Portraits; Portrait photographs; Actresses; Opera singers; Women; Costumes; Posing
Three-quarter character portrait of actress and soprano Ada Somers, possibly in costume for the role of Hebe in "H.M.S. Pinafore." In this portrait, Somers poses before a backdrop of a ship, wearing contemporary dress (a hat with flowers...
Major Hugh Ray, professor of Air Science and Tactics of the Air Force ROTC at the University of Louisville, poses behind a desk with the instructional staff of the AFROTC. All seven men are in uniform; there are portraits on the wall behind them.
Portrait of Alice Read with her dark hair pulled back into a low ponytail. She poses with left hand on her chin, wearing an off-the-shoulder white top. Location of photo studio: Columbus (Ohio)
Self-portrait of André Jeunet taken in his aunt's home in Caluire near Lyon, France in July, 1919, after he was discharged from the army. He is wearing his military uniform as he poses in front of a wall with floral wallpaper.
Soldiers--French; World War, 1914-1918--France; Military uniforms; Military life; Pacifists
Photographic postcard of André Jeunet taken during his military training in Autun, France in 1915. Other copies were mailed to his family, but Jeunet saved this one and inscribed it in 1920.
Anne Stuart Duncan of Louisville, Kentucky, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Duncan of Louisville, Kentucky, poses wearing a long evening gown. The photograph has been cut on either side, painted on and marked. Handwritten on back of image: Anne...
Women; People; American Folk Song Festival; Folk festivals
A woman wearing a cocktail dress and pearl necklace poses in front of a group of people who are gathered at the stage of the American Folk Song Festival in Boyd County, Kentucky.
The photographer's sister, Florence Matthews, poses with a sled and a dog in a snow scene in Vermont. Handwritten on verso: "With Christmas Love, To Florence, From Kate" An inscription on another print of this image (1985.09.021)...
Bands; Wind instruments; Percussion instruments; Post offices; Post Office and Customs House (Louisville, Ky.); Buildings
The U.S. Mail Band poses in front of the Louisville Post Office. Drums and clarinets are in the front row, followed by trumpets and french horns; saxophones, trombones and tubas bring up the rear.
A basketball team poses in a line. Their jerseys advertise Elbert Coal Co. They wear tank tops, shorts, kneepads, and athletic shoes. The last man in line is likely the coach as he is dressed in a suit.
A girl with long hair wearing a white, or light-colored, dress poses in a swing suspended from a tree. The girl is believed to be the photographer's niece, Elizabeth Matthews, who was the real-life model for the character Betty Lewis in the Little...
A young woman poses outdoors wearing a long dress and holding flowers. The woman is the photographer's niece, Elizabeth Matthews, who was the real-life model for the character Betty Lewis in the Little Colonel books written by Annie Fellows...
A steamboat with two large tiers and a small third tier that is inscribed with "Stellawilds" is parked at Paducah Drydock on the Mississippi River. The dry dock is a platform in the river shallows at river height, and has segments of...
A boy ginseng hunter poses with a ginseng root in his right hand and his "sang" hoe and "sang" bag in his left. A bull-tongue plow and grinding wheel lean against a fence in the background. Handwritten on bottom border: 418. ...
A group of men and boys, including Bunyon Day (far left, standing, with guitar), poses with instruments in a cornfield. A man in a suit, second from left, plays fiddle, beside an old man (Uncle Tom West) wearing a hat and playing mountain dulcimer....
A group of men and boys, including Bunyon Day (far left, standing, with guitar), poses with instruments in a cornfield. A man in a suit, second from left, plays fiddle, beside an old man (Uncle Tom West) wearing a hat and playing mountain dulcimer....
