Indian Gas Station located on 2nd Street (near George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge), Louisville, Kentucky. Back of "Louisville, Gateway to the South" sign is visible near bridge. Signs on brick building adjacent to gas station read...
Baseball; Stadiums; Parkway Field (Louisville, Ky.); Parking lots; Automobiles
Parking lot of Parkway Field, Louisville, Kentucky, home to minor league baseball team Louisville Colonels from 1932 to 1956. A large sign reading "Louisville Baseball Club Incorporated" hangs from side, and a dome covers the bleachers...
Window display with a Yankee Doodle Dandy theme. There is a vertical panel of stage photographs, a large stage photograph, Yankee Doodle Dandy album covers and a record player.
Cities & towns; Government facilities; Buildings; United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.); Winter
View of the United States Capitol Building in winter from Pennsylvania Avenue. Snow covers the ground on either side of a sidewalk leading to the Capitol. Descriptive information on back of card: Capitol in Winter from Penn. Avenue.
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....
Auroras; Exhibitions; Exhibition buildings; Great Lakes Exposition
Great Lakes Exposition in Cleveland, Ohio, seen from the air at night. There are a variety of buildings and other structures, including a performance "shell," and the lake can be seen in the background. There are beams of colored light...
Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Sports & recreation facilities; Stadiums; Parkway Field (Louisville, Ky.)
Parkway field seen from a distance. Industrial buildings can be seen in the background, and smoke or steam rises from several smokestacks. The words "Parkway Field" are written on the roof that covers the stands, and the field has large...
"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...
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...
Paintings; Mixed media; Women; Nudes; Beauty; Aesthetics; Body image; Human body; Body parts
Corps de Dames series, 1950; "Child art, which had been a major source of interest for early twentieth-century modernists such as Joan Miró or Paul Klee, was a source here. This was annexed to an adult desire to recover primordial fantasies...
Mixed media assemblage including: an old wooden door, black velvet, bricks, wooden table, leather stretched over an armature of metal and other material to form a female nude, human hair, gas lamp (bec Auer type), twigs, aluminum, iron, glass,...
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...
From Gizeh, Egypt, Dynasty IV. "The seated statue of Khafre is one of a series of similar statues carved for the pharaoh's valley temple near the Great Sphinx. The stone is diorite, an exceptionally hard dark stone brought some 400 miles down...
Sculpture; Portraits; Emperors; Rulers; Men; People associated with politics & government; Clothing & dress; Capes (Clothing); Fasteners; Hairstyles; Beards; Mustaches
Discovered at Acqua Traversa (near Rome), 1674. "This bust, in nearly perfect condition, is characterized by the contrast between the light and brilliant skin of the face and the dark mass of hair, covered with concretions. Numerous grooves...
