Architecture; Buildings; Social & civic facilities; Government facilities; Mints; Altars; Religious facilities; Temples; Stores & shops; Mercantile facilities; Commercial facilities; Markets; Social life; Houses; Dwellings; Residential...
“A reconstruction of the Agora in about 400 BC, seen from the east. […] In the bottom left hand corner is the Mint, with the south-east fountain house behind. Next to this is the South Stoa. The Pnyx assembly platform is above the stoa to the...
Architecture; Buildings; Gladiators; Athletes; People associated with entertainment & sports; Sports & recreation facilities; Educational facilities; Schools; Education; Teaching; Sports; Recreation; Games; Contests; Fighting;...
“A reconstruction of the Ludus Magnus, with the Colosseum in the background. Practice stakes (pali) are shown set up at the far end of the arena. The bottom righthand corner has been cut away to show the various rooms. Steps led up from the...
“A section through the Propylaea, showing the northern half. The Pinakotheke is on the left. The gateway was approached by a broad ramp which was probably stepped. Visitors passed through a temple-like entrance composed of six Doric columns....
“Moving from the atrium to the exedra, one passes through a tablinum or open living room (2), decorated with Egyptian motifs. They were executed with a miniaturist’s precision on a black wall polished to a mirrorlike shine. It is one of the...
“The building, dating to the late Augustan period, presented the appearance of a two-storied cube. The ground floor is occupied by a wide hypostyle hall (13.5 x 15.7 m or 44 x 51.5 ft.) with four columns at its center, which was used for public...
“The Erechtheum seen from the west, as it might have appeared at the beginning of the fourth century BC. A sacrificial procession with a lamb for the sacrifice is approaching the sanctuary of Athena Polias.” (p.77); "[...] in 420 BC the...
“The large oecus (5) next to the nuptial bedchamber (4) contains the famous frieze representing the “mysteries” of the Dionysus cult that give the villa its name. The paintings here represent the initiation of a young woman into the mysteries...
“This building, some 17 metres [meters] (56 feet) wide and 40 metres [meters] (131 feet) long, is divided along its length by a corridor with five square cells on the right and three on the left. The corridor leads through to a walled courtyard...
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(After drawings by Van Nice and Antoniades); "In exterior view, the great dome dominates the structure, but the building's present external aspects are much changed from their original appearance. Huge buttresses were added to the Justinianic...
100 block of south 4th Street on the west side. Row of multi-story brick buildings, including one with a sign reading Urban Building. Businesses include Meffert Equipment Company and Lincoln Building and Loan Association.
200 block of south 4th Street on the east side. Cohen Shoes on the first floor of a multi-story stone building with the upper floor available for rent. Other stores are on either side.
200 block of south 4th Street on the west side. View of a row of multi-story buildings, including the Crutcher & Starks Building, site of the Jefferson Dry Goods Company. Other businesses include the Olshine Company, a shoe store, and a...
Buildings; Stores & shops; Automobile service stations
200 block of West Broadway on the north side of the street. A three-story white brick and stone building with a small gas station next to it. The sign above the gas station reads Stoll Oil Refining Co. A man stands by his car at a gas pump.
200 block west Walnut Street, now Muhammad Ali Boulevard, on the north side. Three-story brick building with arched windows. A sign reads Liberty Hall Association. Above the door are the letters I.O.O.F. (Independent Order of Odd Fellows). The...
200 block west Walnut Street, now Muhammad Ali Boulevard, on the north side. Two- and three-story stone building next to a three-story brick building with a bookseller sign painted on the side of it.
200 block west Walnut Street, now Muhammad Ali Boulevard, on the south side. Three-story brick-and-stone building under construction with a sign reading 'Pendennis Club' above the door.
Buildings; Public accommodation facilities; Lodging houses; Signs (Notices)
207 West Broadway on the north side of the street. A three-story white brick and stone building. A rooms for board sign hangs from the front porch. A gasoline sign is on the corner of the wrought-iron fence.
