Photography--Psychological aspects; Mourning customs in art; Mourning customs in literature; Phenomenology and art
The creation of liminal spaces has been used for centuries cross-culturally to create sacred or taboo meanings in rituals, people, places, or objects. Liminality is constructed by the overlapping of cultural categories and "ruptures" an...
A portrait of a seated gentleman with dark hair and beard, wearing a dark suit and holding a hat. This copy photograph includes the case holding the original print. The case has a metallic inlaid frame facing a velvet backing with intricate design....
A portrait of a man with dark hair and mustache wearing a suit and cravat. This copy photograph includes the case holding the original print. The case has a metallic inlaid frame facing a velvet backing with intricate design. Title supplied by...
A small dog, perhaps Pekingese, lies on a small bench on top of a table. He is looking up at a framed photograph of an antebellum couple by Kate Matthews (ULPA 2007.14.031.p). There are also books, a basket with knitting needles and yarn, and a...
Side wheelers; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
J.M. WHITE, a side-wheel packet with wood hull (312.7 ft. x 47.9 ft. x 11.5 ft.), was built at Howard in 1878. Owned by Greenville & New Orleans Packet Co., J.M. WHITE operated on the lower Mississippi River. The 276th boat built at Howard,...
A sepia-toned tintype of an old woman seated, wearing a long black dress, and holding an encased portrait. Jean Thomas' notes read "Mr. Lutie Davis." Title supplied by cataloger.
Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.); Kentucky--Social life and customs; Coal mining; Oil wells; Lumber industry; Croplands; Horse farms; Buildings; Educational facilities
Assembled in 1904 for display in the Kentucky Building at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition (World's Fair) in St. Louis by the chair of the Kentucky delegation, Arthur Y. Ford, two of the albums contained 309 photographs from the Appalachian,...
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Musicians; Men; Music stands
Full-length portrait of left profile of mustachioed conductor Theodore Thomas with baton and music stand. He stands on an ornate rug, wearing a long double-breasted jacket. Thomas, was born in Esens, East Friesland, Germany, on October 11, 1835,...
One-story empty commercial building at the corner of 5th Street and Walnut Street (now Muhammad Ali Boulevard). Billboards for Chevrolet and Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer are on the roof.
Buildings; Religious facilities; Synagogues; Confirmation (Jewish rite); Teenagers
A man stands on a stage inside the Keneseth Israel Temple with a group of young teenage boys and girls. The boys wear suits and the girls wear white dresses and hold flowers.
Pair of photographs with a man sitting in each image. The man on the left wears a sweater; the man on the right wears a tie. Title supplied by cataloger.
