Given a metric space (K, d), the hyperspace of K is defined by H(K) = {F c K: F is compact, F ≠ 0}. H(K) is itself a metric space under the Hausdorff metric dH. Hyperspaces have been extensively studied by topologists since the 1970's, but the...
Religious facilities; Synagogues; Schools; Buildings; Signs (Notices)
Address: 232 E. Jacob Street, Louisville, Kentucky. The congregation of Keneseth Israel poses for a picture during the cornerstone laying ceremony of their new school. Children stand in front in coats and hats and adults form lines to the back. A...
Lincoln Institute (Simpsonville, Ky.); Dining rooms; Schools; African Americans; Women; People; Segregation in education
A number of young African American women set the tables at the Lincoln Institute dining room. Each woman wears a white apron over her clothes. The tables are covered with white paper or cloth and wood chairs are pulled up. Silverware is laid out...
Lincoln Institute (Simpsonville, Ky.); Students; African Americans; Engines; Vocational education; Schools; People; Segregation in education
Several groups of African American men work on engines in a brick room with large windows. One man wears a suit and is probably the instructor while the others wear sweaters and slacks. One sign on the wall shows a Chrysler transmission and another...
Lincoln Institute (Simpsonville, Ky.); Students; African Americans; Typewriters; Vocational education; Schools; People; Segregation in education
A woman watches a young lady typing. Three others are also practicing at their typewriters. Each short desk has one or two typewriters and a larger table has a book, pen, paper, and calendar on it. A radiator sits between two windows which show...
Lincoln Institute (Simpsonville, Ky.); Football players; African Americans; Schools; People; Segregation in education
A group of mostly African American men pose for a photograph next to a goalpost. Most wear dark long-sleeved tops and knee length light-colored pants. Some hold helmets and others have footballs in their hands. To the sides are two men who may be...
Boys at the Hiram Roberts School at 615 E. Market Street in Louisville, Kentucky, learn how to cook. They wear aprons over their clothes as they work or eat. Some are working at the stove or countertops while a group of six sit at a small table....
Wooden benches line the walls of the Shibboleth Lodge. A waist-high wooden stand is at the center of the room opposite a large wooden seat set atop a small dais. Stairs lead up to a balcony above the dais where a few seats and an organ are. Other...
Couches are set back to back along the middle of the Shibboleth Lounge club room. Large carpets are set under the couches on top of the wood floor. Collapsible tables are set in front of the couches. Arm chairs and bookshelves line the walls. On...
Stores & shops; Window displays; Gloves; Stewart Dry Goods Co., Inc.
Address: 501 S. Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A chariot with two horses decorates the frieze above the glove display in the window of Stewart Dry Goods. Many pairs of gloves are set out on tables and display stands. A floral arrangement and...
Stores & shops; Window displays; Clothing & dress; Stewart Dry Goods Co., Inc.
Address: 501 S. Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A banner of a horse and rider is hung on the wall behind three women's outfits in the Stewart Dry Goods Store window. A couple of hats and a pair of shoes are also displayed. Just behind the...
Several people pose behind a table with a white tablecloth. The people wear paper or cloth hats with shiny bands. One man holds a menorah, another has an accordion, another a bottle of wine, and one woman holds a noise-maker. Another bottle of...
A little girl sits in a chair near a large window. The room is decorated for Christmas with a tree that has tinsel, bulbs, and lights on it. Under the tree is nature scene and next to it is a miniature village scene surrounded by a toy train. There...
The back of the Side Door Inn (630 S. Fifth Street, Louisville, Kentucky, with Center Street--now Armory Place--behind it), on which is painted an add for Crawford Gas Ranges. An unidentified building stands next to it with an iron fence separating...
Fontaine Ferry Park (Louisville, Ky.); Amusement parks; Shooting galleries; Carnival games
A mat is spread on the floor in front of the shooting gallery at Fontaine Ferry Park. The front of the counter reads, "5 shots 10." Behind the counter are a number of targets including circles on the back wall and a line of automated...
This project uses the work of Michel Foucault and Lynne Huffer to examine the creation of the transsexual subject in 1950s American sexology through the Cartesian subject. I argue that medical professionals utilized the Cartesian subject as a...
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.
The Louisville Leader was an African-American newspaper published from 1917 to 1950 by I. Willis Cole in Louisville, Kentucky. This issue says Vol. 17. No. 30. but is actually Vol. 17. No. 31. There are small portions missing along the sides of...
