Feminism in literature; Self-perception in literature; Women in literature; Chen, Ran, 1962-; Tan, Amy
With increasing cross-cultural infiltrations and accelerated interflows among people of all nationalities in this globalized world, the focus of comparative literature has experienced a shift from traditional Eurocentric cannons to a broader space...
Rooms & spaces; Fireplaces; University of Louisville--Buildings;
Empty room with fireplace. There is a glass lampshade on the fireplace mantel, which is topped by a mirror. The wood floor and walls are stained and worn. This building, at 2018 Confederate Place (now Unity Place), was a private home that the...
Women; Trails & paths; Dirt roads; Dogs; Baskets; Country life
A woman, with a large basket of laundry balanced on her head, walks home with a dog at the end of the day. A single, small wooden house sits behind a fence. Photographer Kate Matthews' signature is on the lower right corner of mount. Also...
Buildings; Health care facilities; Nursing homes; Kentucky Confederate Home
Kentucky Confederate Home stone-pillared entryway in Pewee Valley, Kentucky. The man with white hair in wheelchair in foreground has been identified Alexander N. White or A.N. White, the last Confederate veteran in Pewee Valley. The Kentucky...
University of Louisville--Faculty; University of Louisville--Students; Women; Sewing; Sewing machines; Home economics; Ford Hall (Louisville, Ky.)
Women sit at tables and stand nearby. Many of them are doing hand-sewing, but a few sit at sewing machines. There are lockers on the back wall. Two of the women who are standing are identified, one as Miss Liter and the other as Mrs. Jenks. A...
All Prayer Foundling Home, 2305 Sycamore, Louisville, Kentucky. Built in 1888. Row of white wood houses on a residential street. Close-up corner shot of a white house with dark trim around the windows. The house has a flat roof and an aboveground...
A note on the photograph indicates, "View looking west after the Tornado of June 2d 1875." The Masonic Home for Widows & Orphans, located on 2nd Street south of Bloom in Louisville, Kentucky, was incorporated on January 15, 1867. In...
Exterior of Kentucky Children's Home in Louisville, Kentucky, lined by thin, bare trees. On back of image: "Community House Ky. Children's Home." The Kentucky Children's Home Society was established in 1895. Children sent there by county...
Masonic Widows & Orphans Home and yard, a large four-story building surrounded by young trees in Louisville, Kentucky. The Mason Widows & Orphans Home, located on 2nd Street south of Bloom, was incorporated on January 15, 1867. In 1927, the...
Wrap-around porch at Springfield, boyhood home of U.S. President Zachary Taylor, located at 5608 Apache Road in eastern Jefferson County, Kentucky. The home, built circa 1790, was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1966. The porch, a later...
Screened-in porch at Springfield, boyhood home of U.S. President Zachary Taylor, located at 5608 Apache Road in eastern Jefferson County, Kentucky. The home, built circa 1790, was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1966. The porch, a later...
Wrap-around porch at Springfield, boyhood home of U.S. President Zachary Taylor, located at 5608 Apache Road in eastern Jefferson County, Kentucky. The home, built circa 1790, was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1966. The porch, a later...
Front entrance to model home at Home Show, Louisville, Kentucky. A couch on the front lawn bears a sign reading "The 1931 'Model Home' furnished complete by Sears, Roebuck & Co. retail store." Title supplied by cataloger.
Men in matching dark jackets, pants, and caps - possibly uniforms - stand in clusters on a wide dirt path. Behind them is a large, three-story building. Title: 680 Home Store and Soldier Group. National Solders' Home, Dayton, O. Text on left:...
Buildings; Soldiers' homes; United States Soldiers' Home; United States Soldiers' and Airmens' Home
Two small cannons on the grounds in front of a large, white, three-story building with a four-story tower in the center. Text on left: J.F. Jarvis' Stereoscopic Views. Text on right: 135 Pa. Ave. Washington, D.C. Descriptive information on back of...
Schools; Group portraits; Students; Teachers; Buildings; People
Address: 1649 Everett Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. A large group of students and teachers pose in front of the Kentucky Home School for Girls. This two-story building has Doric columns on the front porch and the balcony above it. The symmetrical...
This two-story home has Doric columns on the front porch and the balcony above it. The symmetrical building has matching windows on either side of the door and balcony and four chimneys. An automobile is parked to the left of the building. The...
Three women in caps and fur or fur-trimmed coats stand in front of a brick home with a Model A Ford. One woman has her foot on the running board while the other two stand on the steps and porch of the home. The license plate for the car indicates...
Schools; Playgrounds; Girls; Children; School children; Dresses; Games; People
Address: 1649 Everett Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. Little girls play and a boy play a game at the Kentucky Home School. Two girls are making a bridge by holding hands over the head of a third girl. Some children are holding the waist of the child...
