Memorial for Corporal Roby Hendrix who was killed in World War I. The image features a painting of advancing troops, light and heavy artillery, tanks, naval personnel, ships, and airplanes around a central image of a battered pillar and a poem. It...
Calendar from 1919 featuring a painting of World War I soldiers, a battlefield cemetery, and the poem "In Flanders Fields" by John McCrae. It also features a brief commentary on the author of the poem and the war by "Black & Black, Makers of...
Alvin C. York's heroism went unnoticed in the United States, even in Tennessee, until the publication of the April 26, 1919, issue of the Saturday Evening Post. In an article titled "The Second Elder Gives Battle" (pp. 1-4 ff.), journalist George...
A street in Jamestown, Tennessee. Numerous cars are parked on the street in front of shops and businesses. Businesses in the background include Jamestown Soda Pharmacy, Central Drug Company Drug Store, and a bank building. It is labeled as the...
Drugstores; Automobiles; Department stores; Dry goods stores
A street at the southeast corner of the city square in Jamestown, Tennessee. A number of cars and trucks are parked on the street in front of several shops and businesses.
Drugstores; Automobiles; Department stores; Dry goods stores
A street on the south side of Jamestown, Tennessee. A number of cars and trucks are parked on the street in front of several shops and businesses. Businesses photographed include International Harvester McCormick-Deering, a dry goods and...
Gas warfare; Poisons; War damage; Campaigns & battles; World War, 1914-1918
Aerial shot above the battered earth of the Western Front. A gas attack has been launched, and the gas can be seen streaming from the shells across an area of contention.
Parson Pile's store near the Wolf River in Pall Mall, Tennessee. The store appears to be abandoned and has no signage. The wood paneling and wooden porches are sagging and weathered, and several porch floorboards are missing.
The Mark Twain Hotel in Jamestown, Tennessee. The hotel is a two-story building with a veranda/balcony on the first and second floors. A row of cars is parked in front of the building and a house can be seen in the background. The site is...
A mountain cabin with an oak-shingle roof. The cabin is made of logs and wooden planks. A horse stands in front of the cabin with a small boy on its back. Three men stand near the horse: one at its rear and two in front.
A mountain cabin with an oak-shingle roof. The cabin is made of logs and wooden planks. A man is seated on the front porch and another stands to the far right.
