“The porch has sixteen Egyptian grey and red granite columns, each 40 Roman feet in height and weighing about 84 tons. […] The diameter and height of the rotunda are exactly the same, 43.2 metres [meters] (140 feet). […] The walls of the...
400 block of south 4th Street on the east side. A shoe store, an unidentified storefront, and Thomas McAn on the ground level with a detective agency and other offices on the higher floors. A man stands at a window on the second floor.
400 block south 4th Street on the west side. S.S. Kresge Company storefront. A long row of window displays beneath the awning and sign. A loan company and other offices are on the higher floors.
Buildings; Offices; Newspaper industry; Construction
400 block south 5th Street on the east side. Louisville Herald Building, a two-story brick building with a For Reint sign in the window. It is separated by an alley from a brick-and-stone building under construction with materials and equipment on...
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.
Streets; Buildings; Stores & shops; Department stores; Clothing stores
427 south 4th Street on the east side looking north at Kaufman-Straus. A multi-story brick building with a Kaufman Strauss sign above the entrance. Next to it is a store with the Buell clothing store. There is a row of window displays.
Simmons University (Louisville, Ky.); African American universities and colleges; Universities & colleges--Buildings; Simmons University (Louisville, Ky.)--Buildings; African Americans--Education (Higher); Education; Hospitals; Medical...
"Citizen's National Hospital" is engraved above the entrance to the building and a sign in the window advertises Dr. Houser on duty. The building which sits on West Chestnut is believed to have been Simmons University Hospital. The back...
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);...
"Preston Lodge F & A. M." (Free and Accepted Masons), Louisville, Kentucky. The first floor has concrete blocks and a tiny window; the second and third floors are connected by marble pillars around three windows on each of those...
"There was a lyrical quality to Hirst's use of butterflies' lifecycles, both in the 1991 installation In and Out of Love, and the related 1994-5 series of paintings, of which I Love You forms part." (Caption, p.231); "By contrast to...
"While producing works like this, Turrell also embarked on a major project in 1972 which involved purchasing, and subsequently modifying, an extinct volcanic crater located in northern Arizona. This 'Roden Crater' project has connections with...
A branch of the First National Bank at 2223 Bardstown Road, Louisville, Kentucky, is shown. The brick building has large windows and an entryway built on a corner of the building. Lettering in the front window reads, "Bardstown Road Branch,...
A carpet runner climbs a wooden staircase at 2515 Longest Avenue in Louisville, Kentucky. A chandelier lights the area as does a large window at the stair landing. To the right is a small hallway leading to another room. A sideboard, carpet and a...
A child sits inside an automobile and leans out the window. The car is parked in front of a multi-story home with railings around the porches on the first and second floors. Vines and bushes grow around the home.
