Oval-shaped halftone mechanical print of portrait of British author Arthur Conan Doyle, who wrote the Sherlock Holmes mysteries among many other works and genres. Inscription on print, lower center: Yours very truly, A. Conan Doyle. Title supplied...
Portraits; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union; Generals--American--1860-1870; Generals; Military uniforms; Military officers
Portrait of George Crockett Strong (1832-1863), a Union major general in the United States Civil War. He wrote Cadet Life at West Point (1862). During an assault against Fort Wagner, he received a gunshot wound to the thigh and later died of...
"Where Do We Come From? offers a flowing composition divided into three main figure groupings set in a jungle clearing with the sea in the background. In the center a Polynesian Eve, reminiscent of Botticelli's Giuliano de' Medici in the...
Kanawha River in downtown Charleston, West Virginia. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Bridge can be seen in the distance. A. W. Terhune wrote on the front of the postcard: "I'm a thinkin of you honey all de while, Pop."
Street corner view of the Seelbach Hotel in Louisville, Ky. at night. The hotel is located at 500 S. Fourth Street. It was constructed in the Beaux Arts style and completed in 1905. Several people stroll along the street in front of the hotel. A....
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616; Great Britain--History--16th century; Great Britain--History--17th century
Of all the arts drama is the most democratic. Other forms of artistic and aesthetic expression, literature, music, painting, may be cultivated in solitude. Not so the drama. It is demanded by the public; produced for the public and unless it is...
Yevgeny Yevtushenko wrote five poems that critiqued Soviet society. The poems, on topics as diverse as anti-Semitism, the suppression of humor, the mistreatment of women, state repression, and bureaucracy, were written at separate times and for...
A spinning wheel sits in front of a window inside the Hegan family log cabin. The cabin, located near Jacob's Park south of Louisville, Kentucky, was owned by Samuel W. Hegan, father of Alice Caldwell Hegan, who wrote "Mrs. Wiggs of the...
"This great painting was later renamed, with fitting opportunism, The Premonition of Civil War." (Caption); "The events of October 1934, and his scare in Barcelona, seem to have convinced Dali that civil war was a real possibility in...
"Where Do We Come From? offers a flowing composition divided into three main figure groupings set in a jungle clearing with the sea in the background. In the center a Polynesian Eve, reminiscent of Botticelli's Giuliano de' Medici in the...
A woman in a plaid skirt and velvet jacket is entering the door of a frame cabin or house. Ivy covers the steps and walkway and Wisteria blooms over the door. Kate Matthews wrote "Sallie, 1860" on an album page with another print of this...
A crowd of men stand on the floor of a tobacco market in Louisville, Kentucky among large rolls of tobacco. A. W. Terhune wrote on the front of the postcard: "Have just been through place like this with Mr. Brasham Sr., Pop, June 19,...
Waterfalls; Hydroelectric power; Power plants; Hydroelectric power plants
Kanawha Falls in Glen Ferris, West Virginia. The Glen Ferris Hydro Electric Station sits on the bank on the south side of the falls. A. W. Terhune wrote on the front of the postcard, to his daughter: "Saw these today, Father, June 11/07."
Portrait of photographer Kate Matthews and her sister Florence. Handwritten on verso in Matthews Fletcher's hand: "Jessie Matthews Joy, Florence Matthews," but Kate Matthews wrote "Florence and Kate" on an album page with a...
An elderly woman sits in a chair on porch of log cabin with alligator skins hanging on the wall behind her. The cabin, located near Jacob's Park south of Louisville, Kentucky, was owned by Samuel W. Hegan, father of Alice Caldwell Hegan, who wrote...
World War, 1914-1918--France; Verdun, Battle of, Verdun, France, 1916; Soldiers; Military uniforms; Trees
André Jeunet, in soldier's attire, sits in the grass under a tree. Jeunet wrote on the verso side of a print of this image (ULPA 2010.003.002), "Août 1917. Route vers côte 304. Visage et vêtements couvert de poussière. Apres 3 h de...
