1200 block of Eastern Parkway on the south side looking west. Block of Eastern Parkway with houses set back from the streets, some on slight hills accessed by stairs.
3rd Street at Lansing Avenue looking west. Intersection of two streets with some flooding at the curb. Both streets are in different stages of being dug up and repaired with piles of dirt along the roads. A manhole sticks up in the middle of the...
"As an African-American who is able to pass as 'white', Piper has written eloquently of the social and institutional prejudices that surface when she divulges her racially mixed identity. In a text entitled 'Flying' of 1987 she wrote: 'I am...
Performance art; Video recording; Film stills; Men; Artists; Backs (Anatomy); Dance; Locomotion; Human locomotion; Geometry
"Carried out for the camera alone, Nauman's performances of the late 1960s often dealt with the artist's confinement in his studio. This was ironic given that elsewhere art was shrugging off its traditional solipsism and taking to the streets....
"This is an early example of Buren's use of stripe motifs in a public context. He has continued the practice to the present. For instance, in 1997 in Munster, Germany, his contribution to a festival of site-specific sculpture consisted of...
"This is an early example of Buren's use of stripe motifs in a public context. He has continued the practice to the present. For instance, in 1997 in Munster, Germany, his contribution to a festival of site-specific sculpture consisted of...
A crowd of people fill the Municipal Bridge during its opening in October 1929. The bridge was later renamed the George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge. The bridge spans the Ohio River from Second and Main Streets in Louisville, Kentucky, to Illinois...
Fire fighters; Industrial facilities; Fire engines; Utility poles; People; Transportation; Buildings
A crowd watches as firefighters work on a fire at Thirteenth and Main Streets in the Portland neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky. At the left are two steam-powered pumps. In the background a fireman in a light-colored hat and coat climbs a ladder...
A drug store sits at the corner of Hickory and Ash Streets in Louisville, Kentucky. Goss Avenue can be seen in the background. The area looks mostly residential with a number of shotgun houses lining the street. Both Hickory and Ash Streets were...
Carriages & coaches; Horses; Cobblestone streets; Street railroads; Railroad tracks; Utility poles
A horse-drawn carriage crosses an intersection of cobblestone streets in a city. Shops and telephone poles line the street, and trolley car tracks are in the foreground. Title supplied by cataloger.
A low stone wall separates a wide lawn from the sidewalk and street. Broad steps lead up to the entry of a building, which appears to be constructed of brick with a stone foundation and is adorned with multi-story Ionic columns topped by a...
Streets; City & town life; Automobiles; Stores & shops; Horses; Carriages & coaches; Buildings; Transportation
A median separates two brick streets in a business district of Jeffersonville, Indiana. At the end of the median is a long low building with a rounded roof where a number of horse-and-carriage rigs are parked. More carriages and cars are parked...
Automobiles; Transportation; Universities & colleges; University of Louisville--Buildings; Grawemeyer Hall (Louisville, Ky.); Parkway Field (Louisville, Ky.)
A row of cars is lined up on a field between the University of Louisville's Belknap campus and Parkway Field minor league ballpark. Under each of the vehicles is a number typed on the photograph. In the back left is Grawemeyer Hall. Other campus...
A sign for Berman Printing Company, Printers and Engravers, is attached to the corner of a building at Third and Main Streets in Louisville, Kentucky. Further along is the Louisville Chemical Company at 108-114 S. Third Street, followed by signs...
A small podium has been erected on the Municipal Bridge in Louisville, Kentucky. One man stands at a microphone with other men on the podium and people are seated and standing around the stage to watch. This is the opening ceremony of the Municipal...
A statue of George D. Prentice, editor of the "The Louisville Daily Journal" from 1831 to 1868, sits on the grass in front of what appears to be a church. Early in the twentieth century, the statue was moved from the Courier-Journal...
Buildings; Stores & shops; Houses; Vehicles; Trucks; Men
A store stands on either corner in the distance at the intersection of two streets. To the left, a man sits by the door. A truck is parked in front of the building to the right. Houses line either side of the street with two small children standing...
