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...
Poster display for Royal Crown cola with an image of Sonja Henie holding a bottle of RC cola. The text reads "'Yes it tastes best!' says Sonja Henie" and "Take Time Out for a 'Quick Up' with Royal Crown Cola Best by Taste-Test."...
A young woman is inside a Royal Crown booth. Text on the booth reads "Take Royal Crown's Famous Cola Taste-Test Here" with publicity photos of celebrities on the right and left. A young woman and man stand in front of the booth holding...
Advertisements; Merchandise displays; Soda industry
Display booth for Royal Crown (RC Cola) in the lobby of the Mary Anderson Theatre featuring bottles of the drink and a cut-out of a woman with a star above her head. Address: 610 S. 4th Street, Louisville, Kentucky.
"With its somewhat distant-looking quality and distinctive crown of olive leaves, this statue is most likely a memorial portrait. Although the head and body originally came from two separate statues, they are chronologically consistent. The...
From Hierakonpolis, Egypt. "In Predynastic times, Egypt was divided geographically and politically into Upper Egypt (the southern, upstream part of the Nile Valley), a narrow tract of grassland that encouraged hunting, and Lower (northern)...
Sculpture; Coins; Money; Medals; Jewelry; Necklaces; Goldwork; Metalwork; Effigies; Portraits; Men; Emperors; Rulers; People associated with politics & government; Upper class; Military officers; Military personnel; People associated with...
"In this medallion, a gold coin is set within the center of a gold disc. A ring for hanging it projects from the top. The coin is a double solidus with an imperial effigy on the front [...]. In bust view, the emperor is seen in left profile,...
Address: 2532 South Fourth Street (at Montana Avenue), Louisville, Kentucky. South side view of the Whirlaway Inn, with ghost signs reading "Whirlaway Beer Depot / Low Competitive Prices / Whiskey by the drink," accompanied by a profile...
Waterways; Canals; Louisville and Portland Canal (Ky.); Shipping
Bridge crane of Ohio River Sand Company on the right bank of the Portland Canal, Louisville, Kentucky. The bridge crane is trapezoidal with four thin triangular supports, and there is the impression that it has just walked across the water. On the...
Decorative shield with a row of three birds on top and a fourth bird above a painter's palette on the bottom. Below the shield is an open book. The name "Mary Verhoeff" is below the book. Decorative torches are on either side of the...
Ornate manuscript page with a small shield featuring three fanged animal heads [possibly boars] and a thick angled stripe. The text on the page is "I have a shelf in my library for tried authors; one in my mind for tried principles; and one in...
Shield with a bird [possibly heron, crane, or pelican] standing in profile on either side of it. The top left and bottom right of the shield contain three shells, while the top right and bottom left contain three flowers. Above the shield are a...
Shield containing three birds in profile. A crown and two floral ornamentations are above the shield. "Ex Libris" is above the design, while "Cornelia Anderson Atherton" is below it. Cornelia Anderson Atherton married Peter Lee...
Tugboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Launch of a steel hull into the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard in Jeffersonville, Indiana in 1931. The hull (75 ft. x 24 ft. x 4.5 ft.) was builty for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Cincinnati. Towboats CROWN HILL and ED. J. HOWARD are tied to...
Ferries; Tugboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Ferry hull slides off ways and onto the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard. Towboats ED. J. HOWARD (Way T0679) and CROWN HILL (Way T0526) are nearby. According to the photographer's notes, this is Flescher's or Fleicher's ferry.
Buildings; Theaters; Cultural facilities; Majestic Theatre (Louisville, Ky.)
Address: 618 S. Fourth Street (Building no longer exists.) The Majestic opened as a vaudeville theater in 1908. Beyond that fact, however, its history is far less certain. The most commonly stated version is that the 1908 theater was torn down and...
Buildings; Garages; Lincoln Garage, Inc. (Louisville, Ky.)
Address: 444 S. Fifth Street. The photograph shows a multistory building with the words Lincoln Garage painted on the side. That wording also appears on a T-shaped sign hanging on the front of the building. That sign also says "Storage"...
Full-length character portrait of actor, composer, and writer Harry Bulger in costume for the role of King Bardout in the musical extravaganza "Sleeping Beauty and the Beast," which was performed at Macauley's Theatre in January 1905. He...
Full-length character portrait of comedic actor Digby Bell wearing white tie and tails. His receding hairline forms a tuft at the crown of his head and is powdered white at the temples, next to his whiskers, and his thick eyebrows appear to be...
Photogravure of full-length character portrait of actor T. W. (Thomas W.) Keene in costume for the role of Louis XI. He wears a crown with veil and ermine-trimmed robe with fleur-de-lis pattern. Keene appeared at Macauley's Theatre eleven times...
