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Doll

A Barbie Doll, altered: dressed in a brown and yellow patterned shirt and matching pants. Wearing a hair wrap.

Tags: African Americans, Barbie Doll, Blacks, dolls, hair wraps, pants

Doll

A Barbie Doll, altered: No hair, dressed in brown wrap with earrings.

Tags: African Americans, Barbie Doll, Blacks, dolls, earrings

Doll

A male Barbie Doll, altered: wearing a black robe with red and yellow sash and cuffs.

Tags: African Americans, Barbie Doll, Blacks, dolls

Doll

A Barbie Doll, altered: dressed in a top and skirt, browns, golds and reds. Wearing beads around her neck and a hair wrap.

Tags: African Americans, Barbie Doll, Blacks, dolls

Doll

A Barbie Doll, altered: dressed in a gold and red kimono with crythansemums in her hair and around her feet.

Tags: Barbie Doll, dolls, Kimonos

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

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

Curious Flaming Flamingo

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Blown glass with murrini

Tags: blown glass

Italian Tulips

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Mixed media artwork with red and blues

Tags: flowers, tulips

Italy: Boy Reading Comic Book

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Naples, Italy - Eight year old child reading comics on white background, pensive expression. Photograph taken outside on the street.

Tags: boys, children, comic books, comics, Italy, reading

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

Pedro

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

Tags: acrylic paintings, birds

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

Waiting For Hair

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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"

Tags: barber shops, chairs

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

Water Lilies

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Tags: flowers, lilies, water lilies

Rotunda (at night)

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

California, USA: Boy with Surfboard

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California, USA - a young boy with a surfboard.

Tags: boys, California, children, surfboard, surfing

Canada: Boy with Cow

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Young boy in brown overalls standing with his 4-H calf.

Tags: boys, Canada, children, Cows, farms

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

Time Zippy

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The work is a series of 365 blown glass orbs (10 inches) of various colors, hanging in an inverted cone from the ceiling of the vestibule.

Tags: balloons, blown glass, glass, glass orbs, hanging sculpture, time, year

Brazil: Boy with Brazilian Flag on Face

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Photograph of a young Brazilian soccer fan with a face painted green and the Brazilian flag painted on his cheeks.

Tags: boys, Brazil, children, faces, flags

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

Canada: Children with Dog Sled

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Two young boys, one tucked in sled, dog sledding in winter, in Canada.

Tags: Canada, children, dogs, sledding, snow, winter

Australia: Girl with Flag

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A young girl in a blue school uniform holding an Australian flag on Anzac Day.

Tags: Australia, children, flags, girls

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

Fox with pups

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Foxes with greenery in a log

Tags: foxes, pups, trees

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

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

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

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

Danville High School Painting

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Danville High School Painting

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

Iceland: Boy in Hip Waders

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Iceland Black Lava Beach, a young boy playing in cold Arctic waters, got caught by a cold wave. He is wearing hip waders.

Tags: boys, children, Iceland, overalls, water

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

India: Close up of Two Children with Red Pigment

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Mumbai, India - Children in the Dharavi Slum in India. Red paint is on their face and clothes from a celebration in the neighborhood.

Tags: boys, children, festivals, Holi, India

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

The Cliffs: Kentucky Pallisades

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

Tags: abstracts, cliffs, Kentucky Pallisades, watercolors

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

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

China: Girl Reading Comic Book

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Anyang, China - Taken at the children's library during a reading. Image shows a young girl reading a comic.

Tags: children, China, girls, reading

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

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

Silhouette of a Horse

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

Tags: horses, pastels

Real Watutsi

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Watusi tribe dancing

Tags: Africans, dancers, dancing, tribes, Watusi

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…

Kazakhstan: Boy with Hawk

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Boy with hunting falcon. Kazakh traditional sport.

Tags: birds, boys, children, Falconry, Hawks, Kazakhstan, Sports

Fashion Plate

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Pen and ink drawing of a fashion model

Tags: drawings, fashion, fashion models, models

Australia: Close up of Two Children

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Indigenous kids in Outback, Australia.

Tags: Australia, children, Outback, smiling

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

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