"In an article published in Figueres in May 1921, Subias Galter (1897-1984) praised the gouache posters that Dali had done for the recent Santa Creu festivities. Several critics had pointed out that they and other works in the same vein owed...
"Vassily Kandinsky was a prominent member of the Bauhaus faculty from 1922, and he remained until 1933, when it was closed by the Nazis. His paintings of that period reflect the geometric angularity he espoused as part of the Russian...
A dirt road in front of a wooden fence with railroad tracks, a railroad crossing sign, and fields of crops behind. The farm belongs to Kentucky State Senator C. B. Ecton (1844? - 1922), who went on to represent Clark, Bourbon, and Montgomery...
A gravel or dirt road goes over a stone or concrete bridge approximately one half mile from Middletown, Kentucky. A plaque on the bridge support reads, "Erected by Jefferson County Fiscal Court / 1922." On the opposite support beam is a...
Aerial views; Schools; Stadiums; Buildings; Louisville Male High School (Louisville, Ky.)
Address: 900 S. Brook Street, Louisville, Kentucky. This aerial view shows the neighborhood surrounding Louisville Male High School as well as the school and its stadium in 1922. The homes to the left of Brook Street have since been removed to make...
Bourbon County Memorial Building, Paris, Kentucky, 1922. A crowd throngs at the memorial building yard, porch, and windows. Upstairs there are small groups of people in each of four open windows and one woman is sitting on an open window, hanging...
Brent G. Nunnelley of Louisville, Kentucky, wearing a checkered suit and polka-dot bow tie. The photograph is badly creased, painted on, and marked with discolorations. Stamped on back of image: September 20, 1922. Handwritten on back: Board of...
Bridal portrait of Olga (Mrs. William) Schulte of Louisville, Kentucky, holding an elaborate bouquet. The photograph has yellow discoloration from age. Stamped on back of image: credit, John T. Berry (Louisville photographer); March 9, 1922.
Character portrait of actor Henry Weaver in costume for the role of Ilderim in "Ben Hur," which was produced at Macauley's Theatre in March 1905. He has a long beard and mustache and wears a brimless hat and shawl. Henry A. Weaver Jr.,...
Character portrait of actress and director Ethel Barrymore seated on an elegant divan with a parasol leaned against her lap. She wears a chiffon dress with a flower print, white gloves, black choker, pearl necklace, and a fascinator with plumage....
Character portrait of actress Blanche Bates leaning on an end table, wearing a wide-brimmed hat festooned with feathers, a white dress, and long white gloves. Born to theatrical parents in Portland, Oregon, on August 25, 1873, Bates appeared at...
Character portrait of actress Blanche Bates seated, wearing a cloche with feathers, a pearl necklace, fur stole, and velvet jacket, with long white gloves. Born to theatrical parents in Portland, Oregon, on August 25, 1873, Bates appeared at...
Character portrait of actress Blanche Bates wearing a wide-brimmed hat festooned with feathers, a white dress, and long white gloves. Born to theatrical parents in Portland, Oregon, on August 25, 1873, Bates appeared at Macauley's Theatre four...
Character portrait of actress Lillian Russell wearing a turban with matching shawl over a dress with vertically-striped bodice. Born Helen Louise Leonard in Clinton, Iowa ca. 1861, she took the stage name Lillian Russell, and starred in eight...
Character portrait of actress Lillian Russell, wearing her hair piled in curls atop her head; a choker and strand of pearls around her neck; and a white short-sleeved dress. Born Helen Louise Leonard in Clinton, Iowa ca. 1861, she took the stage...
Character portrait of Miss Elsa Ryan seated with arms crossed and head, tilted, leaning coquettishly on her right index finger. She wears a bonnet with flowers and a floral dress with wide sleeves, probably a costume for "Peg o' My...
Character portrait of performer and writer Gilda Varesi (later Gilda Varesi Archibald) with bobbed hair, a strapless dress, and long pearl necklace, partially obscured by a fan made of large feathers. Gilda Varesi starred as Madame Lisa Della Robia...
Character portrait of right profile of actress Frances Starr seated before an outdoor backdrop. Her head tilted downward, she wears a white headband and white dress. Frances Starr was born in Oneonta, New York, in either 1881 or 1886, and died June...
Child in glasses and oversized overcoat sits in chair holding a "newspaper" that advertises Wintersmith's Chill Tonic. Arthur Peter & Co., Louisville, is listed as the "general agent" for the chill tonic. A post script is...
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Ship trials; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
CITY OF MUSKOGEE backing out from Howard Shipyard in Jeffersonville, Indiana on a trial run up the Ohio River. CITY OF MUSKOGEE, a stern-wheel packet with wood hull (127.6 ft. x 28.5 ft. x 4.7 ft.), was built at Howard in 1908. Owned by Merchants...
