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....
Paintings; Oil paintings; Abstract paintings; Abstract works
"In the mid-1980s Richter produced abstract paintings as well as realist 'photo-paintings'. […] he appeared here to be recapitulating the ideological options underpinning postwar modernism in so far as his own transplantation from Eastern to...
Aerial photographs; Stadiums; Baseball; Buildings; Parkway Field (Louisville, Ky.)
Aerial view of a baseball game at Parkway Field, 100 W. Eastern Parkway, Louisville, Kentucky. Players are on the field and the stands are almost full. Beyond the stadium cars are parked along the street and in a parking lot and trolley cars can be...
Agriculture; Buildings; Business & finance; Educational facilities; Religious facilities; Dwellings; Cities & towns; Historic sites; Military facilities; Monuments & memorials; Portraits; Sports; Transportation; Railroads; Newspapers
The Herald-Post digital collection contains 3815 images, including portraits of prominent Louisvillians and Kentuckians at work and at play, as well as scenes of business and industry; government; homes; places of worship; community organizations;...
Alcoholism and crime; Parks; Liquor laws; Drinking of alcoholic beverages--Social aspects
Recent criminological research has shown the importance of place, as places
create the opportunities required for crime to occur. This study tests for the presence of
crime symbiosis, or the interactive relationship between alcohol outlets and...
Address: 2140 Bonnycastle Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. Built in 1928, the Commodore Apartment Building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. The entryway of this 11-story building includes a low field-stone wall with...
Automobiles; Libraries; Louisville Free Public Library; Buildings; Historic buildings; Transportation
Address: 301 York Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A Winton automobile is parked in front of the Louisville Free Public Library. One of a series of photographs of Winton automobiles owned by John Maas, Mrs. Mooney, Mrs. Read, Dr. Anderson, Mr. Long,...
A Franklin automobile is shown with four men in it. The top is down for the picture, but the road appears icy and a little bit of snow appears at the base of the statue of Abraham Lincoln at the side of the Louisville Free Public Library at 301...
Three cars are parked at the Iroquois Park observation point which faces downtown Louisville. A flag pole flies the U.S. flag as park-goers look out over the view. The observation point is a flattened space at the top of a hill which is surrounded...
A convertible automobile is pulled up to the side of one of the overlooks at Iroquois Park in Louisville, Kentucky. A woman in a coat and feathered hat sits on the rock wall surrounding the overlook. Two men stand by the car and another woman sits...
Girls pose for a picture in a Winton Six automobile in front of Hogan's Fountain at Cherokee Park. The girls wear heavy coats and hats and the ground has snow and ice on it. Cherokee Park was added to the National Register of Historic Places in...
Girls pose for a picture with a Winton Six automobile near a statue of Daniel Boone at Cherokee Park. The girls wear heavy coats and hats and the ground has snow and ice on it. Cherokee Park was added to the National Register of Historic Places in...
It is to be noticed that if there be any marshy places, certain animals breed there, which are invisible to the eye and yet getting into the system through the mouth and nostrils cause serious disorders." This quaint observation is taken from...
Bethel Baptist Church, a two-story brick church with a steeple, sloped roof, and turrets, was built in 1901 near the birthplace of Jefferson Davis, and was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. The first floor windows and the...
Seaside settlement and boats in harbor against mountainous background. One large ship occupies the middle of the harbor; smoke trails out of its smokestack. There are smaller boats in the water, as well, and a dock or pier extending into the water....
Boys; Bicycles & tricycles; Louisville Free Public Library; Group portraits; Buildings; People; Transportation
Address: 301 York Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Five boys pose in front of the Louisville Free Public Library on York Street. They each have a bicycle with a headlight, horn, and water bottle. The boys are dressed in white shirts with ties, short...
Address: 208 S. Fifth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. The multi-story brick, stone and granite building in the foreground is Stock Yards Bank and Trust. In years past it was known as the Louisville Trust Company. Their sign is still visible on the...
Address: 208 S. Fifth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. The multi-story brick, stone and granite building in the foreground is Stock Yards Bank and Trust. In years past it was known as the Louisville Trust Company. Their sign is still visible on the...
Address: 623 W. Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky. On the side of this Main Street building is a sign painted with word "Western" in block letters. It is just visible above the roofline of the neighboring building. The street sign for S....
Address: 815-827 W. Market Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A multi-story industrial building dwarves the two- to four-story buildings surrounding it. "Stimpson Computing Scale Co." is painted on the front of the building. An embossed sign...
