Boyle County Public Library Artifacts

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Boyle County Public Library Artifacts

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Map of Adventures for Boys and Girls
A literary landmarks map of the world marking areas of importance in books for children to read about.

Fall Foliage
Matted and framed photograph of the fall foliage on Lexington Avenue in Danville. Frame is black with plexiglas glazing.

Shakertown Staircase 3/250
Color photograph on photo paper of a staircase at Shakertown with a bowl of lemons on a table. Has a black frame with plexiglas glazing. Frame measures: 15 1/2" x 12 1/2" x 3/4"

Shaker Lantern in Barn
Color photograph on premium photo paper of a lamp in the barn by the hay. Has a black frame with plexiglas glazing. Frame measures: 16" x 13" x 3/4"

Shaker Spinning Wheel
Color photograph of a Shaker spinning wheel. Framed in a wooden frame with non-glare glazing. Frame measures: 11 1/2" x 9 1/2" x 1"

Waiting For Hair
Color photograph on photo paper of the interior of the 3rd Street Barber Shop. Framed in a wooden frame with plexiglas glazing. Frame measures: 13 1/4" x 16 1/2" x 3/4"

Old Crow Inn
Digital print of the driveway leading to Old Crow Inn, covered in snow. Printed on Epson photographic paper.

Kentucky Warbler and Maidenhair Fern
Color lithograph of a Kentucky Warbler and Maidenhair Fern.

Fox with pups
Foxes with greenery in a log

Water Lilies

Rotunda (at night)

Chicory, Thistle, Violet
Print on wove paper of Chicory, Thistles, and Violets. Print number 904, unknown out of how many.

White Crowned Sparrow and Multi-flora Rose

Rose Breasted Grosbeak
Photo-Mechanical print on wove paper of Rose-breasted Grosbeak.

Passages

Penn's Store

Oval Portrait of Woman - Jenny Lind
Copy of a portrait of Johanna Maria "Jenny" Lind - Swedish Opera singer

Giraffes in Hot Air Balloon
Photomechanical print of two giraffes in a hot air balloon.

Portrait of James G. Birney

Pool Room

Winchester Cathedral: Jane Austen's Grave
Jane Austen is known as one of the greatest novelists, but when she was buried in the Cathedral in 1817 at the age of 41, her original memorial stone made no mention of her books. You can read the brass plaque erected in 1872 to redress the omission…

Flowers and Butterfly
Oil on canvas stretched onto a four-member stretcher with no keys. Butterfly on a flowering branch.
"Whatever I see that I like, I paint it." Inez graduated from Lowell High School and San Francisco State University. She was a member ot the…

Danville High School Painting
Danville High School Painting

Real Watutsi
Watusi tribe dancing

Circus Act
Circus characters and elephants in a colorful painting.

Elizabeth T. Lee Wilkinson Portrait
Oil on wooden panel painting, portrait of Elizabeth T. Lee Wilkinson (Betty Lee Wilkinson), seated, painted from the waist up.

Female Form
Watercolor, acrylic, pen & ink on paper, three sides (left, right and top) have been torn for artistic effect. Image is of a woman with flowing hair.

Young-Rodes Library
Computer manipulated photograph of 3rd Street entrance to the Young Rodes Library

Chinese Export Plate
Decorative Chinese plate with floral motif, gold filigree work and dragon and bird.

Fashion Plate
Pen and ink drawing of a fashion model

Rotunda
Photographic print on paper of the exterior Rotunda of the Boyle County Public Library in Danville, KY

Telegraph Tower, Junction City, KY
Black and white photograph of the Telegraph Tower in Junction City, KY, circa 1950.

The Rock Breaker
This is a copy of an original pastel by Paul Sawyier. It shows the bust image of African-American man wearing a fur cap. He has on a dark gray shirt with green striped suspenders. There is a gray background surrounding the head. Alternate titles…

Vendanges a Montmartre
Poster to announce/commemorate the Harvest Festival at Monmartre on 3 October 1987

Vision
Norman was selected to serve as the 2009-2010 Poet Laureate for the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and was officially installed as Laureate on April 24, 2009. On May 8, 2011, Norman was awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Berea…

Resolve
Maureen Morehead is a retired school teacher with 32 years of service with the Jefferson County public schools, teaching advanced placement English, creative writing and journalism. She also taught at the University of Louisville and Western Kentucky…

Ivy Covered Trinity Episcopal
Watercolor on wove paper of Trinity Episcopal Church, covered in ivy. Located on Main Street in Danville, KY.

The Cliffs: Kentucky Pallisades
Watercolor painting on paper, depicts Kentucky pallisades in abstracted form.

Rolling Fork Stream
Watercolor painting on watercolor paper of Rolling Fork Stream. Trees beside stream.

Mule Power
Colored Pencil Drawing on wove paper of two mules pulling a plow in front of a man.

Silhouette of a Horse
Pastel on black paper of a brown horse on a blue background.

Watts-Bell House in Constitution Square
Pen and ink drawing of the Watts-Bell House in Constitution Square, Danville, KY

UK Tobacco Cutting Contestants
Colored Pencil Drawing on wove paper of two men in a tobacco field.

Daybreak in Danville
Watercolor Collage of scenes from Danville: Rolling hills with horses, Downtown, Library, children playing. Done on Arches paper

Certificate of Kentucky Colonel A.B. Lyttle
Certificate granting A.B. Lyttle, of Shelbyville, Kentucky the honor of Kentucky Colonel. Signed by Governor Ruby Laffoon, Sara W. Mahan, Secretary of State, and C.W. Wilson. Asst. Secretary of State. There is a blue ribbon with gold seal of the…

Certificate of Kentucky Colonel of L.C. Armfield
Certificate granting L.C. Armfield of Chicago, Illinois the honor of Kentucky Colonel. Signed by Governor Ruby Laffoon, Sara W. Mahan, Secretary of State, and Ora L. Adauis, Asst. Secretary of State. There is a blue ribbon with gold seal of the state…

Horses
Oil on canvas stretched onto a four member stretcher. Three brown horses and a foal standing in a field by a stream with a stone fence and trees behind.

Sunset In the Knobs Down on the Fork
Oil on canvas stretched onto a four member stretcher with no keys. Sun setting over a winter landscape

Daylilies and Greenery
Large oil on canvas, stretched onto a four member stretcher, of orange daylilies and greenery.

Sycamores
Oil on canvas stretched onto a seven member strainer. Two Sycamore trees in the foreground by a stream with hills and trees in the background.
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