Children and war; World War, 1939-1945--Kentucky--Louisville; World War, 1939-1945--Indiana--Madison; Girls--Indiana--Madison; Girls--Kentucky--Louisville
This thesis presents the view of World War II, a watershed event in U.S. history, through the lenses of a group that is not normally called upon, that of young children. The war was viewed by and affected young girls differently than others....
This dissertation is a participatory action research project with adults with mental retardation who reside in Louisville, Kentucky. It explores some of the history and ideologies that frequently have hindered persons with mental retardation from...
Faroe Islands; Human beings--Migrations; Human geography--Faroe Islands
The Faroe Islands are a small archipelago in the North Atlantic. With a current population of approximately 49,000 individuals and evidence of high levels of genetic drift, the Faroese are thought to have remained highly homogeneous since their...
This thesis proposes a new method of automatic taxonomy generation using the link structure of Webpages. Taxonomy is a hierarchy of concepts where each child concept is said to be encompassed by its parent concept. Techniques have previously been...
Several displays in a large room with a grid of metal beams at the ceiling within the Palace of Agriculture at the World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri. On top of one of the displays, an enormous model of a tobacco leaf rises between two octagonal...
Exhibition buildings; Buildings; World's Columbian Exposition (1893: Chicago, Ill.); People
Large crowd of people, mostly men, outside at the World's Fair in Chicago (1893). Some people appear to be climbing or sitting on a pole in front of an arch over the crowd. Title: Entering Midway Plaisance to the World's Fair Grounds, Chicago, U.S....
In a large room with a metal beamed ceiling within the Palace of Agriculture at the World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri, a display table featuring a miniature farm with log cabin next to a field of crops highlights Kentucky's tobacco growers; a row...
Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.); Exhibitions; Government officials; Men
Secretary of War William Howard Taft (third from left), President Theodore Roosevelt's representative at the World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri (and his successor as U.S. President, in 1909), exchanges greetings with local dignitaries: Thomas H....
Crowds stand in sections on the walks in front of a palatial white building with columns and spires. A large white monument, topped by a model of the Statue of Liberty standing on a globe supported by children or cherubs, is on the lawn. Four words...
Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.); Exhibitions; Men; Indigenous peoples; East Indians; Tibetans; Clothing & dress; Headdresses; Elephants
At the World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri, fifteen Tibetan and North Indian men stand in a row in front of two elephants and an archway to a temple, with two other men (one apparently Caucasian and wearing a cap and jacket; the other wearing a...
A car labeled "World's Fair Auto Transit Co." filled with riders passes in front of two horse sculptures at the edge of the "Grand Canal" at the World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri. The Palace of Education and Social Economy is...
Portrait of actress Irene Hobson in costume for "The Way of the World," which was performed at Macauley's Theatre (starring Elsie DeWolfe) in October 1902. She wears a hat with ostrich plume and a shawl over her dress. Inscription on...
City & town life; Street railroads; Railroads; Pedestrians; People
Busy and crowded city street. The sidewalks are packed with pedestrians with more crossing the cobblestone or brick street. Streetcars are on tracks down the center of the street with wagons and carriages on either side. Buildings line the streets....
Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.); Exhibitions; Events; Rites & ceremonies; People; Crowds; Military uniforms
Six men in military uniforms with white gloves and swords stand before a crowd of women (some holding parasols) and a few men at a ceremony opening the World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri. The man in the center, with the plumed hat and epaulets, is...
Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.); Exhibitions; People; Crowds; Entertainment
Crowds promenading along "the Pike," a wet, brick boulevard at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri. Some of the buildings at left have signs: "Western Union Telegraph and Cable Office," "Indian Con[. . .]."...
At the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri, a crowd of people stand in concentric rings around a track, watching what appears to be a parade, while people walk on a path through the center of the grassy plot in the middle of the track. There...
Pedestrians walk in front of the Palace of Varied Industries, a long white building with columns, a portico, and a cupola, at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri. A sign near a group of trees in a small plot of grass says "No...
The opening ceremonies of the 1904 World's Fair at the Plaza of St. Louis in St. Louis, Missouri. A crowd, seated on wide benches, faces two men at a podium at the base of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Monument. The monument bears the words of...
The opening ceremonies of the 1904 World's Fair at the Plaza of St. Louis in St. Louis, Missouri. A crowd stands at the base of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Monument, alongside one of the palaces . Stamped on lower left corner: 4453. Stamped...
