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Circus Act

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Circus characters and elephants in a colorful painting.

Tags: circus, clowns, elephants, jesters, masks

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

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

Young-Rodes Library

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

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

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

Fashion Plate

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Pen and ink drawing of a fashion model

Tags: drawings, fashion, fashion models, models

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

Telegraph Tower, Junction City, KY

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

Tags: Boyle, Boyle County, Boyle County Kentucky, Junction City, telegraph, towers

The Rock Breaker

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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…

Tags: African Americans, Blacks, hats, Henry Waters, suspenders, Uncle Joe

Vendanges a Montmartre

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

Tags: announcements, France, Harvest Festival, Monmartre, posters

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…

Tags: Kentucky Poet Laureates, poems, poetry

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

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

The Cliffs: Kentucky Pallisades

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Watercolor painting on paper, depicts Kentucky pallisades in abstracted form.

Tags: abstracts, cliffs, Kentucky Pallisades, watercolors

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

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

Silhouette of a Horse

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

Tags: horses, pastels

Watts-Bell House in Constitution Square

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

Tags: Boyle, Boyle County, Boyle County Kentucky, Constitution Square, Danville, Danville Kentucky, houses

UK Tobacco Cutting Contestants

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Colored Pencil Drawing on wove paper of two men in a tobacco field.

Tags: colored pencils, farms, fields, men, tobacco, UK, University of Kentucky

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

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…

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

Sunset In the Knobs Down on the Fork

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Oil on canvas stretched onto a four member stretcher with no keys. Sun setting over a winter landscape

Tags: Forkland Community, knobs, landscapes, oil paintings, paintings, sunsets, winter

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

Sycamores

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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.

Tags: hills, oil paintings, paintings, streams, sycamores, trees

The Woodlands: Birches in Autumn Woods

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Oil on canvas stretched onto a six member strainer of birch trees.

Tags: birches, oil paintings, trees, woods

Whimsey in Weisiger

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Oil on canvas stretched onto a five member stretcher, without keys, of the fountain and Advocate Brass Band in front of the Danville Courthouse.

Tags: Boyle, Boyle County, Boyle County Kentucky, brass bands, Courthouses, Danville, Danville Courthouse, fountains, Weisiger Park

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

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

Workers Harvesting

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Acrylic on canvas stretched onto a gold frame. Workers harvesting in a field.

Tags: acrylic paintings, fields, workers

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

Pedro

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

Tags: acrylic paintings, birds

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

Tra'fico

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Acrylic on canvas stretched onto a four member stretcher. No keys in stretcher. Scattered use of acrylic medium on surface.

Tags: abstract, acrylic paintings

Portrait of John Jordan Crittenden

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

Tags: Crittenden, oil paintings, portraits

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

Hibiscus

Acrylic on canvas textured paper of a red hibiscus.

Tags: acrylic paintings, flowers, hibiscus, plants

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

Hollyhocks and Hummingbird

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Acrylic on paper of flowers and a humming bird

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

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

Sports\Baseball & Softball\Teams

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Tags: Alum Springs, baseballs, BCHS, Boyle, Boyle County, Boyle County High School, Boyle County Kentucky, churches, Danville, Danville Schools, DHS, little leagues, Perryville Battlefield, Rebels, softballs, teams

Sports\Baseball & Softball\Little League

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Tags: baseballs, Lincoln County, Lincoln County Kentucky, little leagues, softballs, Stanford, teams

Sports\Baseball & Softball\Action & Individual

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Sports\Football\Tom Thumb & Toy Bowl

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Tags: Awards, Boyle, Boyle County, Boyle County Kentucky, Danville, Danville Independent Schools, fields, footballs, practices, Rebels, stadiums, Tom Thumb, Toy Bowls, trophies

Sports\KSD Sports

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Graciously donated by Edith Dot Stallard. Photos taken during Thomas' career at The Advocate-Messenger, Centre College, and Kentucky School for the Deaf. Includes images from area schools and local events

Tags: basketballs, Boyle, Boyle County, Boyle County Kentucky, Cheerleaders, dances, Danville, Kentucky School for the Deaf, KSD, Pine Knobs, practices, teams, Thomas Building, volleyballs

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