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First page of Otia Imperialia codex.
First page of a 14th century Italian manuscript of the Otia Imperialia by Gervase of Tilbury. The margins are well decorated, and the text is handwritten in Latin. -
Flamsteed House, London 2024
The Flamsteed House, where the Royal Astronomers stayed with their families. The first astronomer and family to live there was the John Flamsteed with his family. This house was built in 1676, however the picture was taken March 15th, 2024. -
Focus Newsletter #22
A newsletter published by the Health and Welfare Ministries Program Department of the United Methodist Church with articles about caring for people with HIV/AIDS. -
Four Members of the Dr. Peppers
The Dr. Peppers was a softball team in the Dallas Mills community. The team played from 1937 to 1943. Far right is Doris Layne Pike, the rest of the women are unknown. -
Frank Romanowicz Quote in the Birmingham Post Herald
A quote from AIDS volunteer Frank Romanowicz about housing for people with AIDS in a 1992 issue of the Birmingham Post-Herald. -
Frank Shorland, The Cuca Hero
This page from the Frank Shorland Scrapbook contains an article in French with a quote from Shorland. It also contains an image of Shorland in Borrowed Plumes and an article about him as the Cuca Hero. -
Frank W. Shorland Brief Biography
This is an article from the Northern Wheeler which features a brief biography of Frank Shorland and his accomplishments. -
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Friends and Memories
A memoir of Maude Valérie White's life written in the early 1910s and published in 1914. It is the first of two memoirs White wrote and details her early life and career. -
Frieze from the Parthenon
The British Museum currently has 247 feet (75 m.) of the original Parthenon frieze within their permanent collection. The frieze was the sculpted high-relief, which adorned the upper part, or naos of the Parthenon. In the exhibit space, each section of the frieze has a placard, which describes the scene depicted on the section of frieze as well as the cardinal direction and number in the frieze series. The marble frieze, which dates c. 438- 432 BC, depicts a Panathenaic procession. -
Genesco Baseball
Baseball was one of the many fun activities done between mill workers to promote bonds and community among them. Lowe Mill, later Genesco, a shoe plant as depicted here, was no exception to this. -
German Cookbook
This is an image of a Deutsch cookbook belonging to Martha (Marta) Stein, Gisela Stein Rieger's mother. Marta was the wife of Arnold Stein, and a part of the second group of Germans that came over to work for the Rocket team with Von Braun. -
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German women of the St. Marks Lutheran church gather in traditional German dress to sing and socialize.
The establishment of the St. Marks Lutheran church in Huntsville was fundamental in providing the German Rocket Team - primarily the women - not only for worship and faith-activities, but as a communal place to cultivate cultural continuity and social connections.
Here, the women are gathered for an event, dressed in traditional German clothing and provided vocal entertainment. -
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Glenda Hollis reads to children at A Baby's Place
Founder Glenda Hollis reads to an 8 month old baby that is a resident of the specialized foster home A Baby's Place. This is a digitization of a photo in an issue of the Birmingham Post-Herald. -
Glenda Hollis Taking Care of a Sick Baby
A scan of a newspaper clipping with a photograph from Birmingham photographer Melissa Springer of Glenda Hollis, founder of A Baby's Place, taking care of a sick child, that appeared in a 1996 edition of the Birmingham Post-Herald. -
Graphic of Concorde construction locations
As a collaboration between Aérospatiale and the British Aircraft Corporation (BAC), parts of Concorde were constructed in various locations in Britain and France, as shown in this graphic. This graphic originates from Brooklands Museum, a major factory for Concorde. -
Group for Research in Chemical Microbiology for Cambridge University, 1947-1948.
This document was viewed and photographed at the National Archives in Kew, UK. It's purpose serves as a review of chemical microbiology research occurring at the University of Cambridge as well as the list of people involved in said research from the years 1947-1948, though some of the individuals listed have moved onto other labs at the time of publication.