Paintings; Oil paintings; Still life paintings; Still lifes; Business & finance; Tables; Furniture; Books; Encyclopedias & dictionaries; Geography; Money; Coins; Greenbacks; Correspondence; Pens; Writing materials; Envelopes; Marks...
“In The Writing Table, eight meticulously described items are arranged on a cool green trompe-l’oeiled marble slab: a hefty leather-bound tome; a small shiny gold or copper coin; a sparkling silver coin; a roll of well-worn five-dollar bills;...
Photographs; Stats; Reproductions; Collages; Language; Slogans; Graphic design; Inscriptions; Lettering (Layout features); Advertisements; Advertising; Feminism; Women; Social aspects; Social classes; Social life; Social justice; Social values;...
"Given her interest in writing, it is not surprising that [Kruger] soon began to incorporate words into her art. Her new mode - large-scale black and white images reshot from scavenged photos and interpolated with a written message - debuted...
Photographs; Stats; Reproductions; Collages; Language; Slogans; Graphic design; Inscriptions; Lettering (Layout features); Advertisements; Advertising; Feminism; Women; Social aspects; Social classes; Social life; Social justice; Social values;...
"Given her interest in writing, it is not surprising that [Kruger] soon began to incorporate words into her art. Her new mode - large-scale black and white images reshot from scavenged photos and interpolated with a written message - debuted...
Sculpture; Figurines; Human body; Heads (Anatomy); Animals; Lions
"One of the earliest sculptures discovered to date is an extraordinary ivory statuette, which may be as old as 30,000 BCE, from a cave at Hohlenstein-Stadel in Germany. Carved out of mammoth ivory and nearly a foot tall - a truly huge image...
A fifteenth century scribe prepared this blank leaf made of animal skin by marking 19 straight lines before writing a text. Animal skin was still being used for many books during this time, although paper was known in Europe by the fourteenth...
Boys; Hospitals; Orthopedic braces; People with disabilities; Writing
A shirtless boy wearing a brace on his left arm and shoulder stands on a brick balcony, writing with his right hand. He is likely at Stephenson orthopedic hospital in Ashland, Kentucky, being treated by Dr. Arthur Shade Jones, eastern head of the...
Women; Boys; Wheelchairs; Hospitals; People with disabilities; Writing
A shirtless boy with casts on both legs sits in a wheelchair on a brick balcony, writing in a notepad, with Jean Thomas looking over his shoulder. He is likely at Stephenson orthopedic hospital in Ashland, Kentucky, being treated by Dr. Arthur...
Women; Boys; Wheelchairs; Hospitals; People with disabilities; Writing
A shirtless boy with casts on both legs sits in a wheelchair on a brick balcony, writing in a notepad, with Jean Thomas looking over his shoulder. He is likely at Stephenson orthopedic hospital in Ashland, Kentucky, being treated by Dr. Arthur...
Boys; Wheelchairs; Hospitals; People with disabilities; Writing
A shirtless boy with casts on both legs sits in a wheelchair on a brick balcony, writing in a notepad. He is likely at Stephenson orthopedic hospital in Ashland, Kentucky, being treated by Dr. Arthur Shade Jones, eastern head of the Kentucky...
Women; Boys; Beds; Hospitals; People with disabilities; Writing
A shirtless boy with casts on both legs sits on an iron hospital bed, writing in a notepad, with Jean Thomas looking over his shoulder. He is likely at Stephenson orthopedic hospital in Ashland, Kentucky, being treated by Dr. Arthur Shade Jones,...
Women; Boys; Beds; Hospitals; People with disabilities; Writing
A shirtless boy with casts on both legs sits on an iron hospital bed, writing in a notepad, with Jean Thomas looking over his shoulder. He is likely at Stephenson orthopedic hospital in Ashland, Kentucky, being treated by Dr. Arthur Shade Jones,...
Boys; Beds; Hospitals; People with disabilities; Writing
A shirtless boy with casts on both legs sits on an iron hospital bed, writing in a notepad. Another boy looks on from another bed. They are likely at Stephenson orthopedic hospital in Ashland, Kentucky, being treated by Dr. Arthur Shade Jones,...
Police; Law enforcement officers; Ticketing; Automobiles; Vehicles
A uniformed police officer stands next to a Model T Ford writing a ticket, while a man in a wool suit and hat bends over to turn the car's crank. The driver, a man, and a female passenger are also visible through the car's windshield. Title...
Buildings; Airports; United States. Works Progress Administration; Bowman Field (Ky.)
Addition to Administration Building under construction, Bowman Field, Louisville, Kentucky, 1936. The building is shown emerging from the worksite rubble. To the left of the building is a small sign saying "USA Work Program WPA"--and the...
Street railroads; Street railroad tracks; Buildings; Louisville Railway Company; Transportation
Address: 1833 S. Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A trolley car is shown halfway into the trolley barns at Fourth and Avery Streets (now known as Cardinal Boulevard) the morning after a fire. The brick of the multi-story building and the...
Buildings; Banks; Liberty Insurance Bank (Louisville, Ky.)
Address: 207-209 W. Market Street. The interior of Liberty Bank had waist-high white marble counters. A row of benches and writing tables runs between two rows of enclosed teller counters. At the far end of the room is a gated vault with an ornate...
Buildings; Banks; Liberty Insurance Bank (Louisville, Ky.)
Address: 207-209 W. Market Street. The interior of Liberty Bank had waist-high white marble counters. A row of benches and writing tables runs between two rows of enclosed teller counters. At the far end of the room is a gated vault with the words...
Address: 224 E. Broadway. This Egyptian Revival style structure was built as a combination Masonic temple and hotel and was to also include a large and elaborately decorated theater. The theater was never built and the building was sold after only...
An African-American woman wearing a long dress and head scarf sits at a table on a porch, writing. A portrait of Abraham Lincoln is propped up on the table. In her 1940 book 'The Sun Shines Bright,' Thomas recalls that Aunt Charity had been hired...
