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  • Keith Rose created this poster for the Kentucky COVID-19 Poster Project. The poster design is inspired by WWI propaganda. The poster features a soldier, wearing a medical face mask, saluting. The text reads: "True American Patriots Wear a Mask for their Country/ For Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness!"

    Keith Rose was born and raised in Cynthiana, Kentucky. Rose finds freedom and self-expression of his queer identity through art. Rose is a resident of Louisville and is active in the local art community.
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  • Poster for the Hennegan Printing Company featuring a paintbrush made of crayons being dipped into a paint can.

  • Artist Arte Chambers created this poster, titled "What Makes Us Great", for the Kentucky COVID-19 Poster Project of 2020. The poster conveys thoughts about 2020 social issues, including racial injustice, white supremacy, and COVID-19 health protocol. The poster conveys the opinion that health, particularly wearing a face mask, is what makes America great, rather than hate or fear, represented by a Ku Klux Klan mask and a balaclava, respectively.

    Arte Chambers is a printmaker and attended Indiana University Southeast for printmaking. His style is influenced by comics and video game manuals. The themes of his art pieces are inspired by American social issues, social disruptions, and dialogues about human issues.
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  • Artist Mallory Lucas created this poster, titled "Will You Fight Now or Wait for This?", for the Kentucky COVID-19 Poster Project of 2020. Lucas based the design of this poster based on a World War I propaganda poster. The poster discusses issues of police brutality, racial violence, and the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Mallory Lucas is a printmaker who is inspired by 20th century war posters and other print objects. She derives inspiration generally from cultural objects of the distant past. Lucas explores themes of otherness, social injustice, and social exclusion in her prints.
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  • Behind Battery E of the 6th Regiment Field Artillery Replacement stands the former home of Herman Kurz, a Louisville grocer. You can see the house on Hess Lane today.

  • Behind Battery E of the 6th Regiment Field Artillery Replacement stands the former home of Herman Kurz, a Louisville grocer. You can see the house on Hess Lane today.

  • Photograph of home at 1313 Mossrose Ave ca. 1913.

  • Houses on the 1700 block of 3rd Street located on the west side, Louisville, KY. Various floats from cans and barrels were used, 1937 Flood. Man using flat-bottomed raft and rowing oar to travel flooded roadway. Raft appears to have some sort of supplies.

  • Photograph of the 1700 block of Belmar Drive, off of Poplar Level Road, in Louisville, Kentucky.

  • Postcard advertising the 1907 Kentucky State Fair; "Six Great Days! $25,000 in prizes!" Subsequent county fairs promoted at bottom of the postcard.

  • Postcard depicting events being held at the 1909 Kentucky State Fair, "Show Rain or Shine. Day and Night."

  • Postcard of a butter sculpture depicting "The Sugar Creek Maid" Sculpted from Sugar Creek Butter, exhibited at the Kentucky State Fair in September, 1922.

  • Scrapbook page featuring souvenirs and memorabilia from the 1923 Kentucky Derby. Items on the page include a jockey on the horse, a general admission ticket, a ticket to the grandstand, and an image of the winning horse with roses from the Kentucky Derby (possibly Zev).

  • Close-up of a photo on a scrapbook page created by Mary Elizabeth Theobald. The image is of the winning horse and jockey.

  • Photograph from Mary Elizabeth Theobald's scrapbook of the 1923 Kentucky Derby Grandstand.

  • Framed original painted poster from the 1924 Kentucky State Fair which won the first place ribbon in the Women's Department, Art and Craft Section.

  • 1937 Flood, W. Jefferson St., Louisville, Ky. National Guard checking motorist. The Packard Roadster at the curb is headed west.

  • Postcard of a butter sculpture depicting a boy drinking from a ladle with a milk bucket by his side, and a cow with two calves. Front text reads, "Sculpted from Ewing-Von Allmen Sweet Cream Butter at Kentucky State Fair-- 1941.

  • Cover of the 1950 Kentucky State Fair Horse Show program previewing the entire week of the show, September 11-16, 1950.

  • Menu for Derby Day at the Pendennis Club 1959.
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