Maps; Housing; Real property--Kentucky--Louisville; Housing--Kentucky--Louisville; City planning--United States--Maps; City planning--Kentucky--Louisville
Maps of Louisville's properties created by federally-funded Works Progress Administration (WPA). Three copies of this book were used to create a complete set of maps, since each one lacked one or more of the maps. Printed on cover: "Volume II...
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval--France; Manuscripts, Medieval; Illuminations 1200-1500
Leaf from a small portable Gothic Bible, copied in France in the thirteenth century. The Latin translation used throughout this period was known as the Vulgate, since Latin was the common or vulgar language read by all literate people of the time....
Preparatory work for the reinstallation of The Thinker in front of Grawemeyer Hall. The new pedestal is being installed by Muldoon Memorial Co., the same company that installed the original pedestal. This work was completed Feb. 13-15, 2012.
Man holding a picket sign on the sidewalk in front of the Courier-Journal Job Printing Company building. The sign reads "C-J- Job Printing Co. This firm unfair to allied printing trades unions. Does not pay local prevailing wage rate."...
Three University of Louisville students (two men and a woman) picket the Dow Corning Corporation's booth at the Kentuckiana Careers Exposition held in University Center on Belknap Campus on December 27-28, 1967. The picket signs saying "Dow...
Billy Smith Signs storefront at 429 South Second Street, Louisville, Kentucky. The building is painted with advertisements for the sign company itself, and inside the windows signs for other companies and brands are displayed. The old Episcopal...
Informational handout from Stearns Coal and Lumber Company with two sticks of dynamite. The handout reads, in part, "Dynamite! The Stearns Coal and Lumber Company announced a plan which will enable certain selected coal dealers to blast their...
Advertisement for Old Joe Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey. At the top of the ad is the Old Joe Distillery. Below is a banner that reads "Anderson County Sour Mash Old Joe Brand Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey." Next to that is a...
Man stands at the rear of a car and slides an advertisement in or out of the slot on the back of the car. The advertisement reads "Drink Royal Crown Cola. Be Thirsty! Serve it at Home." For Whaley Taxi Poster Company. Title supplied by...
Two men stand on either side of the rear of a car with a Kentucky license plate. A round advertisement on the back of the car reads "Is this your boy! Stop this slaughter" with an image of a policeman carrying a child. For Whaley Taxi...
This set of woodblock prints was reprinted in the 1980s. With the exception of "Bottled by Barton Distilling Company Bardstown, Nelson County, Kentucky," the images duplicate the earlier prints in this collection. Woodblock prints of,...
Aerial view of Colgate & Company land with multiple buildings, including one long building with a clock and a large sign reading "Colgate & Co. Soaps Perfumes. Octagon Products."
