Three-quarter length character portrait of actress Florence Rockwell in costume including long dress and coat and hat with ostrich plumes. The inscription indicates that Rockwell was touring with Mrs. Le Moyne (also known as Sarah Cowell Le Moyne)....
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...
General Ulysses S. Grant's tomb, a large stone structure with columns. It is set on a small hill, with steps leading up to the building. There are people near the monument; one person is on a bicycle. Text printed on verso reads, "Grant's...
Paintings; Oil paintings; Fantasy; Allusions; Symbols; Sex; Relations between the sexes; Lust; Gays; Martyrs; Saints; People associated with religion; Sailors; Men; Women; Bathing beauties; Portraits; Self-portraits; Nudes; Muscles; Standing;...
"One of Dali's greatest paintings from the mid-1920s, not exhibited since 1927. The influence of Picasso is manifest. It develops the theme of Saint Sebastian that so fascinated Lorca [Federico García Lorca] and Dali." (Caption);...
African Americans; African American physicians; African Americans--Hospitals; African Americans--Social conditions; African Americans--Education; Segregation in education; African Americans--Medical care; Hospitals; Medical education; Race...
Oral history interview with Louisville physician Maurice Rabb. Dr. Rabb discusses his early life and education in Mississippi. He speaks of his experiences as a student at Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, comparing race relations in his...
African Americans; African American business enterprises; African American Business people; Drugstores; Pharmacists; African American pharmacists; Urban renewal; Service stations; Standard Oil Company; Civil rights
Oral history interview with Frank Moorman, Sr., conducted on August 17, 1978 by Kenneth Chumbley. Mr. Moorman was a businessman in Louisville's Walnut Street area. Mr. Moorman discusses his parents and grandparents, and his early life in Owensboro,...
Undertakers and undertaking; Business people; African American businesspeople; Politicians; African American politicians; Discrimination in public accommodations; Segregation--Law and legislation; Discrimination in employment; African...
Oral history interview with Goldie Winstead Beckett, conducted on September 12, 1978 by Ken Chumbley. In this interview, Mrs. Beckett discusses her life as well as her husband’s experiences as alderman in the city of Louisville in the late 1940s...
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; New York Giants (Baseball team)
Hooks Wiltse or George Leroy Wiltse (1879-1959). Color portrait of Hooks Wiltse with the New York Giants. An 'NY' is in the top left corner and 'Giants' is in the top right. Verso: George Wiltse. George Wiltse, the Giants' tall side-wheeler, has...
An exhibit for Crosley Radio is shown inside the Jefferson County Armory (now Louisville Gardens). Above the booth is a sign for Lampton, Crane & Ramey Co. Inside the booth stands a poster reading, "Crosley Radio. When the greatest music...
Floods; Western Union Telegraph Company; Hotels; Disaster relief; People; Floods--Kentucky--Louisville
Address: 612 W. Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky. In 1937, after a January of intense rainfall, the Ohio River Valley flooded. The 1937 flood was one of Louisville's greatest natural disasters. This photo shows police and Kentucky State Health...
Address: 612 W. Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky. In 1937, after a January of intense rainfall, the Ohio River Valley flooded. The 1937 flood was one of Louisville's greatest natural disasters. This photo shows police and Kentucky State Health...
Soon after the atomic theory was established, it was found that the plant uses as sources of food not only the air and water, but also different constituents of the soil, dissolved in the soil moisture—the mineral nutrients. Ashes of different...
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Men; Military personnel; Military uniforms
Portrait of World War I hero, Sergeant Samuel Woodfill of Fort Thomas, Kentucky, in his military uniform, displaying all his medals of honor. The photograph is badly creased, painted on to crop his image, and marked with discolorations. Stamped on...
Sergeant Samuel Woodfill of Fort Thomas, Kentucky, positioned to fire his rifle at Camp Perry in Ohio. The photograph has spots of discoloration and marks along the edges. Article attached to back of image: described by General Pershing as...
Character portrait of comedic actress Adelaide Thurston in costume for the role of Polly Primrose in the play of the same name. She wears a dress, white gloves, floral shawl with tassels, and headpiece with veil, and holds a fan in her lap....
Full-length character portrait of comedic actress Adelaide Thurston wearing a long, empire-waist, off-the-shoulder dress and a floral garland in her hair. She stands leaning against a small round table. Thurston appeared at Macauley's Theatre...
Three-quarter length character portrait of Harry Brown standing between two wooden chairs, wearing a suit jacket and cravat, with a trench coat hanging off the back of one of the chairs. Inscription on mount, lower center: Harry Brown, 1880 to John...
Two of the greatest benefactors in the early days of Oneida Baptist Institute, Robert Carnahan, Jr. and Dr. Joseph Benson "J. B." Marvin. "Bob" Carnahan's father was the wealthiest man in Oneida. Dr. Marvin and his wife lived in...
Book of Hours--France--Illustrations; Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval--France; Manuscripts, Medieval; Illuminations 1200-1500
A Book of Hours was the primary text for private lay devotion in the late middle ages and Renaissance. Consisting of the cycle of prayers to be recited at the eight canonical hours or established times for prayers throughout the day, the content of...
