Amish--Books and reading; Amish--Ohio--Social life and customs; Literacy--Ohio
Following in the tradition of scholars who treat literacy in context such as Deborah Brandt, Shirley Brice Heath, and David Barton and Mary Hamilton, I conducted my dissertation research not in an academic classroom but in the valleys of Hanley, a...
"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,...
Side entrance of Lyndhurst mansion in Lexington, Kentucky, formerly owned by Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Stone. The architect based his plans on a villa he visited in Italy. Construction began in 1861 but was interrupted by the Civil War. The villa was...
“This stoa received its name (poikile, ‘painted’) from the series of large paintings which decorated its walls. These were painted on wooden panels by the three great Athenian painters of the day, Polygnotus, Micon and Panaenus. The paintings...
When Howard Manning wakes from a fainting spell to find himself hospitalized with a serious but correctable weakness in his heart, his refusal of treatment intimates a death wish that provokes consternation among the skilled medical professionals...
Hospital care--Computer simulation; Hospitals--Computer simulation; Medical appointments and schedules
With more and more attention surrounding healthcare, Industrial Engineers have championed the task to help hospitals and outpatient centers operate as efficiently as possible. Simulation is often used to analyze hospital performance measures. The...
Milburn house on Delaware Avenue in Buffalo; a brown brick house with green trim. A police officer stands on the sidewalk at the end of the walkway to the house. Text printed on verso reads, "On Sept. 5, 1901, President McKinley visited the...
The Household Division of the British Army responsible for guarding the British Royal Family performs The Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace, London, England. The soldiers wear tall hats and carry musical instruments. Jean Thomas and her...
Jean Thomas, wearing a fur coat, stands by a gate with two young men holding dogs. The house resembles one in an older photo identified as that of Thomas' uncle, Henry Bell, of North Yorkshire, England. Thomas and her sister visited England with...
Minstrels; Violins; Stone walls; Men; Dogs; Tramps
Portrait of a man and his dog next to a vine-covered stone wall. The bearded man wears ragged striped tuxedo pants, a tuxedo jacket with tails and a top hat. He carefully holds a fiddle and bow in his arms. The man is Jim Felton, a wandering...
Camelback mountain Arizona as pictured in Annie Fellows Johnston's autobiography, "Land of the Little Colonel" (1929). Kate Matthews is credited for photographs used to illustrate that book, but it is doubtful that she actually visited...
National parks & reserves; Lind, Jenny, 1820-1887; Rock formations
Rock formation shaped like a chair. Named "Jenny Lind's Armchair" in honor of the opera singer Jenny Lind, known as the Swedish Nightingale. Lind once sat in this chair at Mammoth Cave Park, Kentucky. A woman wearing a sweater, skirt, and...
Paintings; Oil paintings; Fantasy; Allusions; Symbols; Sex; Relations between the sexes; Lust; Gays; Martyrs; Saints; People associated with religion; Sailors; Men; Women; Bathing beauties; Portraits; Self-portraits; Nudes; Muscles; Standing;...
"One of Dali's greatest paintings from the mid-1920s, not exhibited since 1927. The influence of Picasso is manifest. It develops the theme of Saint Sebastian that so fascinated Lorca [Federico García Lorca] and Dali." (Caption);...
"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...
Two women wearing glasses and cloche hats sit on a bench on the grounds of a large building, possibly in England, which they visited to attend the Festival of the English Folk Song and Dance Society held in Royal Albert Hall in London, England....
Jean Thomas, wearing a fur coat, poses outside the doorway of a large brick house with a girl holding a cat. Another cat walks along the garden path, and clothes hang on a clothesline. The house resembles one in an older photo identified as that of...
Jean Thomas, wearing a fur coat, poses outside the doorway of a brick Tudor house with a young man. A dog walks in front of them. The house resembles one in an older photo identified as that of Thomas' uncle, Henry Bell, of North Yorkshire,...
Jean Thomas poses outside a pair of thatched houses (one rectangular, one triangular) in England, possibly in Sonning-on-Thames. Thomas and her sister visited England with Jilson Setters to attend the Festival of the English Folk Song and Dance...
Jean Thomas poses outside a pair of thatched houses (one rectangular, one triangular) in England, possibly in Sonning-on-Thames. Thomas and her sister visited England with Jilson Setters to attend the Festival of the English Folk Song and Dance...
