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Collection: Boyle County Public Library Artifacts

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Albert Enstein - Bronze

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Bronze head of Albert Einstein mounted onto a square, dark wooden base. The original was modeled from life and completed in 1953. This is a cast.

Tags: Albert Einstein, bronze, busts, Einstein

Anhanguera Blittersdorff

Cast of the bones of a pteradactyloid pterosaur from the Lower-Cretaceous Santana Formation of Brazil in the Amazonian basin. Anahanguera means "old devil"

Tags: Brazil, Cretaceous, dinosaurs, Pterodactyls, Pterosaur

Audubon Museum Front

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A plaster replica of the Audubon Museum located in Henderson County, KY.

Tags: Audubon, buildings, museums, replicas, WPA

Ben at Piano

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Acrylic and ink on paper. Person in a yellow shirt playing piano on a grey background.

Tags: African Americans, Blacks, Instruments

Benjamin Franklin Bust

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Ceramic bust of Benjamin Franklin

Tags: Benjamin Franklin, busts

Black and Green Bowl

Green and black glass bowl type sculpture.

Tags: bowls, glass, shell

Blue Bird

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Acrylic on canvas textured paper of a blue bird with red, yellow, and green wings.

Tags: acrylic paintings, birds

Book

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Oversized book hanging from the ceiling in Children's Library.

Tags: books, children, kids

Boyle Silver Spoon

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Silver spoon made by the Duhme Company in the "double swell fiddle" pattern

Tags: Judge Boyle, silver, silver spoons, spoons

Butterfly

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Made from Recycled Repurposed Materials: cardboard tubes, reclaimed construction paneling, plastic tablecloths, coat hangers, bottles, & plastic tubing.

Tags: butterflies, Monarchs, recycling

Cascade of Knowledge

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Mixed media collage, incorporating: parts of books, leaves, stamps and other items of ephemera.

Tags: basketballs, books, dogs, leaves, Lincoln, maps, mixed media, stamps, statues, trumplets, Van Gogh, violins

Cast ceramic, plaque of a horse

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Cast ceramic plaque of a horse.

Tags: ceramics, horses, plaques

Certificate of Kentucky Colonel A.B. Lyttle

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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

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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…

Checkerboard Bowl

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Wooden bowl made of two different woods in a checkerboard pattern

Tags: bowls, checkerboards, patterns, wooden

Chicory, Thistle, Violet

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

Tags: chicory, flowers, prints, thistles, violets

Chinese Export Bowl

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Chinese export decorative bowl with dragon, bird, dog imagery in reds, greens and gold filigree on the interior sides; a blue lion on the base of the interior and blue landscape on the exterior

Tags: birds, bowls, Chinese, dogs, dragons, exports, lions, porcelain

Chinese Export Plate

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

Tags: birds, China, dragons, flowers, plates

Circus Act

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Circus characters and elephants in a colorful painting.

Tags: circus, clowns, elephants, jesters, masks

Commodore Perry Scrimshaw

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An Ivory tusk with Scimshaw on both sides.
Side 1: Portrait of Commodore Perry, with banner underneath
Side 2: The Ship: Lawrence

Tags: boats, commodore, engravings, ivory, navy, Oliver Hazard Perry, scrollwork, ships

Counting Pennies, Collage

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Felt collage composed of hand dyed wool fibers. Hand made felt is cut and stitched.

Tags: collage, felt, wool

Curious Flaming Flamingo

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Blown glass with murrini

Tags: blown glass

Danville High School Painting

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Danville High School Painting

Tags: Boyle, Boyle County, Danville, Danville High School, Danville Kentucky, DHS, schools

Daybreak in Danville

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

Tags: Boyle, Boyle County, Boyle County Kentucky, children, collages, Danville, hills, horses

Daylilies and Greenery

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

Tags: daylilies, flowers, lilies, oil paintings, paintings

Don Quixote and Sancho Panza

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Two, small wooden sculptures of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza. They are attached to a granite base with screws.

Tags: Cervantes, Don Quixote, Sancho Panza, statues

Elizabeth T. L. Wilkinson Fireplace Set

Fireplace Set under the portrait of Elizabeth T. Lee Wilkinson.

Tags: Elizabeth Wilkinson, fireplace set, fireplaces

Elizabeth T. Lee Wilkinson Portrait

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

Tags: oil paintings, portraits

English Wrought-Iron Gates

Two English wrought-iron gates. Originally installed at the entrance of a Queen Anne style country manor north of London.

Tags: England, English, gates, iron, wrought-iron

Ephraim McDowell Home

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Glazed, plaster replica of the Ephraim McDowell Home. Part of the WPA Kentucky Museum Project.

Tags: Ephraim McDowell, houses, mcdowell, plaster, replicas, WPA

Fall Foliage

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

Tags: Boyle, Boyle County, Danville, Danville Kentucky, fall, Lexington Avenue, plants, trees

Fashion Plate

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Pen and ink drawing of a fashion model

Tags: drawings, fashion, fashion models, models

Female Doll

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Female, fabric doll with long, braided black yarn hair. She has glass eyes. Her head is formed with wood covered in fabric. She is wearing a white dress with short sleeves that has horizontal stripes in the skirt. She has a scarf that is orange,…

Tags: dolls, female, girls, Mexican, Mexico

Female Form

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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.

Tags: acrylic paintings, females, watercolors, Women

Flamenco: Body and Soul: Panel I, II, III

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Three panels created to describe the Flamenco dance. Using tie-dye, batik, applique and screen printing techniques. The first panel has a large heart in the center surrounded by a vine and hearts and flowers in the background. The second panel has…

Tags: batik, dancers, flamenco, flowers, hearts, suns, tie-dye, vines

Flowers and Butterfly

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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…

Tags: butterflies, Danville Art Guild, flowers, Inez Renee Thornton, Thornton

Flowers and Two Birds

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A cast of two birds and flowers, painted with a brownish/red patina, made from expanding polyurethane foam filler

Tags: birds, casts, flowers, polyurethane

Fox with pups

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Foxes with greenery in a log

Tags: foxes, pups, trees

Fragata Espanola

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A model ship of the Fragata Espanola ano 1780 made from wood, plastic, canvas and string.

Tags: boats, canvas, plastic, ships, wood

Gettysburg Lincoln

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Bronze head of Abraham Lincoln with gold patina, mounted onto an acrylic base.

Tags: Abraham Lincoln, bronze, busts, Lincoln, sculptures

Giraffes in Hot Air Balloon

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Photomechanical print of two giraffes in a hot air balloon.

Tags: balloons, birds, ferns, flags, France, giraffes, greenery, hot air balloons, palms, parrots

Goethe

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Plaster sculpture of Goethe. He is standing, leaning against a tree stump with a scroll in his proper left hand and what appears to be a cloth (broken) in his proper right hand.

Tags: German, Goethe, literature, marble, novelists, plays, poetry, poets, sculptures, theater

Hamadan Rug

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Hamadan (may be Kazakh), hand woven wool oriental runner with 1" fringe on the two ends.

Tags: rugs, runner, wool, woven

Handprints

The work is made up of eleven (11) white tiles with children's handprints in a variety of colors. They are surrounded by blue tiles to complete the wall panel. The grouting is white.

Tags: children, handprints, hands, kids

Hibiscus

Acrylic on canvas textured paper of a red hibiscus.

Tags: acrylic paintings, flowers, hibiscus, plants

Hollyhocks and Hummingbird

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Acrylic on paper of flowers and a humming bird

Tags: acrylic paintings, flowers, hollyhocks, hummingbirds, plants

Horses

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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.

Tags: fields, foals, horses, oil paintings, paintings, stone fences, streams, trees

Indo-Bidjar Oriental Rug

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Indo-Bidjar Oriental Rug. Made of woven wool with cotton fringe at two ends.

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

It's a Small World

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The work is a fabric hanging of the Earth with seven (7) children of various countries holding hands.

Tags: earth, fabric, multi-cultural, textiles, world

Italian Tulips

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Mixed media artwork with red and blues

Tags: flowers, tulips

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