Palms trees near the beach, overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. There is a bench and a small roofed structure in the background. Text printed on the verso reads, "Jacksonville Beach, Florida. Situated on the Atlantic Ocean eighteen miles east of...
It is to be noticed that if there be any marshy places, certain animals breed there, which are invisible to the eye and yet getting into the system through the mouth and nostrils cause serious disorders." This quaint observation is taken from...
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval--France; Manuscripts, Medieval; Illuminations 1200-1500
Leaf from a small portable Gothic Bible, copied in France in the thirteenth century. The Latin translation used throughout this period was known as the Vulgate, since Latin was the common or vulgar language read by all literate people of the time....
Military nursing--History; World War, 1914-1918--Women; World War, 1914-1918--Medical care; Women and war--History--20th century
World War I resulted in the deaths of over 8,500,000
military personnel and in addition, millions of civilians.
There were not enough doctors to provide the necessary
medical care for the masses of seriously sick and wounded,
and other than in...
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Opera singers; Women; Costumes; Posing
Full-length character portrait of soprano Emma Abbott standing near a table bearing a bottle of wine and a backdrop of a country scene and cottage, wearing a plain white dress with fitted bodice. Abbott led the Emma Abbott Grand [English] Opera...
University of Louisville--Students; Specimens; Rocks; Showcases; Students;
University of Louisville Geology major John Huffman stands behind a display case containing more than one thousand geological specimens collected from the Louisville area. He holds what appears to be some kind of fossil in his hand. At the time of...
Lowell High School, a three-story stone building with red-orange roofing. The architectural style is mission-influenced. The sign on the building reads "Lowell School." Postmarked 1912 on the verso. Published by Pacific Novelty Company,...
Five visible rows of cylindrical oil tanks extending back. Mountains are in the background, and a river or creek crosses in front of the rows with brush on the other side. Handwritten on back: This is a view of the oil tanks. There [are] 35...
Park containing a pond, circular fountains, grassy areas, and a statue of a man on a horse. Trees and buildings are in the background. Text on left: America Illustrated. Text on right: Boston & Suburbs. Descriptive information on back of card:...
City & town life; Railroads; Street railroads; Pedestrians
View of Broadway avenue in Saint Louis, Missouri. Street with back of streetcar, horses and wagons, carriages, and pedestrians with a row of buildings on the left and wires and poles near the right. Title: (28) Street scene in the largest city of...
This dissertation is composed of three essays in which I examine the influence of formal institutions on entrepreneurs and new firms. In the first essay, "The Influence of Institutions on the Likelihood of Self-Employment: A Multilevel...
Construction; Construction equipment; Construction workers; Schneider Hall (Louisville, Ky.); Pile drivers;
A pile driver stands beside a large hole; construction workers stand near the hole and mounds of dirt. They are beginning construction of the new University Library (later renamed Schneider Hall). According to the September 1955 Alumni News, nearly...
"Because precision in dating is impossible for the Paleolithic era, art historians usually can be no more specific than assigning a range of several thousand years to each artifact. But probably later in date than the Venus of Willendorf is...
