauty contests; Bathing beauties; Women; Group portraits; People
A large group of beauty contestants pose for a group portrait at Fontaine Ferry Park, Louisville, Kentucky. The young women wear bathing suits and pumps. Each contestant has a sash across her chest, some of which have company names and some have...
A man wearing a turban sits on a camel, probably in Festival Hall at the World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri. He holds a stick, and is seated behind what appear to be a pair of drums. A man with a walking stick wearing a turban and white robe...
Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.); Exhibitions; North Africans; Indigenous peoples; Men; Clothing & dress; Turbans
At the World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri, a man wearing a silk turban, embroidered vest, collarless shirt, sash, and white cloth stands holding a staff. He may be a Nubian (from North Africa). Such "living displays" were intended to...
Portraits; Men; Government officials; Governors; Flags--United States; Crowds
Governor Flem D. Sampson of Barbourville, Kentucky, who served as Governor of Kentucky from 1927-1931, wearing a sash reading "I am for [illegible]" and holding an American flag. The photograph has been cut in half and marked with...
Women; Girls; Log cabins; Costumes--Great Britain; Kilts; Hats; American Folk Song Festival; Folk festivals
Lyda Messer Caudill, left, stands outside a log cabin wearing a Scottish plaid dress and accompanied by a girl dressed in a kilt, sash, and hat. They are likely performing in the annual American Folk Song Festival near Ashland, Kentucky. In...
Women; Girls; Log cabins; Costumes--Great Britain; Kilts; Hats; American Folk Song Festival; Folk festivals
Lyda Messer Caudill, right, stands outside a log cabin wearing a Scottish plaid dress and accompanied by a girl dressed in a kilt, sash, and hat. They are likely performing in the annual American Folk Song Festival near Ashland, Kentucky. In...
Buildings; Building construction; Kosair Temple (Louisville, Ky.)
Address: 224 E. Broadway. This construction scene shows Kosair Temple almost completed. Windows are still missing from the first two floors and scaffolding is still up. In front of the building, numerous automobiles are parked. Signs in front of...
Full-length character portrait of performer Mabel Deane perched on a small table, wearing a small sombrero, shirt with wide sleeves and a sash, and shorts over tights. Deane performed in "Peggy from Paris" at Macauley's Theatre in...
Full-length character portrait of actress Cheridah Simpson in costume as a buccaneer. She wears a large floppy hat with a feather; long black jacket and sash holster with rivets; breeches and knee-length boots; and a white blouse with a wide...
Autographed full-length character portrait of renowned French actress, producer, and writer Sarah Bernhardt as L'Aiglon in Edmond Rostand's play about the son of Napoleon I. She wears a white uniform with tasseled sash and knee-high riding boots....
Full-length character portrait of performer and producer Lotta Crabtree in an outdoor setting seated upon hay and wearing a dress with petticoat and sash. Charlotte "Lotta" Crabtree, also known as Little Lotta, was born November 7, 1847...
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Men; Costumes; Posing; Military uniforms
Full-length character portrait of unidentified man with beard and mustache, standing with a cane in front of set backdrop wearing uniform consisting of velvet jacket, sash with cummerbund, and thigh-high boots. Location of photo studio: New York...
Rare, hand-colored lithograph of actor T. W. (Thomas W.) Keene in costume for the role of Macbeth. In this full-length character portrait, Keene wears a helmet, tunic of armor with plaid sash, two swords in scabbards, and knee-length laced sandals,...
Three-quarter length character portrait of actress Viola Allen in costume, possibly as a man. She wears a tunic with embroidered vest and sash, and holds a scabbard in her right hand. Viola Allen was born October 2, 1867 (sometimes listed as 1869)...
Full-length character portrait of unidentified woman wearing a tri-corner hat, dark jacket and knee-length pants with tights, pointed shoes, sash at waist, and a blouse with ruffled collar and cuffs. She is leaning forward slightly, with her right...
