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...
Louisville Free Public Library; Segregation; Libraries; African Americans; People
Address: 604 S. Tenth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. African American children sit at tables or stand by bookshelves in the children's room of the Western Colored Branch of the Louisville Free Public Library. A number of books are on the tables and...
Louisville Free Public Library; Segregation; Libraries; African Americans; People
Two women in hats and coats consult a librarian at the reference desk of the Western Colored Branch of the Louisville Free Public Library. A trophy sits on the corner of the desk. A man in a suit stands to one side of the desk browsing a book. A...
"School gardens are not intended to create gardeners or farmers but to afford the growing boy or girl an opportunity for many aided developments." In the school garden the children are taught by one who can inspire them with a love not...
Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; Floods; University of Louisville--Buildings; Interiors; Libraries; Basements; Books; Floor coverings
Books are stacked along the edge of the carpet in the basement of the Law Library at the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law to keep floodwater at bay. Photograph was taken in the late morning.
Filson Club Reading Room, Louisville, Kentucky. An orderly room with a wall of low bookshelves holding hardback books under a line of portraits. Three rectangular tables have some books resting them. Pictures and documents hang between the windows....
Shield above a monument with two columns. The shield is decorated with two open books, a globe, stripes, and two crosses. Within the monument is the quotation "Consider not what great men are worth in themselves, but what they are worth to...
Bearded man in classical dress holding a book and looking at a younger man sitting on steps in front of a set of columns. Books and a scroll are on the step next to the younger man. A globe and books are on the base of the column next to the...
Interiors; Living rooms; Art objects; Furniture; Rugs; Wallpapers
The interior of Jean Thomas' "Wee House in the Wood" at 3201 Cogan Street in Ashland, Kentucky. This room, encased in floral wallpaper, is filled with framed photographs and artwork, mementos, and books in addition to furniture and rugs....
Jean Thomas (woman in printed vest) is photographed inside her "Wee House in the Wood" in Ashland, Kentucky, with University of Louisville's Director of Libraries, Dr. Wayne Yenawine, and Art Librarian, Margaret Bridwell (strips 1-2). The...
Louisville (Ky.)--Maps; Jefferson County (Ky.)--Maps
Three atlases of Louisville and environs comprising 149 maps (plus covers, title pages, and other explanatory materials) of Louisville and Jefferson County in 1876, 1884, and 1913; 76 maps, one index, and one appendix from the Lafon Allen Kentucky...
Real-life models for seven characters in Annie Fellows Johnston's Little Colonel books pose outdoors. Fanny Craig (Miss Allison McIntyre) sits in the center chair, holding a book as if reading to the group. Hattie Cochran (Lloyd Sherman, a.k.a. The...
A small dog, perhaps Pekingese, lies on a small bench on top of a table. He is looking up at a framed photograph of an antebellum couple by Kate Matthews (ULPA 2007.14.031.p). There are also books, a basket with knitting needles and yarn, and a...
Fannie Craig, as Miss Allison in the Little Colonel books, conducts Sunday school for Sylvia Gibb's children as described in Chapter IX of "The Little Colonel's House Party" (1900), written by Annie Fellows Johnston. Title supplied by...
A girl with long hair wearing a white, or light-colored, dress poses in a swing suspended from a tree. The girl is believed to be the photographer's niece, Elizabeth Matthews, who was the real-life model for the character Betty Lewis in the Little...
Fannie Craig, real-life model for the character Miss Allison in the Little Colonel books by Annie Fellows Johnston, is examining a vase. A young girl stands by her side. The girl may be portraying the character Virginia in "Two Little Knights...
Women; Young adults; Portraits; Fictitious characters
Portrait of Mary Johnston as the character Joyce Ware in the Little Colonel book series. She has long curly hair and a scarf over the shoulder of her dark dress. Mary was the stepdaughter of Annie Fellows Johnston, author of the Little Colonel...
Women; Young adults; Portraits; Fictitious characters
Profile portrait of Mary Johnston as the character of Joyce Ware in the Little Colonel book series. She is dressed in a dark robe or wrap and positioned against a dark background with light reflecting off her long blond hair. Mary Johnston was the...
