Buildings; Dwellings; Houses; Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864; State parks & reserves; Historic buildings
At Federal Hill, also known as "My Old Kentucky Home" in Bardstown, Kentucky, an overall-clad African American man plays guitar for a woman, seated on the ground in a long dress, while a man wearing a tuxedo and holding a top hat looks on...
Young woman in an antebellum dress and bonnet is picking flowers outside the open windows of a home. On the oval print's lower right border is photographer Kate Matthews' signature and also in her handwriting "June, 1860". Given that...
Two young women in costumes pose in a garden. One wears a red tunic and is standing by a sundial. The other, in a dark hat and dress, is sitting by a little pond and is about to pick a lily to add to the flowers in her basket. Kate Matthews...
Two young women dressed in costumes are on a walkway in a garden. Kate Matthews frequently persuaded relatives and neighbors to pose in tableaux vivants, or living pictures, based on fairy tales, books, or poems. This appears to be one of those...
A young man and woman are sitting on a bench, holding hands and perhaps considering a kiss as a young woman dressed as a nun stands nearby and looks as if she is going to interrupt them. Kate Matthews frequently persuaded relatives and neighbors to...
Young woman wearing an antebellum dress is sitting on a bench in a garden. Kate Matthews frequently persuaded relatives and neighbors to pose in tableaux vivants, or living pictures, based on fairy tales, books, or poems. This appears to be one of...
Tableaux; Porticoes (Porches); Stairways; Columns; Women
Unidentified woman in a costume poses on the porch of a building that appears to be Waldeck in Crestwood, Kentucky. Kate Matthews frequently persuaded relatives and neighbors to pose in tableaux vivants, or living pictures, based on fairy tales,...
Tableaux; Porticoes (Porches); Stairways; Columns; Women
Unidentified woman in a costume poses on the porch of a building that appears to be Waldeck in Crestwood, Kentucky. Kate Matthews frequently persuaded relatives and neighbors to pose in tableaux vivants, or living pictures, based on fairy tales,...
