War; World War, 1914-1918; Canals; Barracks; Military camps; Officers' quarters; Mess halls
This photograph features the "Dead End" of the Ypres Canal in the foreground of the image. Behind it appears the officers' and noncommissioned officers' billets and the mess hall. The caption reads: "All comforts of home. Roulette, Tea and boating...
Red, white, and blue "Turkey Tracks - Orange Peel" variation quilt. The quilt has trapunto work in the white areas. It was found in a house built by Daniel Cleage.
Six unidentified persons (three women, one of whom appears to be wearing jodhpurs, and three men) standing on the broad front porch of a large, white, two-story frame home with large chimneys at each end of the building.
A man with a long stick (4 or more feet) in his hands sits on the stoop of a rough wooden cabin. He wears frayed and patched overalls with a shirt, suit jacket, and hat. A small blond boy between 6 and 8 is standing on the ground near the left...
Rear view of two homes at a 45-degree angle to each other. There are three unidentified persons in the photograph (two men and one woman). A picket fence surrounds both homes. One house has a back porch where a man and woman are standing. The other...
Ambrotype case and image of Capt. S. K. P. House, Co. B and Co. F, 12th Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA. The photograph was taken before the Civil War. House enlisted as a 1st Lt. and rose to captain during the war.
Color engraving of Union soldiers being greeted at a plantation home. An African Amreican family can be seen on the right, a group of women and children stand at the top of the stairs of the house.
Woman who is thought to be a former slave taken at the Crockett home in Brentwood, Tennessee. She was called Aunt Sophie. The back of the photograph the following information: "Aunt Sophie at the age of 106; she remembers the War of 1812. Picture...
This page is a poem, "Bars, Inc." written by "Coyle" and dedicated to "Ivan - POW El Grande." The poem or song is about having a bar in every room of the house. Mitchener has drawn a small picture of a bar with a sign "Home Sweet Home" next to it....
Cover of the Battle of Franklin, Civil War Centennial, guide book and program. It features a Confederate Soldier in a slouch hat standing on the left holding a musket, and a Federal Soldier in a kepi on the right, also holding a musket. The Carter...
Dr. William Key stands next to Beautiful Jim Key in front of a large white house, at home in Shelbyville, Tennessee. Monk can be seen on a nearby chair, and another person is sitting in a chair near a door.
Presumed birthplace of President Andrew Johnson in Raleigh, North Carolina. Johnson is said to have been born in this house on December 29, 1809, at its original location on Fayetteville Street. In 1909, the Colonial Dames of America purchased...
Program for a performance by Beautiful Jim Key entitled, "Beautiful Jim Key In his Remarkable Two Act Play The Scholar and a Model Office Boy." The performance was held at the Opera House in Shelbyville.
