Fraternities & sororities; Meetings; Students; Student unions; University of Louisville--Buildings; Miller Information Technology Building (Louisville, Ky.)
View of the members of Gamma Beta Phi prior to a meeting in University Center on January 7, 1969. Gamma Beta Phi Meeting in the University Center on January 7, 1969. People: Back Row: Edwin Mann; Sharon Hancock; Jim Rich; S. Ellison; Mid Row:...
Jean Thomas, wearing a coat and tam and clutching her 'Gold Coast' briefcase from Africa, stands outside by the gate of the brick fence at her 'Wee House in the Wood' property in Ashland, Kentucky. The briefcase had been a gift from former employer...
Jean Thomas holds and examines a sculpture of an oarsman. She is standing outside her 'Wee House in the Wood' in Ashland, Kentucky, wearing a polka dot dress and pearls. On her arm is an African briefcase with an inlaid pattern. The briefcase had...
Jean Thomas, wearing a coat and tam and clutching her "Gold Coast" briefcase from Africa, stands outside a brick house with wooden trellis and bench, her "Wee House in the Wood" in Ashland, Kentucky. The briefcase had been a...
Buildings; Theaters; Cultural facilities; East Broadway Theatre (Louisville, Ky.)
Address: 816 E. Broadway. This exterior shot of the East Broadway Theatre shows its twin balconies, lead-paned windows, inset clock, and advertisements for upcoming shows. Although plainer in style than the Royal Theater, Joseph & Joseph's...
Billboard for Dr. Swett's root beer with a large bottle of root bear in the center. On the left is a man dressed like a Pilgrim. On the right is a woman dressed like a Native American. The text reads "Dr. Swett's Root Beer. A Great Drink! Rich...
Small wood cabin with a man and two women standing in front of it. Two Children sit against rocks near one woman, who is feeding a goat. Mountains are in the background. Title: 13409 - Taking Hay Down from the Mountains - In the Heart of Norway....
View from above of a valley in Scotland with a river snaking through it. Fields and trees are on either side of the valley. A tree branch juts out from the left near the top. A young man stands overlooking the valley. Title: 2626 - The Valley of...
Horse-drawn vehicle on dirt road by stone formation. There are a cactus and a yucca plant in the foreground. Printed text on verso reads, "Desert scene, Arizona - The surface of Arizona is a series of plateaus, ranging in altitude from 80 to...
Monuments & memorials; Masonic buildings; Towers; Columns; George Washington Masonic National Memorial (Alexandria, Va.)
George Washington Masonic National Memorial in Alexandria, Virginia. A tall white tower on a base with columned front. Steps lead up to the columned entrance. Printed text on verso reads, "This great Memorial to George Washington, the Mason,...
"This mosaic decorated the bottom of a shallow pool […]. The hole at its center belonged to a water jet. […] Its border consists of a band of twisted ribbon between plain bands. The emblema shows one of the popular episodes related to the...
This mosaic's "border consists of two rows of solids in perspective, each with a dot on its face, and between these a rich acanthus scroll. Except in the outer left row the solids meet in the middle. The acanthus branches spring from two...
“The first part of the project, which began perhaps as early as Augustus, was a grandiose temple to Jupiter; an inscription suggests it was completed by 60 CE. The Jupiter temple is a typical example of the compromise between Greek and Roman...
Lithographs; Prints; Planographic prints; Illustrations; Book illustrations; Literature; Books; Men; Saints; People associated with religion; Heads (Anatomy); Faces; Devil; Supernatural beings; Temptation
Plate 18 from Gustave Flaubert's The Temptation of St. Anthony, third series; lithograph [illustration], printed in black. "Redon's own predilection for fantasy and the macabre drew him naturally into the orbit of Delacroix, Baudelaire, and...
Sculpture; Metalwork; Maps; Industrialization; Industry; Economic & social conditions; Social aspects; Industrial arbitration; Social classes; Wealth; Poverty; Economic & industrial aspects
"Fabro made his first sculpture in the Italia series in 1968. Dozens of variations followed in subsequent years. Another theme established in 1968 was that of 'Feet'. This involved the artist in producing a series of bizarre sculptural...
"Alice Aycock […] bases her forms on the logic of the imagination. […] Aycock revels in conjuring the past. The rich associative content of her sculpture is often nurtured by fanciful titles and accompanying texts that refer to history,...
"For their palace walls the Assyrian kings commissioned extensive series of narrative reliefs exalting royal power and piety. The sculptures record not only battlefield victories but also the slaying of wild animals. […] The degree of...
From Hierakonpolis, Egypt. "In Predynastic times, Egypt was divided geographically and politically into Upper Egypt (the southern, upstream part of the Nile Valley), a narrow tract of grassland that encouraged hunting, and Lower (northern)...
