The heat pipe augmented solar wall operates much more efficiently for domestic air heating than alternative passive solar technologies. The thermal diode effect of heat pipes reduces the insulating losses of the unit during nighttime and adverse...
A man wearing yellow rain boots and carrying an umbrella walks through tall grass toward a sign that says, "Do Not Enter When Flooded." Photograph was taken in the mid-afternoon.
Cities & towns; Street railroads; Railroads; Buildings
Tall building behind a city square with streets and traffic on either side. More buildings line the streets, which contain streetcars and pedestrians. The sign on the tall building includes the word 'Bank.' On the right side is another tall...
Fireplaces; Chairs; Tables; Furniture; Living rooms; Houses; Dwellings; Interiors
Two upholstered chairs are set at an angle in front of a fireplace in the sitting room of 2515 Longest Avenue in Louisville, Kentucky. Tall wood-framed windows flank the fireplace and two andirons sit within it. Radiators are under the windows and...
Buildings; Cultural facilities; Theaters; Auditoriums
Municipal War Memorial Auditorium, Fourth & Kentucky Streets, Louisville, Kentucky. Left corner view of stone building of two to three stories in sections with subtly varying heights and types of roofs including one rounded roof. Massive two...
Buildings; Cultural facilities; Theaters; Auditoriums
Municipal War Memorial Auditorium, located at Fourth and Kentucky Streets, Louisville, Kentucky. Left corner view similar to image ULPA 1994.18.1110. Stone building of two to three stories in sections with subtly varying heights and types of roofs...
Jean Thomas (center) stands behind a piano with a copy of her book, "Devil's Ditties" (published 1931) propped open on the stand. A man wearing two-toned shoes sits at the piano. He may be Hamilton Forrest, composer. A tall,...
Women; Costumes--Great Britain; American Folk Song Festival
Jean Thomas, wearing the long black dress with ruffled collar worn by the Ladies-in-Waiting at the annual American Folk Song Festival, with her hair in ringlet curls, stands outside in the tall grass. Title supplied by cataloger.
Cities & towns; Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871; Buildings
Old Water Tower and Chicago Avenue Pumping Station in Chicago, Illinois. Tall Gothic-style building with a tall tower and a smaller building with a tower or chimney to the right. A road crosses in front. The buildings are at Michigan and Chicago...
Sculpture; Figurines; Human body; Heads (Anatomy); Animals; Lions
"One of the earliest sculptures discovered to date is an extraordinary ivory statuette, which may be as old as 30,000 BCE, from a cave at Hohlenstein-Stadel in Germany. Carved out of mammoth ivory and nearly a foot tall - a truly huge image...
Baseball cards; Athletes; Baseball players; Chicago Cubs (Baseball team)
Ed Reulbach or Edward Marvin Reulbach (1882-1962) also known as Big Ed. Color portrait of Ed Reulbach with the Chicago Cubs. A bear is in the top left corner and 'Cubs' is in the top right. Verso: Edward M. Reulbach. 'Big Ed' Reulbach, the Chicago...
Chief Wilson or John Owen Wilson (1883-1954). Color portrait of Chief Wilson with the Pittsburg Pirates or Pittsburgh Pirates. A pirate is in the top left corner and 'Pirates' is in the top right. Verso: J. Owen Wilson. J. Owen Wilson, now one of...
Baseball cards; Athletes; Baseball players; New York Giants (Baseball team)
Hooks Wiltse or George Leroy Wiltse (1879-1959). Color portrait of Hooks Wiltse with the New York Giants. An 'NY' is in the top left corner and 'Giants' is in the top right. Verso: George Wiltse. George Wiltse, the Giants' tall side-wheeler, has...
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...
Corner of 25th Street and Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A building to the right has signs for Scheiber's, Dahlem's Pool Parlor, and "Drink Falls City Special Lager." Trolley tracks run down 25th Street. Across Main Street are a...
Frontier Nursing Service, Inc.; Nurses; Log cabins; Dwellings; Buildings; People
In this winter scene two young boys talk to a nurse from the Frontier Nursing Service. The boys are standing on the porch of a log cabin and the nurse stands in front of the porch with one foot on the step. One boy is wearing overalls over a...
A nurse from the Frontier Nursing Service stands with her horse in front of a log cabin. A boy sits on the cabin steps and a girl stands next to them as a woman with an infant on her hip stands in the doorway. The nurse is smiling down at the boy....
Canopies; Buildings; Schools; Educational facilities; Historic buildings; Louisville Male High School (Louisville, Ky.)
Address: 911 S. Brook Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Starting in 1915, this building hosted Louisville Male High School. The multi-story stone building includes four pairs of Corinthian columns supporting a canopy over the front steps and entryway....
