Military nursing--History; World War, 1914-1918--Women; World War, 1914-1918--Medical care; Women and war--History--20th century
World War I resulted in the deaths of over 8,500,000
military personnel and in addition, millions of civilians.
There were not enough doctors to provide the necessary
medical care for the masses of seriously sick and wounded,
and other than in...
Two men sit on a bottom bunk bed reading a magazine while a woman sleeps on a bed above them. Above her is a shelf with cleaning products. The beds are Sealy mattresses. Title supplied by cataloger.
Sculpture; Mixed media; Puns (Visual works); Sex; Couples; Relations between the sexes; Human body; Body parts; Anatomy; Genitals; Pails; Containers; Fruit; Melons; Food; Citrus fruit; Oranges; Cucumbers; Vegetables
"Lucas grew up in a working-class environment in East London and uses its idioms in her work. To some extent she has also borrowed from the American art that she saw in the late 1980s in London's Saatchi Gallery. Her 'grungy' abject imagery...
African Americans--Education (Elementary); African Americans--Education (Higher); National Training School for Women and Girls (Washington, D.C.); Fisk University; Howard University; African Americans; Race relations; Civil rights; African...
Oral history interview conducted with Ruth Bryant on July 24, 1977 by Kenneth L. Chumbley. Mrs. Bryant, a community activist, primarily discusses her involvement in community organizing and political activism during the 1960’s in Louisville. ...
Buildings; Health care facilities; Maternity hospitals; Hospital wards; Louisville City Hospital
Baby ward at Louisville City Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky. A room of empty white metal baby beds without mattresses; a white metal hamper; and one white metal chair. There are large windows on two sides of the room. Known as Louisville Marine...
Law and legislation--Kentucky; Law and legislation--Virginia
Littell's Statute Law of Kentucky, published from 1809-1819, has the first critically edited compilation of Kentucky statutes. It has long been recognized by lawyers as one of the founding documents of state law and by historians of early Kentucky...
The Louisville Leader was an African-American newspaper published from 1917 to 1950 by I. Willis Cole in Louisville, Kentucky. This issue says Vol. 15. No. 20. but is actually Vol. 15. No. 21.
The Louisville Leader was an African-American newspaper published from 1917 to 1950 by I. Willis Cole in Louisville, Kentucky. This issue says Vol. 15. No. 36. but is actually Vol. 15. No. 37. This issue is twelve pages. There are portions missing...
The Louisville Leader was an African-American newspaper published from 1917 to 1950 by I. Willis Cole in Louisville, Kentucky. There is a tear down the center of each page of this issue.
Politicians; Political corruption; United States. Congress; Legislators--United States; Legislators--Kentucky;
Congressman Romano L. (Ron) Mazzoli, interviewed by Kevin Collins on August 6, 2010 as part of the Romano L. Mazzoli oral history project. This is the sixth of 17 interviews conducted with the Congressman, who represented the Third District of...
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...
Display room at Jefferson Dry Goods store with mattresses, bed frames, cabinets, shelves, and chairs on the floor. Text on image: Jefferson Dry Goods Co. 5th floor. Feb. 9, 1945. Address: Jefferson Dry Goods Company, 237 South 4th Street,...
School yearbooks; Schools; Students; Alumni & alumnae; University of Louisville--Students; University of Louisville--Alumni and alumnae; Student organizations; Universities & colleges; College students; University of Louisville--Sports
Yearbook for the University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, 1976.