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  • Woman's Building Library
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    Centennial celebrations; Exhibition buildings; Exhibitions; Events; Fairs; Anniversaries; Commemorations; Libraries; Sculpture; Bas-reliefs; Chandeliers; Armor
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    Interior view of the library in the Woman's Building of the Tennessee Centennial Exposition. In addition to several volumes of books, the room is adorned with furniture, sculpture and an elaborate bas-relief mantel. An electric chandelier hangs...
  • Tennessee Centennial Exposition
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  • Thomas Hughes Library-1882
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    Libraries; Buildings
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    Thomas Hughes Library in Rugby, Tennessee with wooden fence in foreground.
  • Tennessee Postcard Collection
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  • The Classroom
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    Barbed wire; Tables; Stools; Blackboards; Prisoners; Military personnel; Books
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    This page in Mitchener's diary from World War II includes a drawing of a POW writing lessons on a chalkboard or blackboard. Above the blackboard, Mitchener has written,"For the sake of knowledge - to ward off monotony." He has listed a number of...
  • Hardy A. Mitchener, Jr. Journal
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  • Sword
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    Handmade Tennessee Dog River sword (Confederate) has an unstopped blade, brass hilt, and oilskin grip bound with wire. Belonged to John Knox Womack, Co. D, 8th Tenn. Cav. Regt. Born in 1844, he was ordained a Freewill Baptist minister around 1869...
  • Looking Back - The Civil War in Tennessee
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  • Greetings from the City of Memphis
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    Buildings; Libraries; Monuments; Parks; Cotton; Postage stamps
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    Scenes of Memphis: Cossit Library; Lily Pond, Overton Park; Country Club; Landing at Riverside Park; Handling Cotton; Forest [i.e. Forrest] Monument; Tennessee Trust Building. Two-cent red George Washington postage stamp.
  • Tennessee Postcard Collection
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  • Cossitt Library and Custom House, Memphis, Tenn.
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    Libraries; Customhouses; Carriages & coaches
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    View of Cossitt Library and the Custom House in Memphis, Tennessee. Shows surrounding streets with carriages and people.
  • Tennessee Postcard Collection
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  • Carnegie Public Library
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    Libraries; Public libraries
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    Substanial two-story brick building with domed cupola. Round windows complement the six-sided lower part of dome. Three narrow arched windows and large arched front door are symmetrically placed along facade. Four stone Ionic columns grace the...
  • Miers River Photo Collection
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  • Campus
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    Universities & colleges; Educational facilities; Libraries; Lecture halls
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    Scrapbook page containing three images of Fisk University buildings. L-R: Chase Hall, the Library, and Livingston Hall.
  • Fisk University Scrapbook
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  • Baltimore City Assembly Room and Library
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    Banquet halls; Banquets; Private libraries; Awards
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    A pen and ink drawing of the Baltimore City Assembly Room. Shows a large two-story Georgian building. On the roof is an American flag. The caption reads: "City Assembly Room and Library, Baltimore, Md., where a banquet was given Andrew Jackson,...
  • Bernhardt Wall Etchings
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  • A Corner of the Library
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    Shelving; Books; Libraries
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    This page in Mitchener's diary from World War II includes a drawing of the library at the POW camp. On the top of the page, he has written,"For a little learning is a dangerous thing." Underneath this, he has drawn a picture of books on shelves and...
  • Hardy A. Mitchener, Jr. Journal

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