From the MOMA website (http://www.moma.org/) (11-2011): Bed / Robert Rauschenberg (American, 1925-2008) / 1955. Oil and pencil on pillow, quilt, and sheet on wood supports, 6' 3 1/4" x 31 1/2" x 8" (191.1 x 80 x 20.3 cm). Gift of Leo...
University of Louisville. School of Business; Business people; Business education;
William Duffy, supervisor of training at the General Electric Company (GE) stands at a lectern and speaks to approximately three hundred students of the University of Louisville Business School at a Career Day presentation on April 13, 1955. He is...
University of Louisville. School of Business; University of Louisville--Students; Students; Auditoriums;
Approximately three hundred students of the newly established U of L School of Business (now College of Business) at Career Day on April 13, 1955, seated in an auditorium. Fourteen university and business leaders discussed various aspects of jobs...
Industrial buildings at American Radiator and Standard Sanitary Corporation. In one image, the buildings have numbers painted on them. Caption: May 3, 1955. Louisville, Ky. American Radiator and Standard Sanitary Corp. Cleveland Wrecking Co....
Commonwealth Life Insurance building was located on the northwestern corner of Fourth Street and Broadway in Louisville, Kentucky, between the Kenyon building and United States Trust building. Built in 1928, 19 stories were added to it in 1955, and...
Tugboats; Steamboats; Ship trials; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
CORDOVA, a packet and towboat with steel hull (140 ft. x 24 ft. x 8.0 ft.), was built at Howard in 1920. Owned by Federal Barge Line, she operated on the Black Warrior and Tombigbee Rivers in Alabama, as well as the Mississippi River. CORDOVA was...
Allen R. Hite Art Institute; Collages; Gouaches; Paintings; Prints
Catalog of an exhibition of work by Edgard Pillet, presented by the University of Louisville, Allen R. Hite Art Institute, September 26-October 21, 1955.
Hotels; Buses; Automobiles; Forests; Mountains; George Vanderbilt Hotel (Asheville, N.C.)
George Vanderbilt Hotel stands in isolation in a paved area with a forested area and mountains in the background. There are cars and a bus in the paved area. Postmarked 1955 on verso. Published by Asheville Post Card Co. Bears the number E-12732 on...
Governors; Government officials; Group portraits; Family; Houses; Dwellings; Swimming pools; Bathing suits; Summer
Albert B. "Happy" Chandler with wife Mildred Watkins Chandler and children Mimi, Ben, and Dan beside pool at rear of their home in Versailles, Kentucky. Happy Chandler was governor of Kentucky two separate terms, from 1935 to1939 and...
Three-quarter length portrait of actress Hilda Spong in haughty pose, standing with head tilted back and arms behind her back. She wears an evening gown with draping shoulders, and her dark hair is pulled back. Born May 14, 1875 in London, England,...
Catalog of an exhibition of the work of Hite scholarship winners for 1955-1956, presented by the University of Louisville, Allen R. Hite Art Institute, May 23-June 18, 1955.
"Here Morris presented a small rectangular structure with a door shaped as a letter 'I'. When opened the door gave on to a photograph of the artist, his phallus rhyming with the "I" connotative both of the viewers looking (eye) and...
"Having originally been taught by a pupil of Rodin and by the Paris-based sculptor Antoine Bourdelle, Richier produced work in a classical vein before the Second World War. After the war her work changed markedly. Her figures appeared...
Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Men; Student housing; Navy V-12 Program (U.S.); United States. Navy. Reserve Officers' Training Corps; Military uniforms
A double line of men in white Navy uniforms (presumably Navy ROTC students) marches in front of Leopold Hall. The date of this photograph is uncertain; it may date to 1943-46 and be a photograph of men in the V-12 program, which preceded the Navy...
Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Barracks; Dormitories; Columns; Trees
Front entrance, including columns, of Leopold Hall. The building is partially obscured by leafy trees. The end of another barracks building is visible on side of the image. Leopold Hall was one of the Naval Barracks and was moved to accommodate...
Maps; 7.5 minute series (topographic); Topographic maps; Quadrangle maps
Topographic map on a scale of 1:24000 encompassing General Hospital in downtown Louisville to the northwest; Southern High School to the south; and Fairmeade to the northeast. A legend classifies roads as heavy-duty, medium-duty, light-duty,...
Louisville General Hospital school of nursing 1955 - Class of 1955 at Louisville General Hospital School of Nursing. Two rows of students in nurse's uniforms and caps holding diploma cover, except for the woman in the center of the top row, who...
Maps; 7.5 minute series (topographic);Topographic maps; Quadrangle maps
Topographic map on a scale of 1:24000 encompassing a portion of New Albany, Indiana to the northwest; Waverly Hills to the south; and Children's Hospital in downtown Louisville to the northeast. A legend classifies roads as heavy-duty, medium-duty,...
Catalog of an exhibition of woodcuts by Tranquillo Marangoni presented by the University of Louisville, Allen R. Hite Art Institute, April 25-May 21, 1955.
Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Barracks; Dormitories; University of Louisville. School of Business; Southern Police Institute
Menges Hall, a former barracks building used for various purposes by the University of Louisville. The side of the building is fully visible; part of another barracks building is visible behind it. A Gulf Oil sign rises above it in the rear. The...
