The Louisville Leader was an African-American newspaper published from 1917 to 1950 by I. Willis Cole in Louisville, Kentucky. This issue says Vol. 32. No. 10. but is actually Vol. 32. No. 12. There is a crease across the center of page one that...
The Louisville Leader was an African-American newspaper published from 1917 to 1950 by I. Willis Cole in Louisville, Kentucky. This issue is the 21st anniversary edition of the paper and is twelve pages instead of the normal eight, but the first...
A woman wearing a costume and holding a small dagger is stooped slightly as if "ready to strike." The woman is believed to be Helen Gifford, a resident of Pewee Valley, Kentucky. Kate Matthews frequently persuaded relatives and neighbors...
Elizabeth Fletcher, wearing a light spring dress with matching hat and heels, is holding a flower up as if to show it to a bird in a birdcage. The birdcage is hanging from a large tree on the lawn of Twigmore. Elizabeth is daintily holding her...
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...
Picture of a framed, tinted print of a little girl in Dresden shepherdess attire seated on cast-iron bench in a garden. The girl is holding a hoop and stick. Kate Matthews frequently persuaded relatives and neighbors to pose in tableaux vivants, or...
A young girl, with braids in her hair, stands facing a blackboard, apparently thinking about her next answer. Written on the blackboard are: "Cat," "rat," and an addition problem. Kate Matthews frequently persuaded relatives and...
A woman in a plaid skirt and velvet jacket is entering the door of a frame cabin or house. Ivy covers the steps and walkway and Wisteria blooms over the door. Kate Matthews wrote "Sallie, 1860" on an album page with another print of this...
A woman dressed as a nun stands in the middle of a tree-lined dirt road in Pewee Valley, Kentucky. Photographer Kate Matthews' signature is on lower right corner of mount. Matthews frequently persuaded relatives and neighbors to pose in tableaux...
Mary Johnston, wearing a light dress and hat and holding flowers and a small parasol, poses on the front walk at Clovercroft, Kate Matthews family home in Pewee Valley Kentucky. Kate Matthews frequently persuaded relatives and neighbors to pose in...
Elizabeth Fletcher, the photographer's niece, in the garden area at Twigmore. Kate Matthews frequently persuaded relatives and neighbors to pose in tableaux vivants, or living pictures, based on fairy tales, books, or poems. This may be one of...
A young man holds a lamb up on a rail fence as a woman standing on the other side wraps the lamb's foot with a bandage. Another Kate Matthews photograph with this same woman carrying the lamb was published in 1897 with the title "Bringing Home...
Kate Matthews frequently persuaded relatives and neighbors to pose in tableaux vivants or living pictures based on fairy tales, nursery rhymes, books, or poems. This appears to be a tableau based on a nursery rhyme or children's story. Title...
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...
A young woman in an antebellum dress sits with a young man on a garden bench. 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...
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...
Outdoor portrait of a young woman with long dark hair in plaits. She is wearing a white dress, has an iris in her hair and is holding irises, as she stands near a stone wall. Kate Matthews frequently persuaded relatives and neighbors to pose in...
Kate Matthews frequently persuaded relatives and neighbors to pose in tableaux vivants, or living pictures, based on fairy tales, books, or poems. This may be a tableau based on a nursery rhyme or children's story. Title supplied by cataloger.
