Woodblock prints of, clockwise from top left: narrow rectangular advertisement for "JPM & Co. Printers, Binders and Blank Book Manufacturers," with printing press shown; narrow rectangular advertisement for "JPM & Co....
Advertisements; Children; Books; Textbooks; Animals; Reading; Men
This set of woodblock prints was reprinted in the 1980s. With the exception of the JPM & Co. advertisement and the New Second and New Third School Readers, the images duplicate the earlier prints in this collection. Woodblock prints of,...
African American journalists; African American politicians; African American newspapers; African Americans; Politics & government; Politicians; Race relations; Democratic Party (Ky.); Mammoth Life and Accident Insurance Co. (Louisville, Ky.);...
Interview with William J. Ealy, Louisville newspaperman and political activist. This interview was conducted on August 5 and 22, 1977 by Dwayne Cox of the University of Louisville Oral History Center. Mr. Ealy discusses his early life and education...
Woodcut prints of, from left to right starting at top left: letter X; man reading book (sideways); letter W (upside-down); top hat and cane (upside-down); flowers in urn (sideways); fiddle (upside-down); letter V (sideways); letter I, with figure...
Woodblock prints of, from top to bottom starting at top left: dog leaping out of window, with plaid pants in mouth; girl in rocking chair reading; girl looking up from book; hand grasping twenty dollar bill, with another bill underneath; rooster,...
Animals; Street railroads; Children; Play (Recreation); Toys; Writing; Reading; Sleeping; Men; Lathes; Shepherds; Barrels; Women; Flowers; Plants; Trees; Urns; Inkstands
Woodblock prints of, from top left and starting with larger images: fox ready to pounce on rabbit, hidden under tree root; 5-cent stamp, bearing image of horse-drawn trolley; mother cat leaping with arched back toward dog to protect her litter of...
Photograph first published in the New York evening newspaper PM Daily, 7 September, 1944; "The freelance newspaper photographer Arthur Fellig, better known as 'Weegee', was notorious in New York in the 1930s for being the first to arrive at...
Hattie Cochran and Annie Fellows Johnston pose with the book, "The Little Colonel at Boarding School" (1903). They are sitting on a small wood settee in front of a bookcase by a window. Hattie, the real-life person upon whom Annie Fellows...
Black-and-white reproduction, cut out of a book, of a Degas painting called "Rehearsal of the Ballet on Stage." Young women in ballet costumes sit, stretch, and pose on a stage.
Baseball players; Athletes; Group portraits; Parkway Field (Louisville, Ky.)
Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig with Louisville Colonels baseball team, Parkway Field, Louisville, Kentucky, October 24, 1928. Babe Ruth is wearing Bustin Babes jersey and Lou Gehrig is wearing Larrupin Lou's jersey. Photo included in R.G. Potter's book:...
Waves crash against rocks along the shore of Lake Michigan. Handwritten on album page in photographer Kate Matthews' hand: "The Restless Wave". Inscribed on first and second pages of album: "Illustrations, by Kate Seston...
Waves break against rocks and sand along the shore of Lake Michigan. Handwritten on album page by photographer Kate Matthews: "Wave Washed Sand". Inscribed on first and second pages of album: "Illustrations, by Kate Seston...
Waves break against rocks and sand along the shore of Lake Michigan on a rainy day. Handwritten on album page by photographer Kate Matthews: "A Rainy Day". Inscribed on first and second pages of album: "Illustrations, by Kate Seston...
Waves break around the rocks on the shore of Lake Michigan. Handwritten on album page by photographer Kate Matthews: "The Rolling Deep". Inscribed on first and second pages of album: "Illustrations, by Kate Seston Matthews" and...
Waves break on the shore of Lake Michigan. Handwritten on album page by photographer Kate Matthews: "Peace". Inscribed on first and second pages of the album in photographer Kate Matthews' handwriting: "Illustrations, by Kate Seston...
Waves break on the shore of Lake Michigan. Handwritten on album page by photographer Kate Matthews: "The End of a Beautiful Day". Inscribed on first and second pages of album: "Illustrations, by Kate Seston Matthews" and...
Woodblock prints of, from top to bottom starting at left: scene of Belgium, with man watching woman making lace before backdrop of cathedral and thatched-roof cottage; scene of Ireland, with man watching woman carry pail on her head across...
Book of Hours--France--Illustrations; Illumination of books and manuscripts--France--Renaissance, 1450 - 1600
Leaf from a Book of Hours, a book used for private prayers, written by hand on a sheet printed with woodblock borders. The Book of Hours originally including this leaf was made in Paris around 1524. The leaf is from a supplemental section, the...
Book of Hours--France--Illustrations; Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval--France; Manuscripts, Medieval; Illuminations 1200-1500
A Book of Hours was the primary text for private lay devotion in the late middle ages and Renaissance. Consisting of the cycle of prayers to be recited at the eight canonical hours or established times for prayers throughout the day, the content of...
Book of Hours--Italy--Illustrations; Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval--Italy; Manuscripts, Medieval; Illuminations 1200-1500
A Book of Hours was the primary text for private lay devotion in the late middle ages and Renaissance. Consisting of the cycle of prayers to be recited at the eight canonical hours or established times for prayers throughout the day, the content of...
