Abandoned buildings; Printing industry; Buildings; Brick wall signs; Electric signs
Address: 18th and Portland Ave., Louisville, Kentucky. Portland Printing advertises their Reduced & Enlarged Copies, as well as a Fax Service. A Neon "OPEN" sign appears in the window to the left of the ghost sign.
Polymorphisms in the adrenergic receptor beta-2 (ADRB2) gene have been studied in relation to risk of Type 2 diabetes and obesity, but few studies have investigated associations with breast cancer. The purpose of this research was to evaluate the...
Girl with bow in her ponytail runs from a lit firecracker. It's face has a menacing look. A lantern on the front reads "July 4th." Verse printed on front reads, "The giant cracker is a big red brute / With a tail that's like a snake...
Roman copies of c. 477 BCE Greek bronzes by Kritios and Nesiotes; "The head of Harmodios [figure on right], taken to be similar to that of the Kritios Boy, has a typically Archaic hairstyle (closely packed, patterned curls) juxtaposed with a...
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....
Original sixteenth century leaf from a commentary or writings about the text of the Qur'an written on handmade paper. Followers of Islam find the Qur'an to be the literal word of God, revealed through the prophet Muhammad and containing all things...
An original manuscript leaf from a late sixteenth century or early seventeenth century Persian Qur'an, written and illuminated circa 1570-1630 on handmade paper. The Qur'an or Holy Koran is the key religious text for Islam. Followers of Islam find...
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...
1958 Fall Class Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite. Two copies of group of men inside a theater tape to another photograph. The individuals are numbered and identified by name
The Louisville Leader, an African American community newspaper, began publication in Louisville, Kentucky on November 3, 1917. It covered local religious, educational, social, fraternal, and sporting activities, as well as national and...
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...
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Men; Teachers; People associated with education & communication
Portrait of Louisville educator Theodore Ahrens with a mustache and slightly balding. Stamped on back of image: December 19, 1927. The collection includes other copies of this image (ULPA 1994.18.1139, dated December 15, 1927 on the back, and ULPA...
Soldiers--French; World War, 1914-1918--France; Military uniforms; Military life; Pacifists
Photographic postcard of André Jeunet taken during his military training in Autun, France in 1915. Other copies were mailed to his family, but Jeunet saved this one and inscribed it in 1920.
Stores & shops; Department stores; Advertising; Children; Ponies
Children, one astride a pony, gathered in front of Carrie Deeb & Sons department store, holding up copies of "Keds Handbook." Handwritten on back of print: "Carrie Deeb & Sons, Portland's most complete dept. store, dry goods,...
