Young Men's Christian Association of the City of New York; Young Men's Christian associations
Young Men's Christian Association building, New York City. A two-story frame building with a porch. Neighboring buildings on either side are partially visible. There are two trees in from of the YMCA. "211,322 J.V." printed on front....
Sculpture; Metalwork; Abstract sculpture; Abstract works
"In formal terms, this sculpture manages to harmonize the claims of an aspiring, organic element within and the protective, enveloping characteristics of an outer casing. This is achieved via Moore's signature 'holes'. (Caption, p.68);...
World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Eastern Front; Women; Veils; Children; Soldiers; Villages; Dirt roads
Balkan women, wearing dark veils, are accompanied by children as they walk toward unidentified buildings in a village. Soldiers are standing behind the women and at the side of the road and almost everyone is facing in the direction the women are...
Woman, standing in a shallow mountain stream, is stooped over and possibly doing laundry because a cloth item appears to be hanging on nearby plants. Stone buildings are partially visible in the background. Picture was taken in the Balkans during...
Boy and girl stand on either side of a ladder. The girl holds two baskets of flowers, one of which she hands up to the boy, who is further up the ladder near a window. Other baskets of flowers are visible through the window, which has green...
Hotels; Willard Hotel (Washington, D.C.); Streets; Automobiles; Buildings
Multi-story Willard Hotel in Washington, D.C. Other buildings can be seen on either side of the hotel; there are cars parked near the hotel and moving down the street. The hotel is a large white stone or brick building with columns at one entrance....
Whitney Avenue near 8th Street looking west. Intersection of two dirt roads with small houses on either side of the road just past the intersection. Farm buildings are in the background. Notes: Whitney-Berry.
"The outstanding preserved example of early Sumerian temple architecture is the 5,000-year-old White Temple at Uruk, the home of Gilgamesh. Usually only the foundations of early Mesopotamian temples can still be recognized. The White Temple is...
Architecture; Buildings; Temples; Religious facilities; Walls; Drawings; Reconstructions; Architectural drawings
Reconstruction drawing (after S.E. Piggott). "The outstanding preserved example of early Sumerian temple architecture is the 5,000-year-old White Temple at Uruk, the home of Gilgamesh. Usually only the foundations of early Mesopotamian temples...
Buildings; Educational facilities; Universities & colleges; University of Kentucky--Buildings
Composite photo of Civil Engineering, old Chemistry Building, new chemistry building and White Hall at University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, 1924 (clockwise from upper left). Respectively, the buildings have horizontal details; turrets;...
Four steamboats docked at a wharf on the Mississippi River at Paducah, Kentucky. The wharf consists of a row of buildings along the river; in the foreground is a wide dirt road with some stacked lumber; pedestrians; and a horse-drawn cart.
Streets; Street railroads; Buildings; Houses; Religious facilities; Churches; Stores & shops; Grocery stores
Rudd Avenue north of Western Parkway, now Northwestern Parkway, at 35th Street. The street is lined with houses, with a small market at the corner and a church, possibly the Church of Our Lady, a few buildings down on the right.
Marching band of cadets in blue and yellow uniforms march down a street with crowds of people on either side and buildings in the background. Title: West Point Cadets in Inauguration Parade. Stereograph advertisement on back of card.
Wide canal between two rows of brick buildings. In front of the buildings on the left is a wooden dock. A boat is tied under an elevated building. A bridge is in the background. Title: 1669. Weigh Lock Junction Oswego & Erie Canal Syracuse,...
Address: 533 W. Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky. The camera was positioned in the middle of Sixth Street about six feet south from the center of Main Street pointing north, 1923. The view captured the Weatherly-McKennie Co. (dry goods) on the...
Location: Dixie Highway, Pleasure Ridge Park. When it opened in 1911, Waverly Hills Sanatorium housed only eight patients. The design of the building is in keeping with theories of the time regarding the efficacy of a rural setting and atmosphere...
Buildings; Health care facilities; Hospitals; Sanatoriums; Aerial photographs; Waverly Hills Sanatorium (Louisville, Ky.)
Waverly Hills Sanatorium, Louisville, Kentucky, aerial view. Arc-shaped four-story building amid forested area. Building is light with dark windows and roof. Smaller buildings nearby.
Edge of grassy area in front of a fence with a cluster of buildings and trees behind, followed by a body of water, with small hills on the other shore. A man stands on the grass in front of the fence, and a woman sits next to him. Title: No. 660....
