Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval--France; Manuscripts, Medieval; Illuminations 1200-1500
Leaf from a small portable Gothic Bible, copied in France in the thirteenth century. The Latin translation used throughout this period was known as the Vulgate, since Latin was the common or vulgar language read by all literate people of the time....
Address: 3936 Frankfort Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. (This section is now Shelbyville Road.) Two children stand in front of Plehn's Bakery near where a car had struck a boy. The invoice for this photo indicated that it was recording the skid marks...
Address: 3936 Frankfort Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. (This section is now Shelbyville Road.) People stand in front of Plehn's Bakery near where a car had struck a boy. The invoice for this photo indicated that it was recording the skid marks the...
Window display for liquor. The display has guitars, signs for Bacardi, and a sign reading "Carl Hollenbach B.C.S. is now at the bar." The sign above the display reads "Baron-Atlas Incorporated No. 3" A sign painted on the window...
Address: 518 S. Eighth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. At the corner of Walnut Street (now Muhammad Ali Boulevard) and Eighth Street, the Convent of the Good Shepherd Home for Colored Children stood. This photograph shows the a group of girls posed...
Woodblock prints of, from top to bottom starting at left, and all signed "Hartwell": "Introduction," with camels, giraffes, lions, zebras, and vegetation; bearded man with turban in foreground, and man on horseback in...
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; Automobile dealerships; Automobiles; Buildings; Signs (Notices); Transportation
Address: 2023 Dixie Highway, Louisville, Kentucky. The Whipple Motor Co. is shown with cars parked around it, some with "For Sale" written on the front window. Two gas pumps are visible on the left and the main office and garage are on...
Automobile service stations; Tires; Automobiles; Radios; Buildings; Transportation
Location: southwest corner of First Street and Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky. Goodrich Silvertown Stores is shown. The building includes an ornate tower behind which a dome and steeple from a church can be seen. The service station has a car...
An overturned and dented car sits at the corner of Walnut Street (now Muhammad Ali Boulevard) and Eighth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A crowd of mostly African American men looks on. Many of them wear caps or hats and white shirts with jackets or...
Crankshaft and small alarm clock on a large piece of paper or metal. The crankshaft is presumably from the automobile parked behind it in a shed or garage at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana.
Automobiles; Street railroad tracks; Buildings; Industrial facilities; Transportation
A stretch of Mellwood Avenue between Frankfort Avenue and Letterle (now Brownsboro Road), Louisville, Kentucky, is shown with potholes around the trolley tracks. Industrial buildings line the street. One building has signs reading "No...
Automobiles; Transportation; Buses; Louisville Railway Company
Address: 1806 Walnut Street (now Muhammad Ali Boulevard), Louisville, Kentucky. Buses are parked outside a large building with numerous doors large enough for a bus to fit through. The nearest bus has the words "Louisville Railway...
Automobiles; Transportation; Streets; Automobile service stations; Signs (Notices)
A number of cars are parked along the side of Preston Street Road (now known as Preston Highway). To the left is an inn and signs for Oertels and Fehr's beer. To the right is a street sign indicating Clark's Lane. In the middle is an intersection...
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 group of men and women dance in a conga line at a banquet at the Kentucky Hotel for the American National Insurance Company. Address: Kentucky Hotel, 5th Street and Walnut Street (now Muhammad Ali Boulevard), Louisville, Kentucky.
Men and women sit at dining tables for a banquet at the Kentucky Hotel. Address: Kentucky Hotel, 5th Street and Walnut Street (now Muhammad Ali Boulevard), Louisville, Kentucky.
