Portraits; Portrait photographs; Men; Business people
Portrait of Colonel Charles Christopher Mengel of Louisville, Kentucky. He has a white mustache and hair and is wearing a striped tie. Crop marks outline his image and the photograph is marked with discolorations from age. Handwritten on back of...
Statue of Daniel Boone in Boonesboro, Kentucky. Statue of Boone leaning on a rifle in a cap and a coat with epaulets. The statue is atop a high, wide stone pedestal or wall with sloping sides and an illegible plaque which looks like it says Boone's...
Original sixteenth century leaf from a commentary or writings about the text of the Qur'an written on handmade paper. Followers of Islam find the Qur'an to be the literal word of God, revealed through the prophet Muhammad and containing all things...
An original manuscript leaf from a late sixteenth century or early seventeenth century Persian Qur'an, written and illuminated circa 1570-1630 on handmade paper. The Qur'an or Holy Koran is the key religious text for Islam. Followers of Islam find...
The Qur'an or Holy Koran is the key religious text for Islam. Followers of Islam find the Qur'an to be the literal word of God, revealed through the prophet Muhammad and containing all things necessary for a righteous life. This illuminated leaf of...
Stores & shops; Department stores; Window displays; Mannequins
Mannequins on display inside a store window. Various scenes of a man, woman, and child with a horse in a stable. A sign in front of the straw reads 'Smart Things to Wear That Have That Casual Air So Much Desired When Kentucky goes to the Derby.'
Poster with a cartoon man bowling and pictures of food below him. The text reads Playtime is needed when my working day is done. Good food starts me relaxing and the things I do are fun. Title supplied by cataloger.
Long row of freight cars filled with coal curving back along the railroad tracks. More tracks and another train are to the left. Industrial equipment is in the background. Title: 6705 - A Trainload of Coal - Fresh from Pittsburgh Fields for Lake...
Train on the center tracks in a row of four sets of railroad tracks beneath a metal railroad sign that crosses the tracks. In the background the tracks curve around a tree-covered mountain. There are trees to the left below a drop-off. Two people...
Train approaching from the left on a set of railroad tracks with steep, tall rock walls on either side. To the right, in front of the rock is the Arkansas River. There is an iron fence between the land with the railroad tracks and the water. Title:...
Aerial view of Manhattan. Rows of buildings and streets with parkland in the center. P-26295 Manhattan Island, N.Y. as Seen from an Airplane. Text on left: Keystone View Company. Copyrighted. Manufacturers Publishers. Made in U.S.A. Text on right:...
Christmas cards; Roofs; Snow; Chimneys; Footprints; Weather vanes; Santa Claus
Snow-covered rooftop with footprints around the chimney. A rooster weathervane sticks up out of the snow. A holly-decorated frame surrounds the inscription, "May all good things come to thee this festive day." Copyright S. Bergman, 1912.
Star on a field of pine branches, surrounded by geometric shapes that resemble Christmas ornaments (balls, bells, etc.). The primary content of the card is a poem: If you are a-wishing me Christmas delights / Half as hard as I'm wishing for you, /...
Man and woman in an embrace. Their heads are blocked by the man's large hat; presumably they are kissing. Above them is a landscape with hills and trees. Beside the couple is a poem: "There's lots of things that charm me / In country life -...
"Action behind the sheet, in the presence of the ubiquitous lion. Dali said the painting referred to his and Gala's repudiation by his father. There are allusions to Gala's operation, which Dali feared might be fatal." (Caption);...
"Ad Reinhardt's satirical cartoons, which contrasted sharply with his practice as a painter, dated back to the 1930s and 1940s. His strong Communist sympathies during that period had informed a series of cartoons for left-wing journals. By the...
"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,...
