Fireplaces; Chairs; Tables; Furniture; Living rooms; Houses; Dwellings; Interiors
Two upholstered chairs are set at an angle in front of a fireplace in the sitting room of 2515 Longest Avenue in Louisville, Kentucky. Tall wood-framed windows flank the fireplace and two andirons sit within it. Radiators are under the windows and...
Character portrait, with stamped annotation on mount verso, of famed Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova. She is hunched over, wearing a cloth band around her hair, off-the-shoulder polka-dot dress, and eating grapes. Anna Pavlova and Her Imperial...
Sculpture; Portraits; Men; Rulers; People associated with politics & government; Upper class; Clothing & dress; Headdresses; Headgear; Snakes; Reptiles; Cobras; Power (Social sciences); Symbols; Gods; People associated with religion; Myths;...
Portrait bust. "Several statues portraying Antinous as Osiris share the same features. They represent the young Bithynian, who drowned in the Nile in 130 A.D., wearing a nemes, an Egyptian headdress made of starched cloth, decorated in front...
Fire engines; Firefighting equipment; Fire stations; Fire fighters
Firemen stand on and around fire truck, labeled "No. 6." The firemen wear cloth uniforms. They stand in front of a stone building bearing the inscription "Headquarters C.F.D." Postmarked 1913 on verso. Published by S.H. Kress...
Three-quarter length portrait of a young woman leaning against a railing covered by a cloth, wearing a long-sleeved dress with cinched waist and lace details. Inscription on print: In remembrance of one of the oases in the desert of life. Sincerely...
World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Eastern Front; Soldiers; Men; Children; Dirt roads; Donkeys; Baskets
Balkan man, wearing a fez, pulls a large striped cloth over baskets on the back of a donkey, or mule, stopped at the side of a dirt road in a Balkan village, or military camp, during World War I. A young boy is at his side, and soldiers can be seen...
"Durham's symbolic recoding of the imagery of modern America in the terms of its native Indians is interesting in relation to Joseph Beuys's use of Indian iconography for purposes of symbolic retribution. As a modernist, Beuys assumed his work...
Buildings; Public accommodation facilities; Hotels; Brown Hotel (Louisville, Ky.); Bedrooms
Bedroom, The Brown Hotel, Louisville, Kentucky. Room with white walls; two windows with inner drapes drawn, outer drapes gathered. Two dark twin beds with headboard lights and light ticker stripe bedding. Bureau; mirror; small desk with white cloth...
A little boy stands in front of the tall brick chimney of a log cabin. Cracks between the logs have been stuffed with cloth. Title supplied by cataloger.
A little boy stands in front of the tall brick chimney of a log cabin. Cracks between the logs have been stuffed with cloth. Title supplied by cataloger.
Several people pose behind a table with a white tablecloth. The people wear paper or cloth hats with shiny bands. One man holds a menorah, another has an accordion, another a bottle of wine, and one woman holds a noise-maker. Another bottle of...
Health care facilities; African Americans; Infants; Physicians; People
Address: 760 Hancock Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A doctor examines a baby who sits on a table covered in a white cloth. The doctor holds a stethoscope to the baby's chest. Beside him stands a woman in a white apron and seated next to the table is...
113 maps, plus legends and information about publishers Louisville Title Company, Inc. (a real estate insurance and mortgage company), representing the city of Louisville, Kentucky and surrounding county ca. 1913, with color coding for railroads,...
Atlas of the City of Louisville, Kentucky prepared from official records, private plans and actual surveys. Thirty plates cover the entire city of Louisville and parts of the surrounding county. Each plate shows names of businesses and property...
Address: Fourth Street and Walnut Street (now Muhammad Ali Boulevard), Louisville, Kentucky. A branch of the Crutcher & Starks Company is shown in the Seelbach Hotel. The display windows of Crutcher & Starks show gloves, hats, and scarves...
A woman places sliced apples on a cloth on top of a large rock. A lean-to of forked branches and lumber is set up over the rock. The rock platform has a space underneath where some wood sits. A child looks on and a dog stands near the woman who has...
Portrait of a woman wearing a blouse with cloth flower pinned at her right shoulder. The inscription on the back of the print, Daisy Whipple, conflicts with the annotation on the front, Miss Davids. Annotation on mount, lower center: Miss Davids....
Portrait by Chester Harding made in 1819, only personal portrait ever painted of Boone. Bust of white haired Boone on a dark background inscribed in white letters, "Colonel Daniel Boone: As Chester Harding saw him in 1819 when he painted the...
Sculpture; Diptychs; Commemorations; Portraits; Men; Consuls; Government officials; Politicians; People associated with politics & government; Clothing & dress; Hairstyles; Scepters; Ceremonial objects; Symbols; Monograms; Medallions...
"The Louvre diptych was produced in 506 A.D., on the occasion of the consulate of Areobindus. […] An exceptionally high number of diptychs and panels in his name remain: two complete diptychs and five individual panels. […] The Areobindus...
