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...
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 east side. Row of multi-story brick buildings containing businesses such as Royal Typewriter Company, 4th Avenue Hotel, and Clarence R. Smith & Company Office Equipment.
"A full-scale replica of the ship in the Museum of Underwater Archaeology in Bodrum, Turkey." (Caption, p. 315); "Without doubt it was a royal cargo. And an exceptional one, at that. We can only guess how its loss, toward the end of...
"Artifacts from the wreck include: the ivory figurine of a female acrobat with her feet on her head; a gold pendant of a nude fertility goddess holding gazelles in her hands; a partly gold-clad bronze figurine of a goddess, perhaps the ship's...
"As in certain paintings by Francis Bacon, existential givens were made stubbornly palpable in Guston's pictures. Recurrent images such as a head with a single wide-open eye, wrist-watches, bare light-bulbs, or cigarette butts spoke of bouts...
"For their palace walls the Assyrian kings commissioned extensive series of narrative reliefs exalting royal power and piety. The sculptures record not only battlefield victories but also the slaying of wild animals. […] The degree of...
"Just inside the Lion Gate, [Heinrich] Schliemann uncovered what archaeologists now designate as Grave Circle A. It predates the Lion Gate and the walls of Mycenae by some three centuries. Grave Circle A encloses six deep shafts that had...
Paintings; Oil paintings; Fantasy; Allusions; Symbols; Sex; Relations between the sexes; Lust; Gays; Martyrs; Saints; People associated with religion; Sailors; Men; Women; Bathing beauties; Portraits; Self-portraits; Nudes; Muscles; Standing;...
"One of Dali's greatest paintings from the mid-1920s, not exhibited since 1927. The influence of Picasso is manifest. It develops the theme of Saint Sebastian that so fascinated Lorca [Federico García Lorca] and Dali." (Caption);...
A large group of children with some adults in front of a Christmas tree and Santa Claus during a Christmas party. Caption: Third Annual Christmas Party for children Sponsored by Royal Order of Peacocks Dec. 19, 1948.
A young woman is inside a Royal Crown booth. Text on the booth reads "Take Royal Crown's Famous Cola Taste-Test Here" with publicity photos of celebrities on the right and left. A young woman and man stand in front of the booth holding...
Buildings; Theaters; Motion picture theaters; Cultural facilities; Royal Theatre (Louisville, Ky.)
Address: 1809 W. Broadway. This, the first of Joseph & Joseph's suburban theaters, brought all the stylistic elements, detail and elegance of its larger, downtown predecessors to what was an emerging trend, the neighborhood theater devoted...
Streets; Banks; Stores & shops; Buildings; Street railroads; Transportation
Address: 403 W. Market Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Pedestrians cross Market Street at the intersection with Fourth Street. Cars are driving both directions down Market and a number of autos are parked diagonally along the street. A trolley car is...
Buildings; Automobiles; Windows; Caufield & Shook, Inc. (photographers); Bernheim Building (Louisville, Ky.)
Address: 638-640 S. Fourth Street. One of the earliest office buildings commissioned from the Joseph & Joseph firm, this striking building still stands. During the 1920s and 1930s, it housed the photographic studios of Caufield & Shook, who...
Buildings; Theaters; Cultural facilities; East Broadway Theatre (Louisville, Ky.)
Address: 816 E. Broadway. This exterior shot of the East Broadway Theatre shows its twin balconies, lead-paned windows, inset clock, and advertisements for upcoming shows. Although plainer in style than the Royal Theater, Joseph & Joseph's...
Advertisement for Royal Crown hanging from a wall. On the poster sits a woman in an Uncle Sam outfit holding a bottle of RC Cola. The text reads "Royal Crown Cola. All America town by town votes to Make mine Royal Crown." For Brown &...
Advertisement for Royal Crown. A poster hangs in front of a pleated panel or curtain. On the poster sits a woman in an Uncle Sam outfit holding a bottle of RC Cola. The text reads "Royal Crown Cola. All America town by town votes to Make mine...
