Piers & wharves; Boats; Monuments & memorials; Parks; Bridges; Field Museum of Natural History; Automobiles; Buses; Beaches; Greenhouses; University of Chicago--Buildings
Souvenir folder of postcards from Chicago, Illinois. Includes images from the various parks in Chicago: the Grant Monument and Lincoln Monument in Lincoln Park; pedestrians and drivers by the lake shore at Lincoln Park; the Outer Harbor and...
This thesis chronicles my journey within the framework of a hero's journey, as a theatre artist in the Master of Fine Arts program at the University of Louisville's Theatre Arts Department. This thesis is divided into six chapters that explore the...
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."...
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...
Loews Theatre under construction or renovation. Concrete floor with stacks of lumber and a truck on it. Fabric panels hang from the ceiling. Rows of seats look down on the stage. Address: 4th Street between Broadway and Chestnut Street, Louisville,...
Seven-member band set up behind a low stone wall. The sign below them reads "Tango." The band members were tuxedos. Their instruments include a piano, drums, saxophone, and guitar or banjo.
Address: 319 W. Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky. A wrecking ball swings from a crane at the construction site of the Brown Theatre. Two men sit in the box of the crane which has the words "Erie Steam Shovel Co. / Erie, PA." written on it....
Buildings; Building construction; Theaters; Cultural facilities; Rialto Theatre (Louisville, Ky.)
Address: 616 S. Fourth Street (Demolished, 1969.) This photograph captures the building of the Rialto Theatre. You can see the rounded edge of the stage as well as the tiered seating. Numerous workmen are shown, but the picture is centered on two...
Buildings; Building construction; Theaters; Cultural facilities; Rialto Theatre (Louisville, Ky.)
Address: 616 S. Fourth Street (Demolished, 1969.) This scene from the construction of the Rialto Theatre shows workmen standing on beams and four men in suits. We are fairly certain that the two men in the middle are Alfred Joseph (left) and his...
Buildings; Building construction; Theaters; Cultural facilities; Rialto Theatre (Louisville, Ky.)
Address: 616 S. Fourth Street (Demolished, 1969) . The classical façade of the Rialto made extensive use of white-glazed terra cotta tile from Cincinnati's Rookwood Pottery. This scene shows some of the machinery used in the construction as well...
Movie theater with a marquee advertising a movie with George Raft called "Johnny Angel" and a second movie called "Behind City Lights." Address: Rialto, 616 South 4th Street, Louisville, Kentucky.
Marquee for the Grand Theatre with ladders on the ground in front of the building. A sign hanging from the theater advertises the opening of the newly renovated building. Address: 6th Street and Walnut Street (now Muhammad Ali Boulevard),...
Buildings; Cultural facilities; Theaters; B. F. Keith Theatre (Louisville, Ky.); Advertisements; War posters
Men and women standing in front of the National Theatre. A large sign reads "Labor Management Production Committee presents War Plant Employees Show with 'Lets finish the job together,' 'Attack,' & 'Liberating Homes.'" Address:...
Buildings; Cultural facilities; Theaters; B. F. Keith Theatre (Louisville, Ky.); Military personnel; Entertainment
A group of men in military uniforms play instruments on a stage with a few men sitting in front of them. Address: National Theatre (a.k.a. B.F. Keith Theatre), 506 West Walnut Street (now Muhammad Ali Boulevard), Louisville, Ky.
Buildings; Cultural facilities; Theaters; Motion picture theaters
Front of Mary Anderson Theatre and its marquee advertising 'Air Force' from Warner Brothers. Address: Mary Anderson Theatre, 610 South 4th Street, Louisville, Kentucky.
Buildings; Cultural facilities; Theaters; Motion picture theaters
Exterior view of Mary Anderson Theatre with marquee advertising 'Mission to Moscow' from Warner Brothers. A man stands next to the ticket counter. Address: Mary Anderson Theatre, 610 South 4th Street, Louisville, Kentucky.
