This study of Mably’s works was undertaken because of the scant treatment thus far accorded the writings of a philosopher, important in his own century, and peculiarly interesting today in view of the present partial realization of many of his...
Barges; Side wheelers; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Five men ride a dump scow barge down the ways and onto the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. The shipyard's raft of logs for future boats and the sidewheel packet KATE ADAMS (Way #3217) are just down river...
Louisville General Hospital; University of Louisville--Buildings; Nursing students; Dormitories
Class of 1962 at Louisville General Hospital School of Nursing. Cluster of women on the steps outside Henninger Hall. Text printed on bottom of photograph: And so we find our three years of nursing education behind us and the world, we think, at...
This collection will draw on the varied collections of the Dwight Anderson Music Library. The first component will include the official University of Louisville School of Music guest book. Future plans include the digitization of several of the...
The Ghost Signs of Louisville collection emerged from a partnership between the University of Louisville Libraries and Fine Arts department. Students in a fall 2011 Documentary Photography class and Libraries employees documented these fading...
Sewerage; Sewers; Buildings; Streets; Public utility companies; Public utilities--Kentucky--Louisville
The Metropolitan Sewer District (MSD) Collection records the construction of sewer lines, drainage work, and floodwall protection projects throughout Louisville in the early twentieth century through the beginning of World War II. While the scope...
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Actors; Men; Costumes; Military uniforms
Character portrait of actor Carl Ahrendt in costume for a role as Colonel Sapt in "The Prisoner of Zenda," which was performed at Macauley's Theatre numerous times between 1896 and 1908, although not in 1903 and never with Ahrendt...
Six men and eight women pose around a dinner table in a residential dining room that appears to be decorated for Valentine's Day or an engagement party. One woman's back is to the camera. The woman standing third from the left is believed to be...
Six men and eight women pose around a dinner table in a residential dining room that appears to be decorated for Valentine's Day or an engagement party. The men are all seated and the women are all standing. One woman's back is to the camera. The...
Exterior views of multiple houses, including front and side, and rear views of a brick house, near the Southwestern Outfall construction site. The caption for one is identified as a North Shively home along side future SW outfall.
Baseball players; Athletes; Group portraits; Uniforms
Handwritten on photo of scrapbook page (Image number P_02588): "'Pee-Wee' Reese 'The Bat Boy'. New Covenant Presbyterian Church team, 37 & Broadway, July 31, 1931 R. G. Potter, Collection. Top Row - J. Wilton, Keith Sparks (Mgr.) M....
Storefront window display about Woolworth. A sign reads "Woolworth Looks to the Future. Celebrating 40-Years of an American Institution in Louisville." The display is decorated with pictures, small American flags, and multiple copies of...
Christmas tree decorated with lit candles and a holly wreath, with the poem: May happy memories of the past / with hopes of future bliss be blent / and round the present season cast / the halo of a heart's content. Published by Raphael Tuck &...
Scales formed with a golden bow serving as the "arms" and a pierced heart as the fulcrum. Two containers of roses are balanced. The rest of the inscription reads, "with sunshine always in your heart / May every joy combine / To...
Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Columns; Banners;
The School of Public Health and Information Sciences building, with University of Louisville banners hanging on either side of the entranceway. The banners read "It's Happening Here," "Limitless Future" and "Breaking New...
View facing south across Eastern Parkway. There are cars in the foreground and smokestacks in the background. The Kentucky Trailer manufacturing company can be seen in the distance. In 2008, the University of Louisville purchased the Kentucky...
"Klein's leap took its place among texts advertising an imaginary 'Theatre of the Void'. The image wittily pitted Klein's artistic apotheosis against other newsworthy material of the day. The first Soviet and American space launches had...
