Varnish and its use has been known since ancient times. Altho the knowledge of varnish has been attributed to the Japanese as early as 500-600 B.C., Tschirsch and A.D. Stevens say that the Japs did not possess this art originally, but that they...
Address: 1420 Lytle Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Between rows of boarded up windows is a sign for Peaslee-Gaulbert Paint & Varnish Co. The bottom story of this building and the one next to it are painted.
Fire fighting; Buildings; Disasters; Fires; Floods; Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; Floods--Ohio River; Explosions
Fireman working to put out fire at Louisville, Kentucky Varnish Company on 14th and Maple streets, January 26, 1937, during the 1937 Flood of the Ohio River. Title supplied by cataloger.
Window display for Mar-Not Varnish. Bottles and containers of varnish with signs and posters promoting Mar-Not. Address: 315 West Jefferson Street, Louisville, Kentucky.
"Such barely recognizable human images were the outcome of a dialogue with materials. Layers of thick paste were applied to an absorbent sheet of rag paper laid on a canvas, with a layer of colored paste and varnish finally added to the...
Buildings; Abandoned buildings; Brick wall signs; Paint industry
Address: 906 E. Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky. This building is located on East Main Street. It is vacant and appears it has been that way for a while. It has three ghost signs on it; this one, on the side, has an image of a paint can and...
Buildings; Abandoned buildings; Brick wall signs; Paint industry
Address: 906 E. Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky. This building is located on East Main Street. It is vacant and appears it has been that way for a while. It has three ghost signs on it; this one, on the same side as the sign reading "DeHart...
Portrait of Lewis R. Atwood of Louisville, Kentucky, wearing a suit and sitting in a chair. Attached to back of image: Louisville Business Man Elected, President of the National Paint Oil and Varnish Association; Photos by Atlantic Foto Service...
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Men; Veterans; Business people
Portrait of First World War veteran Lieutenant William C. Dabney of Louisville, Kentucky, wearing a double-breasted suit and printed tie. An outline of his head and shoulders has been painted on photograph. Handwritten on back of image:...
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Men; Veterans; Business people
Portrait of First World War veteran Lieutenant William C. Dabney of Louisville, Kentucky. He is wearing his hair combed to the side and a striped tie. Handwritten on back of image: Vice-President Jones-Dabney Varnish Company.
900 block of Kentucky Street looking west toward Logan Street. A train crosses a bridge above a creek near Reliance Varnish Company and a second industrial building.
Snow-covered ground in front of a white building with the sign Thos. Fox & Son Caterers above the door. For Peaslee Gaulbert Paint & Varnish Company Title supplied by cataloger.
Large, dark two-story home with a third-story turret in the center and peaked roofs. For Peaslee Gaulbert Paint & Varnish Company Title supplied by cataloger.
Cars parked at an angle on the street in front of a row of two-story clapboard buildings. For Peaslee Gaulbert Paint & Varnish Company Title supplied by cataloger.
“The metal syringes used for holding the colors can be seen clearly. The metal containers at each side are for oil, turpentine, and mastic and copal varnish.” (Dunstan, caption, p.15)
