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....
Advertising; Stores & shops; Show windows; Street railroad tracks; Automobiles; Utility poles; Louisville Gas and Electric Company; Buildings; Transportation
Written on the front of the photograph is, "January - 10 - 1921, Louisville Gas & Electric Co., Bardstown Road at Highland Ave. looking South - showing all lines moved to Southwest side of street." Utility poles line the sidewalk...
African Americans; African American singers; African American musicians; Jazz; Jazz singers; Women jazz musicians
Oral history interview with Helen Humes, a jazz singer from Louisville, conducted on June 12, 1979 by Mary Bobo, for the University of Louisville Archives and Records Center. In this interview, Ms. Humes discusses her career, including her start in...
African Americans; Women; Hats; Political participation; Dogs; Political posters; People
Two African American women talk on the street as a dog watches. Utility poles and walls are plastered with political signs, including ones for Senator Ernst and Chas. F. Ogden for Congress.
African Americans; Women; Hats; Political participation; People
Four African American women talk on the street. Two of them are writing in notebooks. Its likely that the two are recruiting voters for an upcoming election.
African Americans; Women; Hats; Political participation; Political posters; People
Four African American stand in the street. One of them is writing on a sheaf of paper. All of the women wear hats and jackets. Political advertising is visible posted on the walls behind the women.
Woodblock prints of, clockwise from top left: man in tunic seated among four male lions; knights on horseback jousting outside castle; girl and boy listening to man seated on porch smoking pipe and holding skull; number 11; man wearing turban and...
Photograph first published in the New York evening newspaper PM Daily, 7 September, 1944; "The freelance newspaper photographer Arthur Fellig, better known as 'Weegee', was notorious in New York in the 1930s for being the first to arrive at...
Breviaries--England--lllustrations; Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval--England; Manuscripts, Medieval; Illuminations 1200-1500
Leaf from a book used for daily prayers by a monk or other person living in a religious community, probably in England. The book was written in the thirteenth century on animal skin since paper was not used at that time. The text is from an...
Close up view of debris, including twisted metal and wood, from the tornado that hit Louisville, Kentucky, on March 27, 1890. Buildings with their facades damaged or completely gone are seen further down the street. The tornado killed an estimated...
Children; Men; Buildings; Suits (Clothing); Hats; Badges; People
A man stands and five children sit on the back of a wagon or truck as a crowd gathers around them. The man wears a bowtie and a suit with a ribbon on it. The children are dressed in overalls, dresses, or short pants.
The front entrance to Pewee Valley Presbyterian Church. The bell tower of the stone church is framed by large, bare trees. Handwritten on verso by Kate Matthews: "Now the day is over, Night is drawing nigh, Shadows of the evening, steal across...
