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....
Actor Victor Mature stands inside a building in front of a large round picture of himself with text on it. Part of the text includes his name. A second man stands to the left of the image.
Ad Astra (Sculpture); Public sculpture; Abstract sculpture; University of Louisville--Buildings;
The Research Tower at the Health Science Center rises behind the abstract sculpture, Ad Astra. A portion of the Kornhauser library can be seen on the left side of the image. The Health Science Center was completed in 1970.
Poster advertising Oertel's '92 beer with an image of a blond pin-up style woman holding a glass with a bottle of beer on a small tray in the bottom corner. The text on the poster reads "Keep Smiling!"
Holiday-themed displays of Oertels beer for Christmas and New Year's Eve. One image shows a bottle of Oertels '92 and a full glass next to a candle with a pine branch and window in the background. The other image has the bottle and glass next to a...
Woodblock prints of, clockwise from top left: narrow rectangular advertisement for "JPM & Co. Printers, Binders and Blank Book Manufacturers," with printing press shown; narrow rectangular advertisement for "JPM & Co....
Advertisements; Children; Books; Textbooks; Animals; Reading; Men
This set of woodblock prints was reprinted in the 1980s. With the exception of the JPM & Co. advertisement and the New Second and New Third School Readers, the images duplicate the earlier prints in this collection. Woodblock prints of,...
Poster display for Royal Crown cola with an image of Sonja Henie holding a bottle of RC cola. The text reads "'Yes it tastes best!' says Sonja Henie" and "Take Time Out for a 'Quick Up' with Royal Crown Cola Best by Taste-Test."...
Woodblock prints of, from left to right starting at top left: "Bachelor's Darling Smoking Tobacco" ad with indistinct white-on-black image; "Bachelor's Darling Smoking Tobacco." with woman dressed in white on black background;...
Two men stand on either side of the rear of a car with a Kentucky license plate. A round advertisement on the back of the car reads "Is this your boy! Stop this slaughter" with an image of a policeman carrying a child. For Whaley Taxi...
This set of woodblock prints was reprinted in the 1980s. With the exception of "Bottled by Barton Distilling Company Bardstown, Nelson County, Kentucky," the images duplicate the earlier prints in this collection. Woodblock prints of,...
This dissertation takes Chinese advertisements as the research subjects to see in what way a quantifiable large number of advertisements with its metaphorical nature and instrumental mission can reflect social cultural change, in specifics,...
Color lithograph advertising Emerson's Megatherian Minstrels, which featured performer Billy Emerson (pictured here). Billy Emerson (Edmund) was born in Belfast, Ireland in 1846 and died in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1902. Emerson's Megatherian...
Color lithograph advertising Emerson's Megatherian Minstrels, which featured performer Billy Emerson and were managed by Richard M. Hooley (pictured here). Hooley was born in Ballina, County Mayo, Ireland in 1822 and died in Chicago in 1893. The...
African-American hospital ward. Patients lie in the beds on either side of the room. Nurses and other hospital employees are near the back of the room. A girl sits on a chair in the middle of the room. Text on image: [Lay] Brad. Photo Nashville....
Caricatured African American barber stands over client and gazes at a caricatured African American woman, a manicurist. The barber's shaving brush is in his client's mouth. This image depicts African Americans in a stereotyped fashion that may be...
Three images of African Americans with Louisville Textile Company. There are two photographs of a different man standing at the bottom of the steps outside a brick building. The third image has a group of men and women standing in two rows at the...
Elderly African American man, seated, with a walking stick and a hat. This image depicts African Americans in a stereotyped fashion that may be offensive to many viewers; the University of Louisville and the University Archives & Records Center...
An elderly African-American couple sits on a bench in front of a cabin. The woman appears to be sewing while the man looks at her. A ladder leans against the cabin's chimney. Title: Uncle Tom's Cabin--The Old Folks at Home, Kentucky, U.S.A....
