Paintings; Acrylic paintings; Abstract paintings; Abstract works
"In Louis's enormous 'veils' of the 1950s the physical operations of pouring paint or tilting a canvas so that the paint floods down it are powerfully implied." (Caption, p.28); "[Clement] Greenberg's conception of 'Modernism' as...
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...
African American musicians; Musicians; African Americans; Trombones; Trumpets; Saxophones; Drums (Musical instruments); Pianos; Stringed instruments; Wind instruments; Violins; Banjos; People
Six African American musicians perform in an open pavilion. The drum reads "Jones Orchestra." Other instruments include trombone, violin, banjo, piano, trumpet, and saxophone. Outside of the pavilion tables are set up.
"The sacks used in these canvases often displayed stenciled letters relating to their commercial origins. This suggests some link with the German prewar Dadaist, Kurt Schwitters who made collages from printed waste paper. However, Burri,...
An artist, who appears to be Mary Johnston, is resting her head on a box on a table in her studio. Brushes and paints are on the table and watercolor paintings hang around the room. Title supplied by cataloger.
Baseball; Baseball players; Athletes; Group portraits; Men
Group portrait of the Louisville Eclipse team, which played Major League baseball in the American Association from 1882-1884 (following a stint as a semi-pro team from Louisville's West End). The team played at the original location of Eclipse...
Side view from Louisville, Kentucky, shore (at left) of Municipal Bridge under construction in 1929; supports and wires await the next span. The bridge links Louisville, Kentucky, to Jeffersonville, Indiana. On back of image: "New York Studio...
Big Four Bridge between Louisville, Kentucky, and Jeffersonville, Indiana, and the banks of the Ohio River. Steamboat at front right. On back of image: "New York Studio Anything Photographic Louisville, Ky."
425 south 4th Street on the east side. Standiford Studio in a Tudor-style building next to a two-story brick building with a For Rent sign in the window.
4th Street at Chestnut Street looking south on 4th. The Venice restaurant at the corner with stores and other businesses across the street, including Standiford Studio.
Exterior view of Gold Tone Studio Photographers with a display of photographs in the window and a neon sign above. Address: 314 West Chestnut Street, Louisville, Kentucky.
View looking east down Warnock Street, taken from the roof of Lutz Hall. The Service Complex, the Natatorium and the Studio Arts/HPES Buildings line the street.
Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Cafeterias; Tables; Chairs; Women;
Dining area with round tables and chairs, a coat rack, and couches. Three women sit at a table near the back. There are ketchup bottles, salt and pepper shakers, and sugar dispensers on the tables. This has been identified as a picture of the...
Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Studios; Religious facilities; Educational facilities;
The Art Studio, a small brick building. The front entrance and a covered side entrance are visible. There is ivy growing on the front of the building, and leaves on the grass in the foreground. The Art Studio was razed in 1979 to make room for...
Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky, teeming with cars and pedestrians. A well-dressed woman with fur stole is in the foreground with her hand on a little girl's shoulder. Signs on the street advertise Fur Storage, Fred Haupt Co. flowers, Oriental...
City & town life; Elevated railroads; Railroads; Buildings; Pedestrians; People
View down the Bowery of the cobblestone street and the elevated railroad tracks on either side in front of the buildings. Streetcars, carriages, and pedestrians are on the street. A train is on the elevated railroad on the left side of the street....
City & town life; Street railroads; Railroads; Pedestrians
Two streets, identified as Broadway and Fifth Avenue, meet at an angle with the Flat Iron Building in between them in New York City. Both streets are lined with buildings and have pedestrians and horse-drawn carriages and wagons on them. The street...
