Environmental art; Islands; Trees; Bays (Bodies of water); Bodies of water; Water; Aerial photographs; Aerial views; Bird's-eye views
"Europe's great master of Environmental Art is, of course, Christo, who continues to work triumphantly with a significance equal to the ever-greater ambition and scale of his projects. For the recent Surrounded Islands, Christo spent over $3...
Environmental art; Islands; Trees; Bays (Bodies of water); Bodies of water; Water; Aerial photographs; Aerial views; Bird's-eye views
"Europe's great master of Environmental Art is, of course, Christo, who continues to work triumphantly with a significance equal to the ever-greater ambition and scale of his projects. For the recent Surrounded Islands, Christo spent over $3...
"To the left Pasiphae, wife of the king Minos of Crete, is shown seated on a low chair with [a] back and one armrest. She is draped in a tunic falling to her feet. The garment leaves the right part of her upper body naked and is held by a gold...
A crowd of people fill the Municipal Bridge during its opening in October 1929. The bridge was later renamed the George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge. The bridge spans the Ohio River from Second and Main Streets in Louisville, Kentucky, to Illinois...
American Red Cross; Women; Uniforms; Group portraits; Women; Men; People
A group of workers from the Red Cross Canteen pose in front of the house of Mrs. J. Diecks at 1420 Catalpa Street. The women all wear white gowns and head covers with a small red cross on the forehead. A man in a suit and bowtie is part of the...
Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; Flood damage; Streets; Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings
A south-facing view down Brook Street in front of the Houchens Building on the University of Louisville Belknap Campus after the flood water has subsided. Mud covers the street. According to the blogger who contributed the photo: "It was the...
A woman in a plaid skirt and velvet jacket is entering the door of a frame cabin or house. Ivy covers the steps and walkway and Wisteria blooms over the door. Kate Matthews wrote "Sallie, 1860" on an album page with another print of this...
Address: 332 W. Walnut Street (now Muhammad Ali Boulevard), Louisville, Kentucky. In 1928 this building became the new clubhouse for the Pendennis Club, a businessmen's social club. The right side of the building originally stood alone. Designed in...
Religious facilities; Buildings; Bridges; Young Men's Hebrew Association (Louisville, Ky.)
Address: 729 S. Second Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A suspended canopy covers the entryway of the Young Men's Hebrew Association building. The building is made of brick with white horizontal, diagonal, vertical, and diamond accents. Next door is a...
Address: 786 Shelby St., Louisville, KY. A For Sale sign covers the last of the advertising painted on the north side of this building, but "The Heath & Milligan Paints" can be seen.
Address: 946 Goss Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. View from parking lot of side of Goss Avenue Antiques & Interiors, with banner advertising that business above (and partially obscuring) sign painted on brick advertising "slip covers, bed...
Address: Corner of the 1300 block of Shelby Street and 800 block of Ash Street. The building is located in the same parking lot as Goss Avenue Antiques and Interiors, but seems to be vacant. The ghost sign, partially obscured by a "Home of...
Waverly Hills Sanatorium (Louisville, Ky.); Sick persons; People; Health care facilities; Sanatoriums
Adults and children sit at tables in the Waverly Hills Sanatorium dining room. A cart sits in the middle of the floor with servings of food on white dishes. Women in white aprons move about the room. Two boys sit at a table in the foreground. One...
Ashland, an ivy-covered brick home consisting of a two story central portion and a one story "wing" on either side; front view. A red and white striped awning covers a balcony above the main entrance. Published by Wrenn & King....
Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; Interiors; University of Louisville--Buildings; Bathrooms; Plumbing fixtures; Flood damage
Bathroom sink in a first floor men's room in the University of Louisville School of Dentistry. Sewage debris covers sink in the first floor men's room. Photograph was taken in the mid-morning.
Streams; Bridges; Stone bridges; Pedestrian bridges; Manholes
Beargrass Creek running under Eastern Parkway. Creek running under a stone bridge at Eastern Parkway. There is also a drain. A wooden pedestrian bridge is opposite the stone bridge. Two manhole covers are in the grass next to the creek. Note on...
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,...
Bourbon County Memorial Building, Paris, Kentucky, 1922. A crowd throngs at the memorial building yard, porch, and windows. Upstairs there are small groups of people in each of four open windows and one woman is sitting on an open window, hanging...
