800 block of South 6th Street on the west side of the street looking north. An African American man stands next to a stack of concrete blocks. Another man stands by a cement roller with piles of dirt and gravel.
Drawings; Graphite drawings; Pencil works; Seascape drawings; Seascapes; Seas; Oceans; Water; Bodies of water
"Born in Riga in 1938, and transplanted to America in 1949, Celmins has only recently become well known. Her strangely detached, unlocated subjects suggest a radical retreat from the concerns of modern life. Perhaps they relate to her early...
"Preston Lodge F & A. M." (Free and Accepted Masons), Louisville, Kentucky. The first floor has concrete blocks and a tiny window; the second and third floors are connected by marble pillars around three windows on each of those...
"The crepis of the Philippeion, the circular building erected by the kings of Macedonia, ready for the restoration of three of its columns and part of the epistyle. Two blocks of the crepis were returned from the Museums in Berlin to which...
"The heavy walls of Tiryns and other Mycenaean palaces contrast sharply with the open Cretan palaces and clearly reveal their defensive character. Those of Tiryns average about 20 feet in thickness, and in one section they house a long gallery...
"The Lion Gate at Mycenae and the towering fortification wall circuit of which it formed a part were constructed a few generations before the presumed date of the Trojan War. At that time, wealthy Mycenaeans were laid to rest outside the...
"The Lion Gate at Mycenae and the towering fortification wall circuit of which it formed a part were constructed a few generations before the presumed date of the Trojan War. At that time, wealthy Mycenaeans were laid to rest outside the...
Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; University of Louisville--Buildings; Interiors; Libraries; Stairways; Signs (Notices); Rain
A chair blocks the stairway leading to the basement of the Law Library at the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law which sustained extensive flood damage during the August 4, 2009 flood.
Historic buildings; Apartment houses; Buildings; Building construction
Address: 2140 Bonnycastle Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. Built in 1928, the Commodore Apartments near Cherokee Park was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. This photograph shows a side view of the future apartment building...
Historic buildings; Apartment houses; Buildings; Building construction
Address: 2140 Bonnycastle Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. Built in 1928, this 11-story building became the Commodore Apartments and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. This photograph shows the building almost completed. A...
Address: 625 S. Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. The interior of Loew's Theatre shows the stage set up for a band with a drum, two pianos and music stands. The backdrop curtain has a patterned design and a side panel blocks the view of the...
Aerial view of race track at Churchill Downs, Louisville, Kentucky, 1929. Behind the track are diagonal residential blocks. In front of the track, both perpendicular and diagonal, are a number of similar long, low buildings with peak roofs. The...
Before and after views of Fincastle Pharmacy, a long one-story building. In the before, the exterior is white and the signs have been removed. In the after, the Perma Stone siding has been installed, there are glass blocks on the corner window, and...
Close up view of debris, including twisted metal and wood, from the tornado that hit Louisville, Kentucky, on March 27, 1890. Buildings with their facades damaged or completely gone are seen further down the street. The tornado killed an estimated...
Color map, with Street Index, of Louisville, Kentucky, compiled in 1936. Verso includes lists of public halls, blocks and buildings; places of amusement (theaters, private parks, etc.); subdivisions; monuments; clubs; hospitals, institutions, and...
Courthouse in Shepherdsville, Kentucky. The courthouse is dark with white trim and has a tower that rises in two blocks with small balconies above a triangular portico. There is a large curved window on the second floor. Three cars are parked in...
E. R. Bradley barn near Churchill Downs, Louisville, Kentucky, 1933. One story wood building with dark consecutive windows and dark roof which is peaked in one place. A low fence blocks off part of the yard.
Full-length character portrait of performer and producer Lotta Crabtree seated on a table beside a box of blocks, dressed as a young girl, wearing a hair band and striped dress with apron and pearl necklace. Charlotte "Lotta" Crabtree,...
