Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
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Title |
"View of the City of Louisville..." |
Catalog Number |
2004.41.28 |
Creator |
Goater, Walter |
Date |
1880 |
Material(s) |
Paper/Ink |
Dimensions |
H-10.75 W-16.25 inches |
Description |
This is a color image from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper based upon a sketch by Walter Goater: "View of the City of Louisville, From the Dome of the Institute for the Blind." The image shows a man, woman and child on a veranda of a building in the foreground looking into trees and a wooded area; the background shows smokestacks and buildings of the city of Louisville. The child is holding a balloon. |
Notes |
Louisville is the largest city in the state of Kentucky, and the county seat of Jefferson County. An important internal shipping port in the 19th century, Louisville is today most well known for the Kentucky Derby, the widely watched first race of the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing. The settlement that became the City of Louisville was founded in 1778 by George Rogers Clark and is named after King Louis XVI of France. Frank Leslie's Weekly, later often known in short as Leslie's Weekly, was an American illustrated literary and news magazine founded in 1852 and continuing publication well into the 20th century. As implied by its name, it was published weekly, on Tuesdays. Its first editor was John Y. Foster. In 1897, its circulation was estimated at 65,000, compared to only 30 copies printed of the first edition. It was one of several magazines started by publisher and illustrator Frank Leslie and was continued after his death in 1880 by his widow, the women's suffrage campaigner Miriam Florence Leslie. The name, by then a well-established trademark, remained also after 1902, when it no longer had a connection with the Leslie family. It continued until 1922. The "Institute for the Blind" referenced in the title likely refers to the American Printing House for the Blind in Louisville. According to an entry in the Encyclopedia of Louisville by long-time director Carol Brenner Tobe, "the American Printing House for the Blind is a private, not-for-profit corporation. It is the oldest publishing house for visually impaired people in the United States and the largerst in the world. The mission of the printing house is to promote independence of blind and visually impaired persons by providing special media, tools, and materials needed for education and life." |
Collection |
Martin F. Schmidt Collection |
People |
Leslie's Illustrated Weekly Goater, Walter Leslie's Illustrated Weekly |
Subjects |
Louisville Institute for the Blind |
Search Terms |
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper Louisville (Ky.) American Printing House for the Blind |
Physical Holder |
Kentucky Historical Society - KHS |