Passenger train stopped at a station with a large crowd of people on the platform. Trains are stopped on both sides of the platform. Title: P-23092. Railroad Train Arriving at Ranger, Texas. Text on left: Keystone View Company. Copyrighted....
Large paddle boat or paddle steamer docked on the Mississippi River in Memphis, Tennessee. To the right is the shore with a few horse-drawn carriages. On the levee in front of the boat is a small house and horse-drawn carriages at the bridge...
Rock formations; Cliffs; Cemeteries; Men; Gates; Frankfort Cemetery (Frankfort, Ky.)
The Frankfort Cemetery, in Franklin County, Kentucky, was Kentucky's first picturesque cemetery. Land for the cemetery was purchased in 1845, and Robert Carmichael was hired to do the landscaping. A man is sitting on the cliff adjacent to a walk...
Rock formations; Cliffs; Cemeteries; Men; Gates; Frankfort Cemetery (Frankfort, Ky.)
The Frankfort Cemetery, in Franklin County, Kentucky, was Kentucky's first picturesque cemetery. Land for the cemetery was purchased in 1845, and Robert Carmichael was hired to do the landscaping. A man is sitting on the cliff adjacent to a walk...
Cities & towns; Buildings; Flatiron Building (New York, N.Y.); Streets
View of Flatiron Building in New York from down the street. Twenty-story wedge-shaped building at the intersection of two streets. Pedestrians and horses and wagons are on the street. Title: 10 Most striking of Sky-scrapers - the 'Flatiron' Bldg.,...
Black bear in a brick enclosure. The bear is standing/sitting on top of a dead tree. There is a sign behind the bear that reads "do not feed the animals." Produced by Edw. H. Mitchell. Postmarked 1909 on verso.
Star on a field of pine branches, surrounded by geometric shapes that resemble Christmas ornaments (balls, bells, etc.). The primary content of the card is a poem: If you are a-wishing me Christmas delights / Half as hard as I'm wishing for you, /...
African American woman sews up a patch on a young boys pants as he lays across her lap. The facial expressions are stereotypical portrayals of blacks in the early 20th century. This image depicts African Americans in a stereotyped fashion that may...
Elderly African American man, seated, with a walking stick and a hat. This image depicts African Americans in a stereotyped fashion that may be offensive to many viewers; the University of Louisville and the University Archives & Records Center...
Several purple flowers and a single yellow flower against a gold background. Verse printed on front reads, "Don't let this surprise, you, but gently remind you / Of the letter you promised to write; / If you have any time to drop me a line, ;...
Caricatured African American barber stands over client and gazes at a caricatured African American woman, a manicurist. The barber's shaving brush is in his client's mouth. This image depicts African Americans in a stereotyped fashion that may be...
United States. Navy. Reserve Officers' Training Corps; Military officers; Mines (Warfare);
Captain Graham Gill, head of the Naval ROTC unit at the University of Louisville, stands beside a mine. A sign over the mine reads, "Notice: do not operate or touch any ordnance gear without permission." Stencilling on the mine reads,...
Distance education; University of Louisville--Students; University of Louisville--Faculty; Television broadcasting; WAVE-TV (Television station : Louisville, Ky.); Students; Teachers;
Two rows of students face University of Louisville professor Dr. Harvey Webster as he teaches a class on contemporary British fiction that is being broadcast on WAVE-TV. This class was part of an effort to expand access to education to community...
Paintings; Oil paintings; Eyes; Body parts; Clouds; Puns (Visual works)
"Magritte's False Mirror of 1928 depicts a large eye (from which the familiar CBS logo is derived). The black circle at the center can refer both to the pupil and to the eclipsed sun. The observer is thrown off balance by the unusual close-up...
"Another stylistic shift in Picasso's work that was influenced by Cubism has been called Surrealism. This term literally means 'above real' and denotes a truer reality than that of the visible world. In the Girl before a Mirror of 1932,...
"Another stylistic shift in Picasso's work that was influenced by Cubism has been called Surrealism. This term literally means 'above real' and denotes a truer reality than that of the visible world. In the Girl before a Mirror of 1932,...
Paintings; Acrylic paintings; Abstract paintings; Abstract works
“Johnson is a practitioner of a style sometimes labeled ‘abstract illusionism’, making paintings where apparently solid but abstract forms float in illusionary space. Riverfront Break may have been suggested by the industrial forms of the...
Sculpture; Mixed media; Men; Young adults; Discrimination; Race discrimination; Racism; Prejudice; Cultural relations; Social classes; Social aspects; Interpersonal relations; Fear
Earth, linen cloth, and wood, and recorded interviews; “ ‘My godson’s experience stimulated this piece. He’s grown up in Greenwich Village and one evening while out with his friends the police swooped down upon them. They were thrown...
"To the right of the photograph [referring to the photograph in Dali's painting The First Days of Spring, 1929] we find the first appearance of an icon soon to proliferate in Dali's work: a waxy-complexioned head with closed eyes, long...
"The painting anthologizes Dali's obsessions of the moment." (Caption); "As a result of Santos Torroella's dedicated researches, it is now generally accepted that the two heads in The Birth of Venus represent those of Lorca [Federico...
