200 block of south 4th Street on the east side. Cohen Shoes on the first floor of a multi-story stone building with the upper floor available for rent. Other stores are on either side.
Corner of a stone building at 415 West Chestnut on the south side. The sign above the door reads Doctors Entrance. Signs on either side of the door and in the window advertise doctors and dentists.
Buildings; Cultural facilities; Theaters; Stores & shops; Variety stores
400 block of 4th Street on the west side. Entrance to the Rex Theater with an ornate overhang. Stores are on either side of the theater, including a Woolworth's.
200 block west Walnut Street, now Muhammad Ali Boulevard, on the north side. Two- and three-story stone building next to a three-story brick building with a bookseller sign painted on the side of it.
High Bridge and the Kentucky River from the north side of the bridge. The bridge is complete with the exception of the center span. Several men are standing on top of the bridge. Two piers anchored in concrete support the three 375 foot spans of...
High Bridge over the Kentucky River viewed from the south side. The bridge is complete and a crowd of men are standing on top it. One man leans against the steel bridge near where it connects to the cliff. Two piers anchored in concrete support the...
The interior of High Bridge looking from the north to the south side. The Kentucky River is below. Two piers anchored in concrete support the three 375 foot spans of the bridge on either side of the river. High Bridge is 275.5 feet above the low...
"Relief from the northern side of the entrance to the Arch of Titus depicting Titus, the conquerer of Jerusalem, in triumph. The tympanum to the top of this scene is elaborately decorated." (caption, p.94); “The panel on the north side...
"From the 'King's Grave' at Ur comes a splendid lyre that, in its restored state, resembles the instrument depicted in the feast scene on the Standard of Ur [from Tomb 779]. A magnificent bull's head caps the instrument's sound box. It is...
Nike of Samothrace alighting on the victorious ship. From Samothrace, Greece. Perhaps by Pythokritos of Rhodes; "The winged goddess of Victory standing on the prow of a ship overlooked the Sanctuary of the Great Gods on the island of...
"The face is Late Classical in type, as is the anatomy. Though the proportions are changed and she is higher-waisted than the Aphrodite of Knidos, the similarity is nonetheless there. The new proportions, the twisting spiral of the figure...
Sculpture; Ship figureheads; Myths; Legends; Fictitious characters; Supernatural beings; Goddesses; Women; People associated with religion; Clothing & dress
From Samothrace, Greece. [Perhaps by Pythokritos of Rhodes]. "The winged goddess of Victory standing on the prow of a ship overlooked the Sanctuary of the Great Gods on the island of Samothrace. This monument was probably an ex-voto offered by...
