Federal legislation in 1992 entitled the Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Act reordered many of the previous methods employed in the detention of juvenile offenders. Among the reform measures required by the act, there was a mandate to...
In 1979, the U.S. President's Commission on Foreign Language and International Studies stated that to function successfully in the next century, all adults would need more knowledge about our interdependent world, awareness of other peoples, and...
Urbanization disrupts natural soil profiles and as watersheds are
urbanized, their surfaces become impervious and this will result in
reduction of infiltration. For this reason, many cities are facing problems
with treating runoff water. Best...
Portrait of actor John G. Sparks wearing suit jacket, tie, and boutonniere. His hair is parted in the middle. Born circa 1852, Sparks died in Brooklyn, New York, on May 3, 1922. The inscription on this portrait indicates that he appeared in...
City & town life; Street railroads; Railroads; Pedestrians
Two streets, identified as Broadway and Fifth Avenue, meet at an angle with the Flat Iron Building in between them in New York City. Both streets are lined with buildings and have pedestrians and horse-drawn carriages and wagons on them. The street...
University of Louisville--Students; University of Louisville--Presidents; Fraternities & sororities; College presidents; Student works; Chi Omega Fraternity. Beta Gamma Chapter (University of Louisville); Delta Upsilon Fraternity. Sigma Chi...
Chi Omega representative Mary Anna Brewer and Delta Upsilon representative Sonny Jackson accept runner-up awards for best fraternity and sorority floats in the homecoming parade. Brewer and Jackson stand in front of the bandstand with University...
Map of North and Central America shows rivers, lakes, bays, cities, and towns. Country and state borders are traced in color and lakes are tinted green. Printed beneath the frame of the map "London, Publish'd as the Act directs, July 26, 1794...
Map of Kentucky and Tennessee Government shows rivers, select creeks, counties, major cities, and towns as well as primary roads. Printed below the title, "by Cyrus Harris" and in smaller type, "Engraved by A. Doolittle."...
Map of Kentucky and parts of the "North Western" and "South Western" Territories shows rivers, creeks, major cities, and towns, mountain ranges, major roads, and county names, but not county borders. Points of interest include...
Child in glasses and oversized overcoat sits in chair holding a "newspaper" that advertises Wintersmith's Chill Tonic. Arthur Peter & Co., Louisville, is listed as the "general agent" for the chill tonic. A post script is...
New Year cards; Roses; Vines; Landscapes (Representations); Flowers
Vase with roses in it stands beside an eye-shaped picture of a landscape with a house. A vine with small buds or flowers grows out from the vase. Postmarked 1908 on the verso.
Santa Claus working with a lathe at a work bench. Toys, including a doll house and a horse on wheels, are arranged around the workroom. Postmarked 1914? on the verso. Publisher unknown; series 444/8, printed in Germany.
Young boy seated at a table in front of a large roast of some type. The boy is seen from behind; he wears a large napkin tied around his neck and he wields a fork and spoon. Holly decorates the roast and the tablecloth. A large dog and a black bird...
Chickens; Easter cards; Animals in human situations; Dolls
Hen in a blue coat and two chicks in pink dresses. The hen also wears a white shawl or hood. One of the chicks holds a chicken doll in a green dress. Postmarked 1916 on verso.
