Architecture; Buildings; Social & civic facilities; Government facilities; Mints; Altars; Religious facilities; Temples; Stores & shops; Mercantile facilities; Commercial facilities; Markets; Social life; Houses; Dwellings; Residential...
“A reconstruction of the Agora in about 400 BC, seen from the east. […] In the bottom left hand corner is the Mint, with the south-east fountain house behind. Next to this is the South Stoa. The Pnyx assembly platform is above the stoa to the...
“A. The large mercantile harbour [harbor] of Kantharos; B. The main naval harbour [harbor] of Zea; C. The smaller naval harbour [harbor] of Munichia.” (caption, p.13); “Faced with certain Spartan retaliation, the Athenian assembly took the...
“Moving from the atrium to the exedra, one passes through a tablinum or open living room (2), decorated with Egyptian motifs. They were executed with a miniaturist’s precision on a black wall polished to a mirrorlike shine. It is one of the...
“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 courtyard at the back of the central wing also has a nymphaeum, with a deep pool. The sacellum that seems to emerge from the pool is covered with mosaic, and the paintings on the walls of the courtyard create the illusion of a garden to make...
“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 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...
Sculpture; Metalwork; Heads (Anatomy); Portraits; Men; Philosophers; People associated with education & communication; Beards; Mustaches
“The same courtyard in which the Doryphoros herm was found also housed other herms and busts, including a collection of portraits of Greek philosophers, displayed between columns. One of the finest portraits is a bronze bust of a bearded man...
“This building, some 17 metres [meters] (56 feet) wide and 40 metres [meters] (131 feet) long, is divided along its length by a corridor with five square cells on the right and three on the left. The corridor leads through to a walled courtyard...
1) Pyramid of Menkaure, 2) Pyramid of Khafre, 3) Mortuary temple of Khafre, 4) Causeway, 5) Great Sphinx, 6) Valley temple of Khafre, 7) Pyramid of Khufu, 8) Pyramids of the royal family and mastabas of nobles; "From the remains surrounding...
1) Pyramid of Menkaure, 2) Pyramid of Khafre, 3) Mortuary temple of Khafre, 4) Causeway, 5) Great Sphinx, 6) Valley temple of Khafre, 7) Pyramid of Khufu, 8) Pyramids of the royal family and mastabas of nobles; "From the remains surrounding...
100 block of south 4th Street on the west side. Row of multi-story brick buildings, including one with a sign reading Urban Building. Businesses include Meffert Equipment Company and Lincoln Building and Loan Association.
1959 Spring Class Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite. A large group of men sit and stand in rows outside the Scottish Temple. In one image, the individuals are numbered and identified by name.
200 block west Walnut Street, now Muhammad Ali Boulevard, on the north side. Three narrow three-story brick buildings in a row. The middle one has a For Rent sign posted.
300 block west Walnut Street, now Muhammad Ali Boulevard. Two-story brick buildings containing a flower shop and J. Winter Jr. A large sign for cigarettes is mounted to the roof of one of the buildings.
400 block of West Breckinridge Street at 4th Street on the southwest corner looking west. View of a row of brick houses or apartments. Two men sit and stand against the wall of one building.
Buildings; Dwellings; Apartment houses; Religious facilities; Churches
400 block of West Breckinridge Street at South 4th Street looking west. View down Breckinridge Street with a church at one corner and apartments across the street.
Buildings; Cultural facilities; Theaters; Hotels; Coffeehouses
400 block west Walnut Street, now Muhammad Ali Boulevard, looking east. View down Walnut Street with the Walnut theater, a cafeteria, and the Seelbach Hotel along one side of the street and the Hotel Watterson and a coffee shop on the other side.
