A k-term quasi-progression of diameter d is a sequence {Xl,... ,xk} for which there exists a positive integer l such that l < Xi-Xi-1 < l+d, for all i = 2, ... ,k. Quasi-progressions may be thought of as arithmetic progressions with a certain...
Boys; Baseball; Games; Hats; Brick wall signs; Signs (Notices); People
Boys prepare to play baseball in a ritual where a representative from each team wraps his hand around the bat just above the other team representative's hand. The boy whose hand covers the top of the bat will likely decide whether his team bats or...
Address: 604 S. Third Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Couches and chairs sit empty in the Henry Clay Hotel lobby. The registration desk is to the right with a clock above it. The ceiling includes ornate molding. Lighting is provided by two...
Address: 604 S. Third Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Empty tables in the dining room of the Henry Clay Hotel. The tables have white cloths, carafes, and salt and pepper shakers on them. The chairs are dark wood. Near the windows is a large reception...
African Americans; Men; Trucks; Advertising; Louisville Gas and Electric Company; People; Transportation
A group of African American salesmen pose in front of a truck. One man sits behind the wheel. The men wear suits and some of them have on an overcoat or hat. A sign on the truck reads, "Free 100 Watt Free Mazda lamp delivered to each...
Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; Floods; Automobiles; Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings
Black car driving through flood water on Brook Street near the Houchens Building on the Belknap Campus of the University of Louisville. An empty bike rack is in the foreground and a man stands in the distance with his hand in his pocket. Photograph...
Two one-story buildings made of vertical wood boards with large signs, "Blacksmith Shop" (at left, smaller) and "London Wagon Works. Incorporated" (at right, larger). In front of the buildings, there are people milling around; a...
Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.); Exhibitions; Events; Rites & ceremonies; People; Crowds; Military uniforms
Six men in military uniforms with white gloves and swords stand before a crowd of women (some holding parasols) and a few men at a ceremony opening the World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri. The man in the center, with the plumed hat and epaulets, is...
Sketch of Kentucky Wagon Manufacturing Plant. Located on thirty-two acres at Third Street and Eastern Parkway in Louisville, Kentucky, the company was established in 1878. There is an empty circle grown on the grass at the bottom left of the...
Ballroom at the Governor's Mansion in Frankfort, Kentucky. It is a curved room with three high, curtained windows shown, a piano, and wooden chairs all along the wall. The parquet floor is empty. Two crystal chandeliers hang from the ceiling, which...
Buildings; Galleries & museums; J.B. Speed Art Museum
Speed Museum galleries, Louisville, Kentucky, 1930. Two sets of marble pillars flank the walls of each end of a short wide hall between two display rooms. The closer room houses paintings around the walls at fairly low height and has a small table...
Whiskey aging in barrels, OFC Distillery, Frankfort, Kentucky. The barrels are on their sides in cubbies on the wall, row upon row up and across. Some of the bottom rows are empty.
Woodbine, home of Brainerd C. Lemon, at Newburg Road and Bashford Manor Lane, Louisville, Kentucky. Drawing room. Dark wallpaper and parquet floor with area rugs. Two stiff backed armchairs, and sofa with padded bench. Cupboard with lower drawers...
Buildings; Health care facilities; Maternity hospitals; Hospital wards; Louisville City Hospital
Baby ward at Louisville City Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky. A room of empty white metal baby beds without mattresses; a white metal hamper; and one white metal chair. There are large windows on two sides of the room. Known as Louisville Marine...
Buildings; Canopies; Utility poles; Atherton Building (Louisville, Ky.)
Original address: 610 S. Fourth Street (Later known as the Francis Building.) The Atherton Building is shown with Southern Optical Co. sign on the corner, but most other storefronts empty. There's graffiti on the window next to Southern Optical and...
Three-quarter length character portrait of performer Lillian Russell in costume for the title role in the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta "Patience." She wears a bonnet and long dress and carries an empty pail under her left arm. Born Helen...
A lone automobile comes around the fourth turn on a dirt racetrack, leaving a trail of dust behind. The grandstands are empty, but a few people stand near a picket fence just to the left of the covered bleachers. Title supplied by cataloger.
A train arrives at East Bernstadt Station near London, about forty miles from Oneida. People and baggage wait on both the platform and the opposite side of the tracks. There is also an empty cattle chute near the platform. Title supplied by...