"Further insight into Sumerian religious beliefs and rituals comes from a cache of sculptures reverently buried beneath the floor of a temple at Eshnunna (modern Tell Asmar) when the structure was remodeled. Carved of soft gypsum and inlaid...
"It was covered with a vault in about 100 BC." (caption, p.132); “[…] its length is over 900 metres [meters] (985 yards), but its course meanders because of diversions around buildings. Its size is remarkable: in places it is 4.2...
"The vast majority of prehistoric sculptures depict either animals or humans. In the earliest art, humankind consists almost exclusively of women as opposed to men, and painters and sculptors almost invariably showed them nude […]. When...
A table drawn with red ink on a large sheet of light blue paper, folded to 11 x 17 1/2 inches, includes columns for date, delinquencies, and demerits separated by 1st-4th years. This is an accounting of Orlando M. Poe's delinquencies and demerits...
Buildings; Educational facilities; Universities & colleges; University of Louisville--Buildings
Architect's rendering of Humanities Building, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, 1936. Wide, two-story brick building with pillars lining most of the first floor except for the two ends where there are projecting facades with...
Buildings; Educational facilities; Universities & colleges; University of Louisville--Buildings; University of Louisville. School of Law
Architect's rendering of Law School (now known as Wyatt Hall), University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, 1936. Wide, two story brick building with central two story pillars and portico, with a domed tower with a weather vane over the center...
Buildings; J.B. Speed Hall (Louisville, Ky.); Educational facilities; Universities & colleges; University of Louisville--Buildings; University of Louisville. Speed Scientific School
Architect's rendering of Speed Scientific School, named J. B. Speed Hall, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, 1936. Wide, three story brick building with projecting center pillars and portico (labeled "1936") and a domed tower...
Buildings; Grawemeyer Hall (Louisville, Ky.); Educational facilities; Universities & colleges; University of Louisville--Buildings
Architect's rendering of the Library, now known as Grawemeyer Hall, which houses the President's office, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, 1936. Wide, two-three story brick building with large low dome atop center. Stairs lead to...
Black-and-white map, 25.1 x 11.4 cm when folded, of Jefferson County, Kentucky, compiled and published by E. J. Coleman & Co. of 615 S. Second Street, Louisville, Ky. in 1943, "Publishers also of Coleman's Jefferson County Booklet,...
Historic sites; Monuments & memorials; Bunker Hill Monument (Boston, Mass.)
Bunker Hill Monument in Charlestown, Massachusetts. Obelisk-shaped monument made of granite with a small building next to it on a grassy area. A city skyline is in the background. Title: Bunker Hill Monument. Text on left: Boston & Suburbs....
Composite drawings; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Forts & fortifications; Armored vessels; Gunboats
Composite five sketches relating to the attack on Fort Hindman, a Confederate fort on the Arkansas River, in 1863. Each photo has a caption: View of the attack on Fort Hindman Jan. 11th 1863; the "Rattler," "Glide" and Ram...
From caption: Il violinista verde (cm 195.6 x 108) / 1923; from Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, website (http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/) (11-2011): Green Violinist (Violiniste), 1923–24. Oil on canvas, 78 x 42 3/4 inches (198 x 108.6...
Interior of church damaged by flood, likely the 1937 Ohio River flood: floor covered in inches of mud, ruined Bibles scattered along pews and floor, furniture on altar covered in powdery mold. Title supplied by cataloger.
Map of Kentucky and other states showing the total rainfall along the Ohio River basin during January 1937. Labeled Isopluvials showing points of equal rainfall in inches. Prepared from Reports furnished by U.S. Weather Bureau of Rainfall observed...
Map of Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Tennessee, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and other states, marked with lines indicating estimated rainfall by inches in specific regions.
Map of Louisville showing total rainfall along during January 1937. Labeled Isopluvials showing points of equal rainfall in inches. Prepared from Rainfall Records of 11 Commissioners of Sewerage Rain Gages [Gauges], 1 Government maintained...
Map of Louisville, Kentucky, in 1856, at a scale of 4 inches to a mile. Includes lists of Louisville, Portland, and Shippingport streets, as well as a Reference to Public Buildings. Note beneath title reads "Published by W. Lee White. Reduced...
On the morning of August 4, 2009, record-breaking rains fell in central Louisville and surrounding counties between 7 am and 10 am EDT, with reported hourly rainfall rates as high as 8.83 inches. The Louisville Free Public Library's main branch and...
