Portrait of American stage and screen actor William Farnum wearing a three-piece suit and tie. Farnum was born July 4, 1876, in Boston, Massachusetts, and died June 5, 1953 in Hollywood, California. He performed at Macauley's Theatre in "Under...
Well-dressed men and women stand and sit around a dinner table in a residential dining room. A warming carafe and other items are on the table. The woman seated second from the left is believed to be author Alice Caldwell Hegan. And this may be the...
Huston Quinn, mayor of Louisville, Kentucky from 1921 until 1925, sitting on "mechanical horse" (metal structure with saddle-shaped seat, stirrups, and motor). Handwritten on bottom of mounted print: "R.G. Potter, Collection /...
Low, narrow bridge with a set of railroad tracks down the middle across a body of water. Two people stand against the railing. The opposite shore is visible in the background. Conemaugh Furnace Title: 484. Pontoon at Conemaugh Furnace. Text on...
Exhibition buildings; Buildings; World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition (1884-1885 : New Orleans, La.); Flags; California
Large room with multiple exhibit spaces across the floor. A man stands near the front. Two American flags hang from the ceiling. Title: 242. The Old Flag Cal'a [California] Section, G & S. Building. Stamp: Wilson Copyright 1885. Text on left:...
Exhibition buildings; Buildings; World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition (1884-1885 : New Orleans, La.); Agriculture; Corn; Nebraska
Exhibit space featuring logs and a large sign decorated with emblems and the words 'Corn is King.' Title: 898. Nebraska Section, G. & S. Building. Stamp: Wilson Copyright 1885. Text on left: Centennial Photographic Co. Philada, 1876. Text on...
Exhibition buildings; Buildings; World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition (1884-1885 : New Orleans, La.); Agriculture; Kansas
Exhibit space with a stuffed buffalo in the foreground next to vegetables and a stack of bags, possibly flour. In the background are signs that say 'Kansas' and other signs. To the left is a decorative tower with 'Kansas' around the top. Title:...
Body of water leading to a lumber-filled shore with possibly a road or trail and tree-covered hills or mountains in the background. Sinnemahoning is a town in Pennsylvania. There are also Sinnemahoning Creek and Sinnemahoning State Park. Title:...
Train on the right pair of two sets of tracks heading around a curve with a steep rock wall to the right. A man is leaning out of the front window of the train car. Farther ahead on the left side of tracks is a railroad handcar. Title: 264. Near...
Side view of a train crossing a stone bridge identified as the Bolivar Bridge. The engine, first car, and part of the second train car can be seen approaching from the left. The bridge over a small body of water has two arches. A similar bridge is...
"As early as 1876, in the ornate, somewhat epicene sensuality of The Apparition, Moreau summarized many of the concepts that linked the melancholy beauty of the Pre-Raphaelites with his own native poetic tradition epitomized by Baudelaire's...
