Paintings; Oil paintings; Abstract paintings; Abstract works
"By 1947 - even earlier in drawings - the artist had begun to experiment with all-over painting, a labyrinthine network of lines, splatters, and paint drips from which emerged the great 'poured' paintings of the next few years. These...
Advertisements; Children; Books; Textbooks; Animals; Reading; Men
This set of woodblock prints was reprinted in the 1980s. With the exception of the JPM & Co. advertisement and the New Second and New Third School Readers, the images duplicate the earlier prints in this collection. Woodblock prints of,...
Address: 1087 Bardstown Road, Louisville, Kentucky. A brick building with a sign painted on it reading, "John F. Hoffman Grocery & Cafe / Dan'l Boone Cigars / Try [?] Like em." Windows on the second floor are open as are the shutters...
Woodblock prints of, from top to bottom starting at top left: dog leaping out of window, with plaid pants in mouth; girl in rocking chair reading; girl looking up from book; hand grasping twenty dollar bill, with another bill underneath; rooster,...
Animals; Street railroads; Children; Play (Recreation); Toys; Writing; Reading; Sleeping; Men; Lathes; Shepherds; Barrels; Women; Flowers; Plants; Trees; Urns; Inkstands
Woodblock prints of, from top left and starting with larger images: fox ready to pounce on rabbit, hidden under tree root; 5-cent stamp, bearing image of horse-drawn trolley; mother cat leaping with arched back toward dog to protect her litter of...
Location: 1600 S. Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Reeser Place, an apartment complex on the West side of Fourth Street just south of Hill Street, is shown. The complex shows symmetrical buildings facing a courtyard. The foundation of the...
Address: 173 N. Keats Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. At the end of North Keats Avenue stands the Grand View Apartments and Annex. The multi-story frame building to the right has a sign over its door announcing, "Grandview." A woman, a man,...
Loews Theatre under construction or renovation. Concrete floor with stacks of lumber and a truck on it. Fabric panels hang from the ceiling. Rows of seats look down on the stage. Address: 4th Street between Broadway and Chestnut Street, Louisville,...
Auditoriums; Dance; Military personnel; Men; Women; National Jewish Welfare Board
Large crowd of women and men in military uniforms form an oval around a large dance floor in a room decorated with streamers. Address: Jewish Welfare Board, 729 South 2nd Street, Louisville, Kentucky.
Automobile service stations; Show windows; Gasoline pumps; Buildings; Transportation
Address: 420 W. Chestnut Street, Louisville, Kentucky. The exterior of the Francis Garage is symmetrical and made mostly of brick. Plate glass windows on the first floor indicate, "Francis Garage, Storage by the Hour, Day or Month." Just...
Address: 600 W. Walnut Street (now Muhammad Ali Boulevard), Louisville, Kentucky. A sign on the side of this brick building announces that it is First Standard Bank, an African American bank in downtown Louisville. The pediment over the door, mock...
A hexagonal marble desk sits in the lobby of an ornate bank. A sign on the desk reads, "Information" while other signs hang above teller windows with signs like "Savings." The floor is a checkerboard pattern with the lighter...
Bethel Baptist Church, a two-story brick church with a steeple, sloped roof, and turrets, was built in 1901 near the birthplace of Jefferson Davis, and was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. The first floor windows and the...
Barbershops; Tailor shops; Public accommodation facilities; Buildings; Wooden buildings
Three-story white wood building labeled "Central House," "Trimbles Barber Shop" and "S. Dickstein, The Tailor." The building has a dark painted first floor at the front, and in back is connected to a one-story brick...
Women's Sabon basketball team. Six young women in uniforms pose with a man on either side of the group. Four women stand and two kneel on either side of a table with trophies. A basketball on the floor in front has "Champs "39-40"...
Address: 1053 Goss Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. Two men stand behind a wooden bar with a foot rail in front of it. Three enameled basins are on the floor under the foot rail. Glasses are set upside down on the counter. Behind the counter is a...
Louisville Boat Club House tied off at shore, floating on the Ohio River at 6th Street, in 1897. The houseboat's structure consists of a plain first floor supporting a decorative upper story, with two upper stories at the front section. Five men...
Silhouette of a man sitting at a desk writing. A window is behind him. A floor lamp and corner of a bookshelf are next to him. Text panels are above and below the image. The top panel contains the phrase "His Book." At the bottom is the...
Address: 521 W. Chestnut Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A string of cars are parked next to the Southern Bell building with its oversized doors and windows on the first floor. The building is made of stone and brick and has a tiered effect with...
