Portraits; Portrait photographs; Women; People associated with entertainment & sports
Portrait of Elizabeth Daingerfield of Lexington, Kentucky, known as one of the most successful breeders of racehorses in the world. She is wearing long gloves, a hat and dress with buttons the entire way down. A frame has been drawn onto the...
Portrait of Albert F. Doll of Louisville, Kentucky. He is wearing his hair combed to the side, a suit and tie. The photograph has been painted on, outlining him, it has also been creased the entire way across. Stamped on back of image: June 25,...
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Men; Government officials
Portrait of S. Parker Gilbert, Jr. of Louisville, Kentucky. He is wearing his hair combed to the side, suit and tie. The photograph has been painted on, covering almost his entire jacket and a lot of discoloration. Handwritten on back of image: S....
Albert Ivison of Louisville, Kentucky holding the handle to a trophy, wearing a tuxedo. The photograph has been cut so that only his image is visible, there are small cracks over the entire surface, and it's yellowing from age. Handwritten on back...
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Women; People associated with education & communication
Portrait of Rosemary Norris (Mrs. Robert L.) Kutak of Louisville, Kentucky, wearing a hat and a very short bob hairstyle. The photograph has been painted on, the entire background and small details. Typed on back of image: Mrs. Robt. Kutak,...
Portrait of Elsa (Mrs. Frank A.) Ropke of Louisville, Kentucky, playing the piano. The photograph has small cracks over the entire surface and yellow discoloring from age. Handwritten on back of image: Wife of attorney and clubwoman. Stamped on...
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Men; Business people
Portrait of Robert A. Scott of Louisville, Kentucky, wearing dark-rimmed glasses and a printed tie. The photograph has been painted on, has small cracks over the entire surface, and id badly discolored from age. Stamped on back of image: December...
Portrait of Dr. Claude T. Wolfe of Louisville, Kentucky, wearing a hard collar and textured tie. The photograph is cracked along the entire surface and discolored from age. Handwritten on back of image: Ear, Nose & Throat specialist.
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Men; Business people
Portrait of William G. Stuber of Louisville, Kentucky, wearing wire-frame glasses. The photograph has small cracks over the entire surface and discoloration from age. Handwritten on bottom, front surface is the photographer's signature. Handwritten...
E.A. WOODRUFF, on the Ohio River, passing Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. E.A. WOODRUFF, a side wheel snagboat with an iron hull (226 ft. x 48 ft. x 7.6 ft.) built in Covington, Kentucky, was completed in Pittsburgh...
Louisville (Ky.)--Pictorial works; Buildings; Commercial facilities; City & town life; Cityscapes
Images taken by the Royal Photo Company, a Louisville, Kentucky commercial photo studio in operation from 1904 to 1973. The entire collection, acquired by the University of Louisville in 1982, contains over 13,000 photographic negatives taken...
Stern wheelers; Paddleboats; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
This digital collection currently features images of boats built, or being built, at Howard Shipyard in Jeffersonville, Indiana. It will be expanded to include the entire photograph collection taken by Captain James E. Howard (1875-1956) between...
Atlas of the City of Louisville, Kentucky prepared from official records, private plans and actual surveys. Thirty plates cover the entire city of Louisville and parts of the surrounding county. Each plate shows names of businesses and property...
The Hegan family log cabin located near Jacob's Park, which was then south of Louisville, Ky. It sits on a hill and has a porch spanning the entire front of the cabin with a crawlspace, or storage area, underneath. An elderly woman sits in the...
A large two-story frame house with a front porch spanning its entire width, is partially obscured by large trees. The home, known as The Beeches, was once owned by the Lawtons, the model for the Walton family in the Little Colonel books. The author...
A large two-story frame house with a front porch spanning the entire width of the building is partially obscured by large trees. The home, known as The Beeches, was once owned by the Lawtons, who were models for the Walton family in the Little...
Large two-story frame house, with a front porch spanning its entire width, is partially obscured by large trees. The home, known as The Beeches, was once owned by the Lawtons, who were models for the Walton family in the Little Colonel book series....
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval--France; Manuscripts, Medieval; Illuminations 1200-1500
Leaf from a small portable Gothic Bible, copied in France in the thirteenth century. The Latin translation used throughout this period was known as the Vulgate, since Latin was the common or vulgar language read by all literate people of the time....
Antiphonaries--Illustrations; Gregorian chants--Illustrations; Music--Manuscripts--France; Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval--France; Manuscripts, Medieval
Leaf from a fifteenth century French antiphonary, representing a segment of text related to the Feast of the Crown of Thorns. Also called an antiphonal or antiphoner, an antiphonary collects portions of psalms and hymns sung during liturgies or...