"With its somewhat distant-looking quality and distinctive crown of olive leaves, this statue is most likely a memorial portrait. Although the head and body originally came from two separate statues, they are chronologically consistent. The...
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....
Yellow Cab Co. cab driver putting a Falls City Hi-Bru Beer sign on his cab. The ad is circular and will be inserted over the spare tire, which currently bears an ad for the Yellow Cab company, phone number Jackson 2121. Title supplied by cataloger.
Taxicab drivers; Bowlers; Uniforms; Bowling balls; Yellow Cab Company
Five men wearing matching "City 1600" white shirts, striped bow ties, and dark pants with a white stripe along the side stand with hands behind their backs and two bowling balls at their feet in front of a blackboard bearing images of...
Women's City Clubhouse, Third and Walnut Streets, Louisville, Kentucky. Women wearing various clothes from prim to costumes pose in rows in a bare room with painted walls and white overhead lights. On back of image: (Left to right) Top row: Frances...
Two elderly women, dressed in dark clothing, converse on a park bench in a French city during World War I. A store is on the first level of the building behind them.
A woman wearing a long dress and hat, stands next to a monument that may have something to do with the Daughters of the American Revolution. A building on a city street is visible in the background. Title supplied by cataloger.
Woman in long pink dress holds a child on her lap. The child has its arms around the woman's neck. Printed below the picture is a post script: "Yes this country is full of malaria but it does not bother us as we take Wintersmith's Tonic and it...
Side wheelers; Ferries; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
WM. S. McCHESNEY, being launched into the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana in 1912. WM. S. McCHESNEY, Jr., a side wheel ferry with a steel hull (169 ft. x 50 ft. x 7ft.) was built at Howard in 1912. Owned...
Lawyers; Municipal officials; Legislators; Judges; Portraits
William Pollitt McClain was born in 1849 in Henderson, Kentucky. He attended Notre Dame College, graduating in 1869. He then attended the law department of the University of Virginia, graduating in 1872. After practicing law in Missouri, he...
Baseball cards; Athletes; Baseball players; Chicago Cubs (Baseball team)
Bill Foxen or William Aloysius Foxen (1879-1937). Color portrait of Bill Foxen. A cub is in the top left corner and 'Cubs' is in the top right. The team is the Chicago Cubs. Verso: William A. Foxen. Southpaw William A. Foxen, of the Chicago...
William LeRoy Dulaney was born in York, Ill., in 1838. He attended Centre College, graduating in1857. He read law under Judge W.V. Loving and was admitted to the bar in 1860. He served as city attorney of Bowling Green, Kentucky, in 1860 but joined...
Child in glasses and oversized overcoat sits in chair holding a "newspaper" that advertises Wintersmith's Chill Tonic. Arthur Peter & Co., Louisville, is listed as the "general agent" for the chill tonic. A post script is...
Portrait of Wilton Lackaye wearing a mustache and pin-striped suit jacket and tie with stickpin. Actor, writer, and lyricist Wilton Lackaye was born in Loudon County, Virginia, on September 30, 1862, and died in New York City on August 21, 1932. He...
Autographed three-quarter length seated portrait of Wilton Lackaye wearing a mustache and three-piece suit with striped shirt and necktie. Actor, writer, and lyricist Wilton Lackaye was born in Loudon County, Virginia, on September 30, 1862, and...
Portrait of actor, writer, and director Willie (William) Collier wearing a suit jacket with carnation in the buttonhole and cravat with stickpin. Collier was born in New York City on November 12, 1866, and died January 13, 1944 in Beverly Hills,...
Portrait of actor, writer, and director Willie (William) Collier wearing a three-piece suit with black bow tie. Collier was born in New York City on November 12, 1866, and died January 13, 1944 in Beverly Hills, California. He married actresses...
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Men; Government officials; Lawyers
Portrait of City Attorney William T. Baskett of Louisville, Kentucky, wearing glasses, a suit and textured tie. The photograph has marks of discoloration. Handwritten on back of image: 1929.
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Men; Government officials; Lawyers
Portrait of William T. Baskett, wearing dark, rimmed glasses. The photograph has been painted on outlining his image and marked with discolorations. Handwritten on back of image: City Attorney. Stamped on back: November 20, 1929.
