“The Colosseum was begun by Vespasian in the 70s AD on the site of the lake of Nero’s Domus Aurea, and was financed from the spoils of the sack of Jerusalem in AD 70. It was dedicated in AD 80 by Titus, after his father’s death.” (p.192)
“The Colosseum was begun by Vespasian in the 70s AD on the site of the lake of Nero’s Domus Aurea, and was financed from the spoils of the sack of Jerusalem in AD 70. It was dedicated in AD 80 by Titus, after his father’s death.” (p.192)
Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; Floods; Interiors; Basements; University of Louisville--Buildings; Mechanical systems; Doors & doorways
A door opens into a smaller room on the flooded mechanical level of the Unitas Tower dormitory on the University of Louisville Belknap Campus. Photograph was taken in the late morning the day after the flooding.
Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; Floods; Interiors; Passageways; Basements; University of Louisville--Buildings; Debris
A long hallway looking south from the north basement entrance on the mechanical level of the on the University of Louisville College of Education and Human Development (renamed the Woodford R. and Harriett B. Porter Building in September 2010)...
A man walks out the door of the Campus Bookstore located on the lower level of the University Center. A poster with the words "RED RAGE" inside an illustration of a cardinal bird head is taped to the door. The Student Center was built...
Buildings; Theaters; Cultural facilities; Rialto Theatre (Louisville, Ky.)
Address: 616 S. Fourth Street (Demolished, 1969). The second floor promenade of the Rialto Theatre included chandeliers, wall paper, frescoed ceilings, mirrors, chairs and loveseats, and table with mythological figures forming the pedestal....
Automobiles going toward and coming from a bridge. Pedestrians are on the sidewalk on either side of the street, and the city is visible in the background. Postmarked 1929 on verso. Published by Cleveland Notion Co.; "114968" printed on...
Before and after views of Fincastle Pharmacy, a long one-story building. In the before, the exterior is white and the signs have been removed. In the after, the Perma Stone siding has been installed, there are glass blocks on the corner window, and...
Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; Floods; University of Louisville--Buildings; Interiors; Libraries; Basements; Books; Floor coverings
Books are stacked along the edge of the carpet in the basement of the Law Library at the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law to keep floodwater at bay. Photograph was taken in the late morning.
Buildings at the corner of Taylor and Poplar Level Road including a house, and Wethington and Company, Sealtest Ice Cream, and a sign for Louisville Crushed Stone Company.
Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; Floods; Interiors; Basements; University of Louisville--Buildings; Mechanical systems; Furniture; Debris
Debris and furniture are strewn about the floor on the mechanical level of the on the University of Louisville College of Education and Human Development (renamed the Woodford R. and Harriett B. Porter Building in September 2010) after the flood...
Detail of a watercolor copy of a wall painting. "More remarkable still is a painting in one of the older rooms at Çatal Höyük that generally has been acclaimed as the world's first landscape (a picture of a natural setting in its own right,...
Floods--Kentucky--Louisville; Floods; Interiors; Basements; University of Louisville--Buildings; Mechanical systems; Debris
Dirt and mud cover piles of tangled tubing, plastic sheeting, cardboard boxes and plastic garbage cans. Pictured are the chilled water pumps that Physical Plant uses to cool the buildings. All of the motors for all of the equipment were replaced....
Falls of the Ohio at a low water level near Louisville, Kentucky. Photograph is taken from under a bridge, whose support is in a dry part of the river bed. A small amount of water is trickling over the locks, which are in front of a building with a...
Streets; Construction; Construction equipment; Sewerage; Men; Construction workers; African Americans
First Street between Ashland Avenue and Wentworth Avenue looking south. Four men, one of them African American, stand below ground in a large and deep trench or tunnel with wood beams running above. One man holds the end of a pipe being lowered...
