"A moving tribute to her mother, this work combines the personal and the political. The quilt includes a narrative - the witty story of the family of Aunt Jemima, most familiar as the stereotypical black 'mammy' but here a successful African...
Address: 982 Eastern Parkway, Louisville, Kentucky. A child lies in a piece of medical equipment with only his head exposed. A nurse stands near his head. She is dressed all in white. The long metal tube the boy lies in has a tag on it reading,...
The arms and hands of a woman extend out over a nurse's kit as her silhouette appears on the wall. The kit includes cotton swabs, bandages, scissors, needles, and some vials of salve.
Portraits; Men; Physicians; Medical equipment & supplies
Dr. Joseph O. Day of Louisville, Kentucky, sitting beside a large mirror, holding what looks to be a magnifying lens. Photograph has been damaged in a couple places. Typed on back of image: Dr. Joseph O. Day, Osteopath, 1018 South Fourth Street,...
Portraits; Men; Women; Physicians; Medical equipment & supplies
Dr. Joseph O. Day with wife Donna L. Day of Louisville, Kentucky. He is holding what looks to be a magnifying glass near her hand, and is wearing wire-frame glasses with dark lenses. She is wearing pearl earrings and necklace. Typed on back of...
Portraits; Men; Physicians; Medical equipment & supplies
Dr. Challon G. Forsee of Louisville, Kentucky wearing a physician's gown, holding a bottle of medicine. The photograph has a few blemishes and discoloration. Attached to back of image: Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company; Office of General...
Louisville General Hospital; Nursing students; Medical equipment & supplies
A student nurse in a striped blouse with cuffs, apron, and cap steps onto a scale while a nurse in a white uniform and cap stands next to her holding a folder and pen. Title supplied by cataloger.
Louisville General Hospital; Nursing students; Nursing; Medical equipment & supplies
Two women stand over in a mannequin in a hospital bed at Louisville General Hospital. The student nurse on the right wears a striped blouse with cuffs, apron, and cap. She has a stethoscope around her neck. A woman in a nursing uniform and cap...
Louisville General Hospital; Nursing students; Nursing; Medical equipment & supplies
Three student nurses at Louisville General Hospital stand at a hospital bed with a mannequin in it. On the right, a student nurse in a striped blouse with cuffs, apron, and cap stands next to a nurse in a white uniform in cap. They both wear...
Louisville General Hospital; Nursing students; Nursing; Sick persons; Medical equipment & supplies
Three nurses with a patient on crutches. Two student nurses wearing striped blouses with cuffs, aprons, and caps help a male patient on crutches down a hallway. A nurse in a uniform and cap stands next to them. On back of photograph: Students...
Louisville City Hospital; Louisville General Hospital; Nursing students; Medical equipment & supplies
A nurse in a white uniform and cap with a stripe stands with three nursing students wearing striped blouses, aprons, and caps. The nurse holds a test tube and eyedropper. On back of photograph: Nursing Students. They are at Louisville City Hospital...
Louisville City Hospital; Louisville General Hospital; Nursing students; Nurses; Nursing; Medical equipment & supplies
Student nurse at Louisville City Hospital or Louisville General Hospital sits next to a woman, possibly a patient. The student nurse wears a uniform of striped blouse with cuffs, apron, and cap. She holds a small object, possibly a thermometer. A...
Body parts; Animals; Insects; Medical equipment & supplies
Woodblock prints of, clockwise from top left: two-piece belted contraption with ties, possibly a girdle; anatomical drawing of a woman's internal organs, the most prominent of which is the bladder; skunk; anatomical drawing of woman's external body...
This set of woodblock prints was reprinted in the 1980s. With the exception of the caterpillars on leaves, the fossil, the conch shell, the deer by the body of water, the man leaning toward the dog, and the horses running past trees, the images...
Animals; Medical equipment & supplies; Men; Women; Waterfronts; Shipping; Steamboats; Children; Indians of North America
Woodblock prints of, clockwise from top left: Dog holding cane in its mouth (upside-down); fish (salmon?); number 27; belted poultice, possibly for hernia (upside-down); design, possibly of interlocking letters; man rushing to greet woman, with...
Newspapers; Medical equipment & supplies; Men; Women; Body parts; Children; Maps
Woodblock prints of, from top to bottom starting at top left: dark rectangular-shaped image (illegible); masthead for "Louisville School Messenger"; surgical instrument with pipe, hose, and two bulbs, manufactured by Codman &...
Health care facilities; Clinics; Sick persons; Medical equipment & supplies
African-American woman stands in front of an X-ray machine, in a room with concrete walls. A nurse stands behind her. In the back of the room, a woman stands in front of another piece of equipment. An African-American woman and man stand next to...
