Architecture; Architectural elements; Towers; Walls; City walls; Forts & fortifications
"As the town's wealth grew and powerful neighbors established themselves, the need for protection resulted in the first known permanent stone fortifications. By approximately 7500 BCE, the town, estimated to have had a population of more than...
"Dali and Gala had every reason to be grateful to America, which had showered them with dollars. Here, as Columbus, the painter kneels on the shore, holding aloft a silver crucifix. Gala appears once more as Virgin Mary, on the banner."...
Paintings; Oil paintings; Civil wars; War; Politics & government; Political issues; Dictators; Nazis; Fascism; Civilization; Bombings; Military tactics; War destruction & pillage; Death; Dismemberment; Body parts; Mental states; Despair;...
"In this monumental work of 1937, Guernica, Picasso combined Analytic and Synthetic Cubist forms with several traditional motifs, juxtaposing them in a new Surrealist way. The combination serves the political message of the painting - namely,...
"The painting belonged to Edward James. The 'paranoiac-critical town' is composed of elements principally from Cadaqués and Palamós." (Caption); "The reference was to Outskirts of the Paranoiac-Critical Town, one of Dali's finest...
"The view from the balcony of the Dalis' second home in Figueres, at Carrer Monturiol 24. This was the painting Dali showed Picasso on his first visit to Paris in April 1926." (Caption); "The building, today numbered Monturiol, 10,...
"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 boarding home in the town square at Manchester owned by Robert G. Potter and Nancy Catherine "Kate" Gilbert Potter. Robert Potter died in 1896. Visitors to Oneida Baptist Institute passed through Manchester on their way from the London...
A small town with buildings, roads, and a grassy clearing, nestled in valley at Cumberland Gap, Kentucky, amid trees and mountains. In this photograph the town is partly obscured by a row of trees in the foreground.
A view of the town of Oneida from Sandlin Hill. Lee Combs' farm and house on the South Fork are on the left. The white two-story "Big Store" is at the foot of the hill on the left. Oneida Baptist Institute's Marvin Hall is the building...
Address: 741 E. Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky. Two delivery trucks for Home Town Potato Chips are shown parked across the street from R and B Hardware Co. on Broadway. At the back of each truck is a man unloading boxes. At the hardware store,...
Advertisement for Royal Crown hanging from a wall. On the poster sits a woman in an Uncle Sam outfit holding a bottle of RC Cola. The text reads "Royal Crown Cola. All America town by town votes to Make mine Royal Crown." For Brown &...
Advertisement for Royal Crown. A poster hangs in front of a pleated panel or curtain. On the poster sits a woman in an Uncle Sam outfit holding a bottle of RC Cola. The text reads "Royal Crown Cola. All America town by town votes to Make mine...
Aerial view of "The Hub City," the county seat of Harlan County, Kentucky, 1928. The town in the valley is surrounded by hills. On back of image: "Birdseye view of Harlan, Ky 'The Hub City'"
Aerial view of "The Hub City," the county seat of Harlan County, Kentucky, 1928. The town in the valley is surrounded by hills. On back of image: Birdseye view of Harlan 'The Hub City'.
Aerial view of a town in a valley between mountains. Rows of houses and other buildings with mountains in the background. Title: 395-d. Georgetown, Colorado. Copyright, 1900, by C.L. Wesson. Text on left: International View Co. Text on right:...
Aerial view of Pineville, Kentucky, showing the town in the valley. On back of image: "The Cumberland River winds like a ribbon around Pineville. Aerial view of Pineville, U.S. No. 25." Stamp on back: Ky. Progress Commission State Capitol...
Aerial view of town showing buildings, trees, and the river in the distance in the far right. DePauw's American Plate Glass Works is identified at the river bend. Similar view to 1989.14.43. Title supplied by cataloger.
Aerial view of town showing buildings, trees, and the river in the distance in the far right. DePauw's American Plate Glass Works is identified at the river bend. Similar view to 1989.14.44.