African American farmers--Kentucky; Farms--Kentucky; Land use, Rural--Kentucky
The decline of black farmers and black-owned farmlands is an ever worsening problem. Though their numbers neared one million at the start of the 20th century, the most recent account of black farmers states that there are only 30599 left in America...
Atmospheric nitrous oxide; Nitric acid; Rain and rainfall--Environmental aspects
Having been born and brought up in China, an empire, where the people are utterly ignorant of the vital importance of a good system of public water supply, and having decided to take chemistry as my profession, I feel intensely interested in the...
Automobile service stations; Buildings; Transportation; Brick wall signs; Signs (Notices)
A Gulf service station sits at the corner of a street which is likely located in downtown Louisville, Kentucky. The lot has two tall lampposts with five white globes. Fuel pumps sit by a small brick building with terra cotta roof tiles. Cars are...
Baseball cards; Athletes; Baseball players; New York Giants (Baseball team)
Christy Mathewson or Christopher Mathewson (1880-1925) also known as Big Six, Matty, and the Christian Gentleman. Color portrait of Christy Mathewson. An 'NY' is in the top left corner and 'Giants' is in the top right. The team is the New York...
Baseball cards; Athletes; Baseball players; Washington Senators (Baseball team : 1886-1960)
Gabby Street or Charles Evard Street (1882-1951) also known as Old Sarge. Portrait of Gabby Street with the Washington Senators. A 'W' is in the top left corner and 'Senators' is in the top right. Verso: Charles E. Street. Charles E. Street, who...
Big Four Bridge; Rivers; Steamboats; Men; Women; Carriages & coaches; Boathouses; Piers & wharves; Waterfronts
Busy dock on the Ohio River. Three wharfboats line the shore and the City of Cincinnati steamboat is docked behind them. The City of Cincinnati steamboat traveled daily between Cincinnati, Ohio and Louisville, Kentucky. Several people and a horse...
Fairy with wings, spiky hair, and a smile wearing a short dress. A small butterfly flies near her. Ornamental flourishes frame the image and text. The phrase "Ex Libris" is at the top. Below the design is the quotation "Ever let the...
"Duchamp's Boîte 'unpacked' in such a way that certain sections slid out to become free-standing display boards, whilst a sheaf of folders and black mounts bore other reproductions of works from his output. In all, it contained 69 items....
"Duchamp's Boîte 'unpacked' in such a way that certain sections slid out to become free-standing display boards, whilst a sheaf of folders and black mounts bore other reproductions of works from his output. In all, it contained 69 items....
Buildings; Government facilities; Capitols; Kentucky Historical Society
Representative Hall in the Old State House in Frankfort, Kentucky, which served as the state capitol building for much of the nineteenth century and now houses the Kentucky Historical Society. The large rectangular room features a hardwood floor,...
Buildings; Industry; Industrial facilities; Standard Sanitary Manufacturing Company
Address: 1541 S. Seventh Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A series of United States flags are placed along a tent in front of the Standard Sanitary plant. More tents wrap around the side of the building and a line of people stand under a covered...
Carts & wagons; Goats; Children; Fontaine Ferry Park (Louisville, Ky.)
Photomechanical print of child seated in wagon drawn by goat. Text beneath image reads: "This Goat and Wagon will be given away (for 10 cts.) at Post Office Clerks' Outing, Fontaine Ferry, June 19. Come and visit the Greatest Country Store...
City & town life; Elevated railroads; Street railroads; Pedestrians
View of streets and elevated railroad tracks in New York City. Buildings line the streets on the right, while the railroad tracks run perpendicular to the streets. Carriages, streetcars, and pedestrians are on the streets. Trains run on the tracks....
Large electric motor with freight cars filled with coal attached to it inside a mineshaft. . A man stands between the motor and first car, possibly on the back of the motor. Wires run across the ceiling. The shaft is supported by large wood...
Environmental art; Islands; Trees; Bays (Bodies of water); Bodies of water; Water; Aerial photographs; Aerial views; Bird's-eye views
"Europe's great master of Environmental Art is, of course, Christo, who continues to work triumphantly with a significance equal to the ever-greater ambition and scale of his projects. For the recent Surrounded Islands, Christo spent over $3...
Environmental art; Islands; Trees; Bays (Bodies of water); Bodies of water; Water; Aerial photographs; Aerial views; Bird's-eye views
"Europe's great master of Environmental Art is, of course, Christo, who continues to work triumphantly with a significance equal to the ever-greater ambition and scale of his projects. For the recent Surrounded Islands, Christo spent over $3...
Sculpture; Mixed media; Maps; Recycling; Conservation of natural resources; Economics; Economic & political systems; Political issues; Politics & government
"It was not until the end of the 1970s, in the work of a new generation of sculptors including Tony Cragg, Richard Deacon, Anish Kapoor, and Bill Woodrow, that the sculptural object as such, in relation to human or urban themes, reassumed...
Banner over short poem and two cornucopias. The banner reads, "Thanksgiving," and the poem reads "May the golden horn of plenty / with blessings overflowing / pour forth it's [sic] store on you and your's [sic] / in measure ever...
In today's world of private information and mass communication, there is an ever increasing need for new methods of maintaining and protecting privacy and integrity of information. This thesis attempts to combine the chaotic world of cellular...
Paintings; Oil paintings; Still life paintings; Still lifes; Collages; Mixed media; Chairs; Furniture; Seating furniture; Wicker furniture; Textures; Ropes; Borders (Ornament areas)
Oil and pasted oilcloth on canvas, surrounded with rope; "Eager to recover other aspects of reality - positive color and texture, for instance - and increase the legibility of his pictures, without resorting to the outmoded conventions of...
