Paintings; Oil paintings; Commemorations; Meetings; Oaths; Pledges of allegiance; Allegiance; Politics & government; Political issues; Political activity; Political strategies; Revolutions; Opposition (Political science); Economic &...
“Four fully painted heads stand out against the enormous expanse of white ground: the abbé Grégoire, the author of tracts in defence [defense] of Jews and Blacks; Mirabeau, the celebrated orator; Barnave, a jurist from Grenoble; and...
“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 first part of the project, which began perhaps as early as Augustus, was a grandiose temple to Jupiter; an inscription suggests it was completed by 60 CE. The Jupiter temple is a typical example of the compromise between Greek and Roman...
“The following year, the heroes of the day were children. David was asked to paint Joseph Bara, the drummer who chose to die rather than shout ‘Vive le roi!’, and the young Provençal Agricol Viala. Of these two projects, one unfinished...
“The following year, the heroes of the day were children. David was asked to paint Joseph Bara, the drummer who chose to die rather than shout ‘Vive le roi!’, and the young Provençal Agricol Viala. Of these two projects, one unfinished...
Roads; Pipes (Conduits); Construction equipment; Maintenance & repair; Sewerage
1100 block of Eastern Parkway. Tunnel entrance built into the ground and supported by wood beams as part of a sewer construction project. Men work at the site with construction machinery, including a cement truck.
1936 Derby grandstand crowd at Churchill Downs, Louisville, Kentucky, May 2, 1936. Some spectators sit above and most stand shoulder to shoulder on the ground behind a fence outside the track. Across the track, there is also a smaller crowd at the...
300 block of south 4th Street at Jefferson Street looking south. A policeman stands in the middle of the intersection directing traffic. A tobacco store is on the southeast corner and A. Schulte is on the ground floor of the building at the...
300 block of south 4th Street on the east side. Bruner Greenup, Evarts Shoe Company, and other stores on the ground floor of a multi-story stone building.
300 block of south 4th Street on the west side. Marion E. Taylor Building with stores on the ground level, including Emerson Shoe Company, Wormser Hat Shop, and English Woolen Company Tailors.
300 block of south 4th Street on the west side. Marion E. Taylor Building with stores on the ground level, including Emerson Shoe Company, Wormser Hat Shop, and English Woolen Company Tailors.
Buildings; Offices; medical offices; Men; African Americans
400 block of Chestnut Street on the north side looking east. A doctor's office on the ground floor of a stone-and-brick building. A young African-American man leans against the building.
400 block of Chestnut Street on the south side. Exterior view of the Irving Apartments, a brick-and-stone building with retail on the ground floor, including A. Frankenstein, a fur shop, and a lamps and lighting store.
400 block of south 4th Street on the east side. A shoe store, an unidentified storefront, and Thomas McAn on the ground level with a detective agency and other offices on the higher floors. A man stands at a window on the second floor.
