“A. The large mercantile harbour [harbor] of Kantharos; B. The main naval harbour [harbor] of Zea; C. The smaller naval harbour [harbor] of Munichia.” (caption, p.13); “Faced with certain Spartan retaliation, the Athenian assembly took the...
"A full-scale replica of the ship in the Museum of Underwater Archaeology in Bodrum, Turkey." (Caption, p. 315); "Without doubt it was a royal cargo. And an exceptional one, at that. We can only guess how its loss, toward the end of...
"Artifacts from the wreck include: the ivory figurine of a female acrobat with her feet on her head; a gold pendant of a nude fertility goddess holding gazelles in her hands; a partly gold-clad bronze figurine of a goddess, perhaps the ship's...
"Dali and Gala had every reason to be grateful to America, which had showered them with dollars. Here, as Columbus, the painter kneels on the shore, holding aloft a silver crucifix. Gala appears once more as Virgin Mary, on the banner."...
"Dali prided himself on being the world's greatest ever painter of the female posterior." (Caption); "It was probably early in 1950 that Emmanuel Looten, a little-known Flemish poet, had made Dali the unexpected and 'gelatinous' gift...
A flooded house and street in Port Fulton or Jeffersonville, Indiana in 1913. According to the photographer's notes, this is "Ed Hoover's (?) house" on "Apr. 2, 1913 at 3:10."
Snow; Ice; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
A man sits on the snow covered deck of a boat that is under construction on the ways at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana in January 1910. According to the photographer's notes, the boat is "Gil's."
Floods--Ohio River; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company; Boat & ship industry
A man, perhaps Edmonds J. Howard, stands on an unfinished hull in Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana during the 1913 Ohio River flood. The sternwheel of the steamboat BOAZ is visible in the background.
A small horse, hitched to a two-wheel cart, stands in front of the stable at the Howard Mansion on Market Street in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. The photographer's notes describe this picture as "Horse and buggy," and,...
A steamboat is shown leaving the Louisville & Portland Canal and entering the Ohio River. Painted on the back of the boat is "East St. Louis, Port of Louisville." The boat is multiple stories and has two large black steam pipes near...
Barges; Stern wheelers; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
About ten men ride a barge as she slides off the ways and onto the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. Stern wheel packet CLYDE (Way #1202) is under construction at the bank of the river. According to the...
Dredges; Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
According to the photographer's notes, "Cincinnati dredge on grade." Presumably this is the Cincinnati dredge that was launched in 1908 from Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana, and the sternwheeler under...
Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
According to the photographer's notes, and unidentified "steel tug and dredge on grade" at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana.
According to the photographer's notes, this image is of people "building a flat on the Penn Street Levee April 1, 1913 @ 11:05." Penn Street was in Port Fulton, Indiana which was annexed by Jeffersonville in 1926.
According to the photographer's notes, this is "Aunt Kate," presumably Edmonds J. Howard's sister Kate Isabella Howard Baird. The notes for another photograph (ULPA 1986.90.2204) identify the older child as "Lucy," who is...
According to the photographer's notes, this is "Aunt Marg" sitting in a chair in front of the fountain on the lawn of the Howard Mansion in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana.
According to the photographer's notes, this is "P. McDun's house . . . 1913" probably referring to Patrick McDunn, a carpenter at Howard Shipyard, who was living on Jefferson Street in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana at the time...
Floods--Ohio River; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company; Boat & ship industry
According to the photographer's notes, this is lower grade of the flooded Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana, as seen from the "office porch, Mar. 30, 1913 at 10:35".
Floods--Ohio River; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company; Boat & ship industry
According to the photographer's notes, this is Section 4 of the flooded Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana, as seen from the "roof of the mould loft, Apl. 2 at 10:15," but much of the image is...
