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- "Rural Record" article on silk culture in the south
- Agriculture
- Article from the inaugural, March 10, 1882, issue of the "Rural Record" concerning the culturing of silk in the South.
- Nineteenth Century Agricultural Resources
- Ambrotype of Capt. Ben H. Sandeford
- Cased ambrotype of Capt. (Maj.) Ben H. Sandeford, Co. H., 12th Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA, also known as the "Gibson Stars." Sandeford, a native of Jackson, Tenn., was killed in action on April 6, 1862, at Shiloh. In the portrait, he is standing and...
- Looking Back - The Civil War in Tennessee
- Bedroom in the home of Susie Gentry
- Quilts; Beds
- Bedroom in the home of Susie Gentry in Franklin, Tennessee. A canopy bed can be seen. A silk quilt is on the bed.
- Quilts
- Bethlehem Star quilt made by Mrs. W. M. Gentry
- Bethlehem Star quilt made by Mrs. W. M. Gentry. The quilt has an eight pointed star in the center with Crazy quilt style blocks surrounding it.
- Quilts
- Federal reunion pin
- Ribbon and pin marking the 3rd annual reunion of the 23rd Maine Vol. Inf. Regt. A medallion is attached to the bottom of the blue silk ribbon. The medallion includes a scene from a Union encampment on one side and the Maine state seal on the other...
- Looking Back - The Civil War in Tennessee
- GAR service medal with ribbon
- Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) service medal with silk ribbon. The red, white, and blue ribbon is tattered.
- Looking Back - The Civil War in Tennessee
- General Beauregard silk ribbon
- Memorial works
- Silk memorial ribbon picturing General Beauregard. Ribbon is white with crossed flags. One is the Confederate battleflag and the other is the Palmetto flag of South Carolina. A likeness of Beauregard is printed on the ribbon. Written on it is "In...
- Civil War Visual Culture
- Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) items
- Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) items in wooden frame. The most striking is a veteran's medal made with a silk U.S. flag suspended from a spread-eagle pin. A five-pointed star hangs from the flag. Also included are two GAR buttons, a GAR cap...
- Looking Back - The Civil War in Tennessee
- Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) pin with ribbon
- Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) pin attached to a silk ribbon. Printed on it are crossed U. S. flags and "E. D. Baker, Post No. 80, Storm Lake, Iowa." Gold fringe on bottom. Round GAR button, affixed at center of ribbon, is printed with the words,...
- Looking Back - The Civil War in Tennessee
- Hedgecoths and Hambys of Hebbertsburg
- Families; Infants; Quilts
- The Hedgecoths and the Hambys of Hebbertsburg, Tennessee, posed in front of a Crazy quilt.
- Quilts
- Manual on the Culture of Silk
- Silk industry; Silk; Pamphlets
- Soft-cover, 36 page, booklet detailing how silk may be produced for profit in Tennessee.
- Nineteenth Century Agricultural Resources
- Nan Ross standing in front of a Crazy quilt
- Families; Quilts; Women
- Nan Ross standing in front of a Crazy quilt. The quilt was made between February and December 1898 by Nan, Mattie, and Sue Ross and their mother Elizabeth Charles Ross. It has the marriage date of Tom and Elizabeth Ross as well as the initials of...
- Quilts
- Tennessee Farmer masthead and Tennesse silk
- Agriculture
- Front page of the "Tennessee Farmer" issue for January, 1837, contains the article entitled "Tennessee Silk."
- Nineteenth Century Agricultural Resources
- Unidentified young woman and infant with a large quilt
- Women; Infants; Quilts
- Unidentified young woman holding an infant and standing in front of a large hanging quilt. The quilt is a Crazy quilt pattern.
- Quilts
- Woman's Building
- Centennial celebrations; Buildings; Exhibitions; Anniversaries; Commemorations; Exhibition buildings; Columns
- Front view of the Woman's Building at the Tennessee Centennial Exposition. The building was somewhat modeled after Andrew Jackson's home, the Hermitage. In addition, the building also had features of Grecian architecture. Eight massive columns...
- Tennessee Centennial Exposition

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