Broken boards, rocks, and other rubble at 10th Street and Main Street in Louisville, Kentucky. A row of damaged buildings, including some missing roofs and walls, is on the right. Title: 257 10th and Main Sts., Looking West, Louisville, Ky. Text on...
Rooftop view of damaged buildings along Main Street, with piles of debris in the foreground following the tornado which hit Louisville, Kentucky, on March 27, 1890. There were many tobacco warehouses located on Main Street, and many of these were...
Damaged buildings following the tornado which hit Louisville, Kentucky, on March 27, 1890. Horses and wagons jam the street, with those in the foreground carrying hogsheads. The tornado killed an estimated 100 people and many more were injured....
“The Erechtheum seen from the west, as it might have appeared at the beginning of the fourth century BC. A sacrificial procession with a lamb for the sacrifice is approaching the sanctuary of Athena Polias.” (p.77); "[...] in 420 BC the...
Detailed map of Caribbean islands and most of Central America plus the coasts of Florida and northern South America shows countries, mountain ranges, rivers, lakes, large creeks, cities, and towns. Printed below the title, "by J....
Architecture; Buildings; Social & civic facilities; Government facilities; Mercantile facilities; Commercial facilities; Markets; Religious facilities; Temples; Hills; Archaeological sites; Ruins; Bird's-eye views; Aerial photographs; Aerial...
"The political, economic and cultural center of the ancient city was created on a level area between the hills of the Acropolis, on the right, and the hill of Kolonos Agoraios (Theseion), on the bottom." (Caption, p. 202)
Portraits; Group portraits; Families; Men; Women; Children; Boys; Girls; Government officials; Governors
Governor Albert B. "Happy" Chandler with his wife, Mildred Watkins Chandler, and their children, Marcella, Mildred, and Albert B. Chandler, Jr. of Versailles, Kentucky, standing outside and wearing summer clothing. Chandler served as...
Dining room of American Restaurant at 431 West Market Street. Tables set for four make three columns down the room, with potted plants dispersed and standing coat racks dispersed throughout the area. The room is unoccupied. Title supplied by...
Group portrait of nine men standing in front of the entrance to American Restaurant at 431 West Market Street. The storefront is a collection of glass windows, and patrons can be seen inside. Title supplied by cataloger.
Landscapes (Representations); Plains; Cities & towns; Walls; City walls; Hills; Temples; Religious facilities; Gymnasiums; Sports & recreation facilities; Streets; Roads; Islands; Bodies of water; Drawings; Landscape drawings; Illustrations
“An aerial view looking west across the Athenian plain from above Mount Lycabettus, with the island of Salamis in the background. The Sacred Way to Eleusis, which entered the city through the Sacred Gate, gave access from Athens to all parts of...
"...the largest of the three late classical houses south of the Agora just west of the Panathenaic Way." (caption, p.50); "...the middle house is much larger, about 25 by 19 metres (82 by 62 1/2 feet) overall." (p.50)
Aunt West (an old woman wearing a shawl) sits, holding a broom and a basket, in front of a pile of corn, accompanied by her grandsons, two little boys in frayed clothing.
Aunt West (an old woman wearing a light-colored dress and shawl) sits in front of a pile of corn, holding a broom, with a basket at her feet. Title supplied by cataloger.
Aunt West (an old woman wearing a dark dress and shawl) sits in front of a pile of corn, holding a broom, with a basket at her feet. Title supplied by cataloger.
Aunt West (an old woman wearing a shawl) stands in front of a corn pile with two grandsons, wearing tattered clothing. Her daughter, seated, holds an infant wrapped in a blanket.
Baxter Avenue during the 1937 flood. Groups of people are in row boats clustered in the middle of the water-covered road with buildings on either side. Copy photograph.
View of Louisville city streets and buildings from the City Hall tower. City Hall was at 6th Street and Jefferson Street. Text on left: Louisville and Vicinity. Text on right: Wybrant's Stereo Views. Written on back: Birds eye view of Louisville....
