"Relief from the northern side of the entrance to the Arch of Titus depicting Titus, the conquerer of Jerusalem, in triumph. The tympanum to the top of this scene is elaborately decorated." (caption, p.94); “The panel on the north side...
“The large oecus (5) next to the nuptial bedchamber (4) contains the famous frieze representing the “mysteries” of the Dionysus cult that give the villa its name. The paintings here represent the initiation of a young woman into the mysteries...
Fresco detail, initiate hiding in the lap of the woman who accompanies her in the various phases of the rite. "[…] it still remains uncertain whether the subject is a woman's initiation into an Orphic or Dionysian mystery cult or rather the...
Children; Group portraits; Dresses; Suits (Clothing); African Americans; Rites & ceremonies; People
Address: 1304 W. Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky. Three rows of children pose for a photograph commemorating their first communion in front of St. Augustine's Roman Catholic Church. The children are African American and range in ages from perhaps...
Address: 208 E. Madison Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A metal tub sits on a draped table which also holds a couple of stopper bottles, scissors, towels, and other items in the Avgerinos family apartment. Around the table is a crowd of people, some...
Rites & ceremonies; Building construction; Blueprints; Shovels
Address: 829 Logan Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Four men pose for a group portrait commemorating the breaking of ground for a new building on the lot at Logan and Breckenridge Streets. All four wear suits, overcoats, and hats. One is holding...
Two men in suits and hats shake hands as a crowd watches. Between the two men is a ribbon. This is the opening ceremony for the Municipal Bridge in October 1929. The bridge was renamed the George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge in 1949. The bridge...
A crowd of people fill the Municipal Bridge during its opening in October 1929. The bridge was later renamed the George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge. The bridge spans the Ohio River from Second and Main Streets in Louisville, Kentucky, to Illinois...
A small podium has been erected on the Municipal Bridge in Louisville, Kentucky. One man stands at a microphone with other men on the podium and people are seated and standing around the stage to watch. This is the opening ceremony of the Municipal...
A crowd of people lines the sidewalk in Jeffersonville, Indiana during the opening of the Municipal Bridge which spans the Ohio River from Louisville, Kentucky. A police officer stands in the middle of the street at the beginning of the bridge....
The steamboat America is docked near a shore and crowds of passengers are along the decks and on the shore to observe an event taking place in the water. Three African American men are standing in the water. One is wearing a black robe belted over...
Churches; Cathedrals; Catholic churches; Religious facilities; Vestments; Rites & ceremonies; Cathedral of the Assumption (Louisville, Ky.)
The inside of the Cathedral of the Assumption, home church of the Catholic Archdiocese of Louisville and located at 433 South Fifth Street, Louisville, Kentucky, is shown during a service. Behind the altar is a large stained glass window depicting...
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...
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...
Six men in loincloths and two women in robes stand in a row outdoors behind two men in loincloths on the ground, one doing acrobatics, one sitting. There are five huts and a large building in the background. Handwritten on the bottom of the...
Women; Costumes--United States; Rites & ceremonies; Public affairs television programs
Jean Thomas, wearing her long black "Narrator" costume, is interviewed by WAVE-TV on the occasion of the donation of her collection to the University of Louisville on May 28, 1968 (strips 1-3). Dr. Wayne S. Yenawine, Director of...
