Paintings; Oil paintings; Locomotion; Human locomotion; Walking; Nudes; Stairways
"Marcel Duchamp submitted [to the 1913 New York Armory Show] Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2, which was the most scandalous work of all. It was a humorous attack on Futurist proscriptions against traditional, Academic nudity. The image has...
Pier no. 1, span no. 1, half of span no. 2, the cliff face, and north tower as viewed from the riverbank downstream during construction of High Bridge over the Kentucky River. Two piers anchored in concrete support the three 375 foot spans of the...
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Shipping; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Packet ALBERTA No.3 unloading bales of cotton. ALBERTA No.3, a stern-wheel packet with wood hull (145 ft. x 28 ft. x 3.6 ft.), was built in 1884 at Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company in Jeffersonville, Indiana. Owned by A. B. Smith, ALBERTA No.3 on...
J & H Bunce, No. 2 Hook & Ladder Co., East side of Hancock, between Market & Jefferson. Formerly St. John Evangelical Church. A two story light brick building with a pediment labeled "J. & H. Bunce No. 2 Hook & Ladder...
Maps, on a scale of 200 feet per inch, of "every lot or parcel of ground" in the central area of Louisville, Kentucky in 1876, including details such as precise dimensions, owners' names, building materials (wood vs. brick) and whether...
Drawings; Graphite drawings; Pencil works; Seascape drawings; Seascapes; Seas; Oceans; Water; Bodies of water
"Born in Riga in 1938, and transplanted to America in 1949, Celmins has only recently become well known. Her strangely detached, unlocated subjects suggest a radical retreat from the concerns of modern life. Perhaps they relate to her early...
Address: 231 E. Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky. White text on a black field indicates this building was formerly Plant No. 2. This may have been part of the Louisville Grocery Company wholesalers who used to be listed in this building.
Barges; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Several men watch, and others ride on, the Mengel Box Company Barge No.2 as she is launched onto the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana.
Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Barge sliding off the ways and onto the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. According to the photographer's notes this is "U.S. Quarterboat no. 1," presumably one of four quarterboats built in 1894...
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
DOLPHIN No.3, a stern-wheel towboat with wood hull (155 ft. x 32 ft. x 5 ft.), was built at Howard in 1897. Owned by Dolphin Transportation Co., DOLPHIN No.3 operated in the St. Louis area. She was renamed HARRY ANDERSON (Way #T1046) in 1916 and...
Barges; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
INCO No. 1, a self-propelled barge with steel hull (240 ft. x 42 ft. x 6.5 ft.), was built at Howard in 1915. Owned by Inland Navigation Company, it operated on the Mississippi River. This diesel powered vessel was built to introduce self loading...
Construction; Maintenance & repair; Sewerage; Signs (Notices); United States. Public Works Administration
A sign reading Federal Public Works Project No. 937 set into the ground overlooking a creek. Pieces of wood, metal beams, and other materials are on the hill. Title supplied by cataloger.
