Based on a drawing by Lanciano and Carpano (caption, p.197); “The Colosseum was begun by Vespasian in the 70s AD on the site of the lake of Nero’s Domus Aurea, and was financed from the spoils of the sack of Jerusalem in AD 70. It was dedicated...
"[...] with the stucco decoration restored from the existing remains and from Renaissance drawings." (caption, p.194); “The Colosseum was begun by Vespasian in the 70s AD on the site of the lake of Nero’s Domus Aurea, and was financed...
Rising environmental concerns due to our rising population ad energy demand along with our excessive dependence on fossil fuels has created an urgent need to find clean, renewable and carbon free source of energy. Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water...
Woodblock prints of, from left to right starting at top left: "Bachelor's Darling Smoking Tobacco" ad with indistinct white-on-black image; "Bachelor's Darling Smoking Tobacco." with woman dressed in white on black background;...
This set of woodblock prints was reprinted in the 1980s. With the exception of "Bottled by Barton Distilling Company Bardstown, Nelson County, Kentucky," the images duplicate the earlier prints in this collection. Woodblock prints of,...
Taxicab with circular ad over spare tire reading "6 cu. Foot Coldspot Electric Refrigerator $139.50 $5.00 down Sears Sears, Roebuck and Co." Title supplied by cataloger.
Taxicab with circular ad over spare tire reading "Kelvinator / Beautiful new 1935 models now shown at Central Furniture Company / No Down Payment Terms as low as 15 cents a day." Title supplied by cataloger.
Streets; Buildings; Street railroad tracks; Stores & shops; Hardware stores; Drugstores; Signs (Notices); Brick wall signs; Electric signs
View of Market Street looking east from Floyd Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Hardware store on right, with ad (partially obscured by utility pole) for "Louisville Machinery & Welding Co., 224 - 2?? E. Main St., Portable welding equipment...
Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Libraries; Abstract sculpture;
Kornhauser Health Sciences Library and Commons building stands on the lefthand side of this image, behind the sculpture, Ad Astra. The Research Tower rises in the center of the image, and the Instructional Building can be seen on the right. The...
"The form of the upper levels of the structure are much debated by scholars and have been reconstructed here after the work of James Packer." (caption, p.235); "It's total length was about 170 metres. [...] The building was 60 metres...
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...
Address: 2636 Frankfort Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. Banners across the top of the store advertise meats, groceries, and tea. The display windows show potatoes, soap chips, gauze, rolled oats, and Sunnyfield Corn Flakes. One ad reads,...
Address: 907 Baxter Avenue, Louisville, KY. View of Louisville Monument Company. Large colorful ghost ad on side of this building reads: "Firestone Tires."
Theodore Ahrens Trade School, 546 South Third Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Three story brick building with domed entrance labeled above, "Theodore Ahrens Trade School, AD 1925." The top edge of the buildings is carved with knots. A car...
Two men wearing denim overalls load tobacco sold at auction at Loose Leaf Tobacco Warehouse at Camp Taylor, while two other men look on. Above the piles of tobacco leaves, a cigarette ad (bearing the words "Sir Walter Raleigh" is visible...
