Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval--France; Manuscripts, Medieval; Illuminations 1200-1500
Leaf from a small portable Gothic Bible, copied in France in the thirteenth century. The Latin translation used throughout this period was known as the Vulgate, since Latin was the common or vulgar language read by all literate people of the time....
Advertisements; Merchandise displays; Soda industry
Display booth for Royal Crown (RC Cola) in the lobby of the Mary Anderson Theatre featuring bottles of the drink and a cut-out of a woman with a star above her head. Address: 610 S. 4th Street, Louisville, Kentucky.
African Americans; African Americans--Education; African Americans--Social conditions; African American college teachers; African American educators; African American newspapers; Integration; Segregation in education; Race relations; Baptists;...
Oral history interview conducted with sociologist Charles H. Parrish, Jr. on December 1 and 14, 1976 and February 21, 1977 by Dwayne Cox and William Morison. Dr. Parrish discusses his father, Charles H. Parrish, Sr., who was a Baptist minister and...
African Americans; African Americans--Education; African Americans--Social conditions; African American social workers; African American educators; African American college teachers; Segregation in education; Civil rights leaders; Lincoln Institute...
Oral history interview with Eleanor Young Love, conducted on October 2, 1978 by Kenneth Chumbley. Dr. Love was a U of L professor and administrator, and sister of civil rights leader Whitney Young, Jr. Dr. Love discusses her parents, Laura and...
African Americans; Race relations; Civil rights demonstrations; Civil rights; Louisville Free Public Library; Girl Scouts; Libraries; Integration; African Americans--Social conditions
Oral history interview with Murray Atkins Walls and John Walls, conducted July 27, 1977 by Dwayne Cox. Most of the interview focuses on Murray Atkins Walls, although her husband, John Walls, is also an active participant. They were both involved in...
American Legion; Veterans' organizations; Military bands; Parades & processions
Drum and Bugle Corps marching in formation, Jefferson Post American Legion, Kentucky. Men in Drum and Bugle Corps uniform perform music marching across an outdoor stadium with a crowd in the stands. The leader in white wields a baton over his head.
American Red Cross; Women; Uniforms; Group portraits; Women; Men; People
A group of workers from the Red Cross Canteen pose in front of the house of Mrs. J. Diecks at 1420 Catalpa Street. The women all wear white gowns and head covers with a small red cross on the forehead. A man in a suit and bowtie is part of the...
This set of woodblock prints was reprinted in the 1980s. The images duplicate the earlier prints in this collection. Woodblock prints of, from left to right starting at top left: turkey approaching boy wielding stick (with hoop and hat on the...
A woman in a floral overcoat or housecoat leans down to look in the freezer compartment of a refrigerator. On the top shelf are ice cube trays, milk bottles, and a tin of Ballard Buttermilk Biscuits. The second shelf has two bowls. The next shelf...
An artist, who appears to be Mary Johnston, is resting her head on a box on a table in her studio. Brushes and paints are on the table and watercolor paintings hang around the room. Title supplied by cataloger.
Men and women sit on either side of multiple rows of tables, including African-American men and women at two tables, in a banquet space at the Old Inn with a Christmas tree in the back next to the head table.
A row of men and women stand at the head table of a banquet with more men and women sitting at the tables in front of them. The text on the photo reads "Congregational Dinner June 16, 1946 Burning of the Mortgage." Address: Kentucky...
Standing in the creek, a man wearing a white shirt holds one hand over the head of a woman as if to bless her. She clutches his other arm with both hands. A man wearing overalls stands, head bowed, holding onto the woman being baptized with one...
Standing in the creek, a man wearing a white shirt holds a woman wearing a print dress by the arm. She looks as though her head has just been dunked in the water. Another man holds onto the woman's arm, and another woman with a bun in her hair...
Address: 2532 South Fourth Street (at Montana Avenue), Louisville, Kentucky. South side view of the Whirlaway Inn, with ghost signs reading "Whirlaway Beer Depot / Low Competitive Prices / Whiskey by the drink," accompanied by a profile...
Deacon Phillippe or Charles Louis Phillippe, originally spelled Phillippi (1872-1952). Color portrait of Deacon Phillippe with the Pittsburg Pirates or Pittsburgh Pirates. A pirate is in the top left corner and 'Pirates' is in the top right. Verso:...
Basketball players; University of Kentucky--Basketball
University of Kentucky basketball player Bill Spivey stands on a court with other players holding a ball in his hand above his head while an older man looks up at the ball. Title supplied by cataloger.
Woodblock prints of, from top to bottom starting at left: scene of Belgium, with man watching woman making lace before backdrop of cathedral and thatched-roof cottage; scene of Ireland, with man watching woman carry pail on her head across...
"The progression of drawings here shows the steps used by Benin sculptors." Elements included: clay core; wax; tool; wax rods (drains) and wax cup; layer of fine sand; layer of clay; molten metal; draining wax; finished cast. (Stokstad,...
Birds; Children; Animals; Play (Recreation); Men; Reading; Carts & wagons
Woodblock prints of, from top to bottom starting at top left: two boys grappling over nest with two birds, while girl and baby look on; girl sitting on log holds bird, while cat on fence looks on; boy riding stick as hobby horse trips over rock,...
