Oval-shaped portrait of Canadian actress Julia Arthur striking a pensive pose, wearing a black dress with ruffles at neck and wrists and sheer sleeves. Arthur, whose birth name was Ida Lewis, was born in 1869 in Hamilton, Ontario. She starred in...
Portrait of left profile of actor Joseph F. Sheehan, who has grown corpulent since his portraits dated 1904. He wears a pinstripe suit jacket with tie. The Joseph F. Sheehan English Opera Company performed five operas at Macauley's Theatre on...
Portrait of right profile of actress Billie Burke, wearing her hair atop her head (held by headband and braid) and a short-sleeved dress. Burke, best known for playing the role of Glinda the Good Witch of the North in the 1939 MGM movie "The...
Portrait of Lee Bernheim, who wears a tweed jacket and vest with paisley tie. His head is slightly tilted, and his eyes look to his right. Inscription on mount/print: To Mr. John T. Macauley with sincere friendship. Lee Bernheim. Location of photo...
Portrait of Max Bloom wearing pin-striped suit jacket with handkerchief peering out of left breast pocket, and necktie with stickpin. The inscription is to Pres. L. Hamilton, Macauley's Theatre's Treasurer beginning in the 1908-1909 season....
Maps; Forts & fortifications; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Reprint of a Civil War-era map of Louisville, Kentucky, highlighting forts. Printed in lower lefthand corner:"Accompanying report of Lieut. Col. J.H. Simpson Corps of Engrs., U.S. Army, dated June 24, 1865. SERIES I. VOL. XLIX." Printed...
Maps; Forts & fortifications; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Two-page spread, featuring three maps. Published by the United States Department of War in 1895 as Plate 102 of Atlas to accompany the official records of the Union and Confederate Armies 1861-1865. Map 1 is "Defenses of Munfordville, Ky....
Portrait of General Edmund Pendleton Gaines (1777-1849), a United States army officer who served with distinction during the War of 1812, the Seminole Wars and the Black Hawk War. He is also known for capturing Aaron Burr, who had killed Alexander...
Fortieth Kentucky Derby started with the crack of a whip on May 9, 1914. Photograph looks marred from age. Handwritten on image: "Start of Ky. Derby." Handwritten on bottom of mounted print: "May 9, 1914 seven horses entered. Won by...
Drawing of Union National Bank in downtown Louisville, Kentucky. Handwritten on bottom of mounted print: "R.G. Potter. Collection; Union National was licensed Oct 28 1890 / Geo. W. Swearingen Pres. W. P. Otter V.Pres. L.O. Cox Cashier....
Two exterior views of a large band in uniform with instruments on the steps in front of a building. Caption: Hamilton Citadel Band at Louisville, Ky. Oct. 9, 1948.
Members of a band sit in uniform with their instruments on a stage in front of a curtain with stars. Caption: Hamilton Citadel Band at Louisville, Ky. Oct. 9, 1948.
Ship labeled 'Hamilton' crossing the East River in front of the Brooklyn Bridge, a long suspension bridge connecting Brooklyn and Manhattan in New York. Text on left: American Scenery. Text on right: Brooklyn Bridge. Series information on back of...
Scroll decorated with holly, bearing the inscription:"Glory to God!' the sounding skies loud with their anthems ring, peace to Earth, good-will to men, from Heaven's eternal king! Light on thy hills, Jerusalem! The Saviour now is born; more...
Collages; Montages; Photographs; Men; Heads (Anatomy); Moral aspects of war; Pessimism
"Henderson is rarely accorded much status in accounts of postwar art but he was a formative influence on members of London's Independent Group, especially [Eduardo] Paolozzi and [Richard] Hamilton. In the late 1940s and 1950s he photographed...
Collages; Montages; Photographs; Men; Heads (Anatomy); Moral aspects of war; Pessimism; Details
"Henderson is rarely accorded much status in accounts of postwar art but he was a formative influence on members of London's Independent Group, especially [Eduardo] Paolozzi and [Richard] Hamilton. In the late 1940s and 1950s he photographed...
