Color lithograph advertising Emerson's Megatherian Minstrels, which featured performer Billy Emerson (pictured here). Billy Emerson (Edmund) was born in Belfast, Ireland in 1846 and died in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1902. Emerson's Megatherian...
Color lithograph advertising Emerson's Megatherian Minstrels, which featured performer Billy Emerson and were managed by Richard M. Hooley (pictured here). Hooley was born in Ballina, County Mayo, Ireland in 1822 and died in Chicago in 1893. The...
Caricatured African American barber stands over client and gazes at a caricatured African American woman, a manicurist. The barber's shaving brush is in his client's mouth. This image depicts African Americans in a stereotyped fashion that may be...
Elderly African American man, seated, with a walking stick and a hat. This image depicts African Americans in a stereotyped fashion that may be offensive to many viewers; the University of Louisville and the University Archives & Records Center...
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...
Baseball; Parkway Field (Louisville, Ky.); Contests; Watermelons; African Americans
Watermelon eating contest during baseball game at Parkway Field, Louisville, Kentucky. Six African American boys participate; grandstands filled with people in background. This image depicts African Americans in a stereotyped fashion that may be...
The side of a log cabin, which features a chimney, seen amid trees on the other side of a tilting stockade fence running along a dirt road. A horse grazes at the left side of the road near a cart which has been pulled aside, while a horse and buggy...
A man in blackface sits in a chair with a wooden guitar on his lap. This image depicts African Americans in a stereotyped fashion that may be offensive to many viewers; the University of Louisville does not endorse the content of, or expression...
Two rows of men with a man standing with a female mannequin. The back row stands with a few men on the right holding instruments. The front row sits and has seven men in blackface. This image depicts African Americans in a stereotyped fashion that...
Full-length character portrait of heavyset man wearing bald cap and kimono, standing with legs wide apart and gesturing with outstretched arms. This image depicts Asians in a stereotyped fashion that may be offensive to many viewers; the University...
Full-length portrait of actor Paul Allen in blackface costume for a minstrel show. He wears a plaid suit and cap and appears to be pointing or beckoning. This image depicts African Americans in a stereotyped fashion that may be offensive to many...
Full-length portrait of actor Paul Allen in blackface costume for a minstrel show. He wears a top hat and white coat over a velvet jumpsuit, and points to a glass bottle held in his left hand. He sits cross-legged on a stool, smoking a stogie. This...
Portrait of actor George W. Wilson in blackface. He wears the collar of his shirt up, and rests his chin on his left hand. This image depicts African Americans in a stereotyped fashion that may be offensive to many viewers; the University of...
“Illustration of a suovetaurilia, a ritual sacrifice made before the start of a military offensive. At the bottom, a pig and a sheep are being led to the sacrificial altar. The ox which was also destined for sacrifice cannot be seen in this view....
Production photograph of a scene from a minstrel stage show, with an outdoor backdrop and picnic props. One man in blackface points a shotgun at another man in blackface, while a man in the middle, with long sideburns and wearing a hunting cap and...
African American woman sews up a patch on a young boys pants as he lays across her lap. The facial expressions are stereotypical portrayals of blacks in the early 20th century. This image depicts African Americans in a stereotyped fashion that may...
