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Collection: Boyle County Public Library Artifacts

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Ivy Covered Trinity Episcopal

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

Tags: Boyle, Boyle County, Boyle County Kentucky, churches, ivy, Trinity Episcopal, watercolors

James R. Carrigan's Cane

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Black walking cane with silver knob.

Tags: canes, James Carrigan, walking sticks

Japanese Doll in Case

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Japanese doll in glass case, she is in an orange kimono with long black hair. She is holding cherry blossoms and there are pagodas in the background.

Tags: dolls, Japanese, Kimonos

John Christian Bullit Fireplace Set

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Fireplace Set that once belonged to John Christian Bullit, Graduate at Centre College 1824-1902.

Tags: fireplace set, fireplaces, John Christian Bullit

John Ruskin

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A terra cotta bust of John Ruskin. Modeled by G. Atkinson and produced by Jabez Thompson.

Tags: busts, John Ruskin, terra cotta

Judge Boyle Lap Desk

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Wooden lap desk designed to carry writing materials and opened on lap. Owned by Chief Justice John Boyle. There is a metal inlay on the top with the initials "JAB." There are two countersunk brass handles on either side. Wooden box opens to velvet…

Tags: desks, Judge Boyle, lap desks

Judge Cheek's Baby Blanket

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A wool blanket, cream with pink stripes. One edge has 1/4" silk edging and the other edge has 1/4" cotton edging.

Tags: babies, blankets, Judge Cheek, wool

Kentucky Warbler and Maidenhair Fern

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Color lithograph of a Kentucky Warbler and Maidenhair Fern.

Tags: birds, ferns, warblers

Kokpelli, Moon, Sun, & Gecko Table

Hand painted coffee table with a large green gecko in the middle and a sun, moon and Kokpelli around it. Each leg is painted in a different pattern.

Tags: geckos, moons, suns, tables

Little Houses

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Tags: ceramics, houses

Madonna

Oil on canvas on wood of Madonna icon.

Tags: Madonna, oil paintings, religious icon

Magnum Duorama Globe

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Handcrafted by Columbus Verlag in Stuttgart Germany. Scale 1:11,500,000; 181 miles to the inch. Satellite image with physical relief and vegetative shadings. Tilted at 23 degrees - earth's ecliptic plane in relation to the equator.

Tags: earth, globes, world

Male Doll

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Male doll with a body made from leather and fabric clothes. He has short black hair made from horse hair?. He is wearing a woven straw hat and has a woven basket to his side and has brightly colored textiles around his body. His shirt is tan and his…

Tags: boys, dolls, male, Mexican, Mexico

Man Riding Horse

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Tags: ceramics, horses, men

Map of Adventures for Boys and Girls

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A literary landmarks map of the world marking areas of importance in books for children to read about.

Tags: books, children, kids, landmarks, maps, reading

Map Table

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Hand painted coffee table with a map on the table top. Imagery of keys, maginifying glass, and pocket watch at the corners of the map. Has a glass top for protection.

Tags: keys, magnifying glasss, maps, pocket watches, tables

Marco Aurelio

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Bronze sculpture replica of Marco Aurelio mounted on a horse (original in Rome, Italy), on a red stone base.

Tags: Emperor, Marco Aurelio, Rome

Medusa (with Stand)

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Medussa sculpture created circa 2000

Tags: Gorgo, Grecian, Greece, Greek, Medusa, mythology, myths, snakes

Mule Power

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

Tags: colored pencils, farms, fields, mules, plows

My Old Kentucky Home

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Composition of eight pieces of enamel on copper held together with wood and glue. Depicts images of Kentucky: a horse, the capital building, tobacco, state song, a horse farm.

Tags: capital buildings, horse farms, horses, Kentucky, state song, tobacco

Old Crow Inn

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

Tags: Old Crow Inn, snow, winter

One Third of a Dollar

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One third of a dollar, printed on paper. On front, image of sundial with the words: "FUGIO/Mind Your Business." On reverse, 13 interlocking circles with the names of the original colonies."

Tags: Continental Currency, Currency, Dollars, money, Philadelphia Hall & Sellers

Oriental Rugs

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Oriental Rugs on the 4th level of the library. These are in the Reading Room and in front of the Reference desk.

Tags: oriental, oriental rugs, rugs, wool, woven

Oval Portrait of Woman - Jenny Lind

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

Tags: Jenny Lind, Johanna Maria Lind, opera, portraits, singer, Swedish, Swedish Nightingale

Passages

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Tags: Boyle, Boyle County, Boyle County Kentucky, Danville, doors, posters, prints

Path Through the Trees

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Oil on canvas stretched onto a four member stretcher, without keys, of a path and trees.

Tags: oil paintings, paintings, trees

Pedro

Acrylic painting on four member stretcher, of blue and yellow parrot surrounded by green leaves.

Tags: acrylic paintings, birds

Penn's Store

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Tags: Gravel Switch, Gravel Switch Kentucky, historic, Marion County, Marion County Kentucky, Penn's Store, stores

Playing in the Snow

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Acrylic on canvas, mounted onto a four member stretcher with no keys. Image is of two children with a sled in the snow.

Tags: acrylic paintings, children, kids, sleds, snow, winter

Pool Room

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Tags: pool, pool tables

Portrait of James G. Birney

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Tags: Birney, James G Birney, portraits

Portrait of John Jordan Crittenden

Oil portrait of John Jordan Crittenden, seated, from the waist up.

Tags: Crittenden, oil paintings, portraits

Real Watutsi

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Watusi tribe dancing

Tags: Africans, dancers, dancing, tribes, Watusi

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…

Tags: Kentucky Poet Laureates, poems, poetry

River Road

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Oil painting on four member stretcher of road by the river in winter. (between Mt. Vernon & Livingston)

Tags: mountains, oil paintings, paintings, rivers, trees

Rolling Fork Stream

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

Tags: Rolling Fork, streams, trees, watercolors

Rose Breasted Grosbeak

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

Tags: birds, grosbeak, roses

Rotunda

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

Tags: BCPL, Boyle, Boyle County, Boyle County Kentucky, Boyle County Public Library, exteriors, rotundas

Rotunda (at night)

Tags: BCPL, Boyle, Boyle County, Boyle County Public Library, Kentucky, rotundas

Saber Tooth Tiger

Bronze cast from a fossil skull of a sabre tooth tiger sitting on a bronze and marble base. Work has a dark patina.

Tags: prehistoric, prehistoric mammals, Saber-tooth tigers, sculpture, Smilodon, tigers

Sallie Rodes Tutt Portrait

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The painting is an oil on canvas on board of a seated Sallie Rodes Tutt (1842-1904) holding flowers in her hand. The painting is a copy of an original that belongs to Sarah Fraser Robbins (Sallie Rodes Tutt's granddaughter) of Massachusetts.

Tags: oil paintings, portraits, Sallie Rodes, Sallie Tutt

Screaming Yellow Zonker

Model airplane.

Tags: airplanes, model airplanes

Screen with Butterflies and Flowers

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A contemporary Yonkyoku byobu, four panel paper and silk screen with wooden frame work, depicting butterflies, flowers and birds.

Tags: birds, butterflies, flowers, paper silk screen, silk, Yonkyoku byobu

Senator John J. Crittenden Portrait

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Small watercolor, oval portrait of Sen. John J. Crittenden on Ivory

Tags: ivory, John Crittenden, portraits, watercolors

Shaker Lantern in Barn

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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"

Tags: barns, hay, lanterns, Shakers

Shaker Spinning Wheel

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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"

Tags: Shakers, spinning wheel

Shakertown Staircase 3/250

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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"

Tags: Shakers, Shakertown, stairs

Signing of the Declaration of Independence

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Commemorative plate for America's Sesqui Centennial featuring Norman Rockwell's Benjamin Franklin standing beside a desk, ready to sign the Declaration of Independance.

Tags: Benjamin Franklin, Declaration of Independence, Norman Rockwell, plates, Rockwell

Silhouette of a Horse

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

Tags: horses, pastels

Stained Glass

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Stained glass hanging from the ceiling between the Mahan house and the computers on the 5th level

Tags: glass, stained glass

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