"As early as 1876, in the ornate, somewhat epicene sensuality of The Apparition, Moreau summarized many of the concepts that linked the melancholy beauty of the Pre-Raphaelites with his own native poetic tradition epitomized by Baudelaire's...
"Gala-Leda rendered 'in accordance with the modern "nothing touches" theory of intra-atomic physica' (Dali)." (Caption); Dali himself was only too happy to admit his debt to Gala. In the early 1930s he had begun to sign his...
Fontaine Ferry Park (Louisville, Ky.); Amusement parks; Steamboats; Historic buildings; Belle of Louisville (Steamboat); Transportation
A line of people walk down a dock as the Idlewild steamboat prepares for a cruise. Now known as The Belle of Louisville, this steamer became part of the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. The Idlewild sports a paddlewheel and twin...
Address: 216 W. Chestnut Street (Building no longer exists). This Chestnut street building served the Salvation Army with office space, short-term living quarters and social services facilities in a single location. It resembles a Joseph &...
Address: 224 E. Broadway. This interior shot of the Kosair Temple shows a short, double-sided staircase leading to a room with two sets of double doors. The door frame is decorated in Egyptian-style paintings and the staircase handrail and ceiling...
Religious facilities; Synagogues; Schools; Buildings
Address: 232 E. Jacob Street, Louisville, Kentucky. The congregation of Keneseth Israel Synagogue gathers in front of the new brick and limestone building, which is multiple stories with twin Corinthian columns. Menorahs and a tablet are carved...
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...
Buildings; Public accommodation facilities; Hotels; Brown Hotel (Louisville, Ky.); Bedrooms
Bedroom, The Brown Hotel, Louisville, Kentucky. Room with white walls; two windows with inner drapes drawn, outer drapes gathered. Two dark twin beds with headboard lights and light ticker stripe bedding. Bureau; mirror; small desk with white cloth...
Entrance to Ladies Room at Loews Theater on Fourth Street between Broadway and Chestnut, Louisville, Kentucky. Photograph frames a wide rectangular doorway with a border carved in a more curved shape; doorway contains twin swinging doors, half open...
Hospitals; Health care facilities; Lawns; Flags--United States; Central Kentucky Asylum for the Insane; Central State Hospital (Ky.); Buildings
Handwritten on the front of this photograph is "Kentucky State Hospital for Insane / Lakeland, Ky / 63 men at this hospital." A curving sidewalk winds through a manicured lawn with flower pots, trees, and trellises. A United States flag...
Group portraits; Actors; Actresses; Men; Women; Costumes; Posing
Horizontal portrait of members of the Evans and Hoey comedic troupe (nine men and four women) posed among tall letters reading "Evans & Hoey." Led by Charles E. Evans and William Hoey, who married twin sisters Minnie and Helena...
Theaters; Motion picture theaters; Cultural facilities; Buildings; Interiors
Interior of Alamo Theatre (movie theatre in Louisville, Kentucky), photographed from back of theater. The theater was razed circa 1930. Handwritten on bottom of mounted print: "Alamo Theatre; R.G. Potter Collection; Alamo Theater 441-443 So....
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
JUPITER being launched into the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard. JUPITER, a stern-wheel towboat with steel hull (99 ft. x 20 ft. x 4.5 ft.), was built by Howard in 1912. Owned by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the Memphis, Tennessee district,...
Ferries; Steamboats; Ship equipment & rigging; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
LOUISIANA, a catamaran ferry with steel hull (144.5 ft. x 55 ft. x 9.3 ft.), was built at Howard in 1926. Owned by Baton Rouge Transportation Co., LOUISIANA operated in the Baton Rouge area. LOUISIANA was rebuilt and converted to a twin propeller...
Market Street, Bourbon Stockyards in background, Louisville, Kentucky. Wide road with street car tracks and a street car; one car driving and a few parked cars. Head-on view of the street lined by telephone lines and buildings and terminating at...
Ferries; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
NEW ORLEANS, a catamaran ferry with steel hull (144 ft. x 55 ft. x 7 ft.), was built at Howard in 1925. Owned by Algiers Public Service Co., Inc., NEW ORLEANS operated on the lower Mississippi River in the Algiers neighborhood of New Orleans. She...
One of the windows of this large stone building indicates "County Health Officers, Public Health Nurses." The State Board of Health of Kentucky was located at 532 W. Main Street at this time. The entrance is framed by twin columns on each...
Panoramic photograph. Man at left fuels large twin propeller airplane at Bowman Field while more men stand to the right. Plane faces left of photo diagonally. The airfield, established in 1919 by Abram H. Bowman, is still in operation, although...
Photo collage of front and back of grandstand and twin spires built in 1894, first used in 1895, and now known as Churchill Downs racetrack, Louisville, Kentucky.
