Advertising; Stores & shops; Show windows; Street railroad tracks; Automobiles; Utility poles; Louisville Gas and Electric Company; Buildings; Transportation
Written on the front of the photograph is, "January - 10 - 1921, Louisville Gas & Electric Co., Bardstown Road at Highland Ave. looking South - showing all lines moved to Southwest side of street." Utility poles line the sidewalk...
African American educators; African American college teachers; Teachers; Group portraits; African Americans--Education (Higher); Simmons University (Louisville, Ky.); Education; College presidents; African Americans
Faculty of Simmons University in the 1920s, including Rev. C. H. Parrish, President. The bottom of the photograph reads: "Faculty." The university has gone by many names since its founding in 1879: The Kentucky Normal and Theological...
African Americans--Education (Higher); Simmons University (Louisville, Ky.); Graduation ceremonies; Education; Building construction; African American college students; College students; Universities & colleges--Buildings; Simmons University...
Simmons University commencement in 1924 taking place during construction of the boys' dormitory designed by African-American architectural firm Plato and Evans. The university has gone by many names since its founding in 1879: The Kentucky Normal...
African Americans--Education (Higher); Simmons University (Louisville, Ky.); Graduation ceremonies; Education; Building construction; African American college students; College students; Universities & colleges--Buildings; Simmons University...
Simmons University commencement in 1924 taking place during construction of the boys' dormitory designed by African-American architectural firm Plato and Evans. The back of the photograph reads: "Commencement Time at Simmons University."...
Decorative shield featuring a pegasus, a palette with paint brushes, the drama masks for comedy (Thalia) and tragedy (Melpomene), and a pan flute or panpipe. Black ink with orange highlights. A scroll near the top of the shield has the text...
Bookplates; Armorial bookplates; Labels; Southwestern Louisiana Institute of Liberal and Technical Learning
Scalloped shield with a dragon on it. Above the shield is a knight's helmet and large ornamental flourishes. Above the helmet is the phrase "Ex Libris." Below the design inside a rectangular frame is the text "Gustave Arvilien Breaux...
Decorative panel featuring a young man in profile wearing a helmet with wings, a horn, the drama masks for comedy (Thalia) and tragedy (Melpomene), two snakes wrapped around a staff with wings (caduceus), and a scroll with Greek text. At the base...
Location: Woodland Avenue and 40th Street. In 1908, Alfred S. Joseph received a commission to design the livestock pavilion for the new Kentucky State Fair Grounds. It was this work which allowed him to found, with his brother Oscar, Joseph &...
Merchants & Manufacturing Building at Old Kentucky State Fairgrounds, Louisville, Kentucky. Wide dark three-story building with corner roofed towers and two central domed turrets around entrance. A dome of clouds has been painted in black and...
Merchants & Manufacturing Building at Old Kentucky State Fairgrounds, Louisville, Kentucky, at night. Against a black sky the well lit building glows. Part of the building is shown, from a corner roofed tower to a domed turret. The Old Kentucky...
Inside the Merchants & Manufacturing Building at Old Kentucky State Fairgrounds, Louisville, Kentucky. A long room with very high domed ceilings covered in flags. The room is filled with company kiosks including "Southern Star" and...
Merchants & Manufacturing Building at Old Kentucky State Fairgrounds, Louisville, Kentucky. A long room with very high domed ceilings covered in flags. The room is filled with company kiosks including "Southern Star" and "Auto...
Merchants & Manufacturing Building at Old Kentucky State Fairgrounds, Louisville, Kentucky. A long, bare room with very high ceilings covered in flags. There is a crowd of people near the front. There are also a couple of cows. More people sit...
Children; School children; Group portraits; African Americans; Schools; Buildings; People
Address: 1534 Washington Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Students and teachers of the Benjamin Bannecker School stand outside for a group picture. The school building appears to be built of wood plant siding and has a small awning over the front...
Snow-covered dwelling flanked by a tree in inset. Around the inset are holly vines and two lit candles, which flank thee inscription. Postmarked 1921 on verso. Published by the Gibson Art Company.
Fireplace "dogs" with flaming logs, skirted by three poinsettia "blossoms." A short poem is printed beside the "fire": 'Tis Christmas morn, so I beg of you / That you'll accept this timely greeting. / May all your...
House seen from a distance. The ground, a fence and roof of the house are covered with snow. The scene is framed by an oval of holly with berries. Two blue birds look on, one perched on the frame and the other looking up from the corner of the...
Two poinsettias decorate a card bearing the greeting, "A happy joyous Christmas and a glad New Year." "C-230" printed on front. Postmarked 1921 on verso.
Snow scene inset against pine bough with pine cones. The scene shows a stream through the snow with trunks of trees visible near the stream on the left and further off in the distance on the right. Beneath the scene and the pine bough is the...
