Military personnel; Soldiers; Military uniforms; Uniforms; Carriages & coaches; Helmets; Graffiti; Campaigns & battles; War; World War, 1914-1918; War destruction & pillage
"Americans out for a little recreation with the Huns' carriage, taken in the American drive on the Hindenburg section at Bellicourt. Bellicourt, Aisne, France. October 10, 1918." Several American soldiers are pictured examining a German carriage....
"City of Savannah," a stern wheeler steamboat, plowing through the water belching smoke through the tall stacks. Some individuals are shown on the decks. One lifeboat is visible on one of the decks.
"Dear Sir. There is woman in town who says that Polk Pain told the day you got him that there was to be a raid on this place and that ten of the boys belonging to your company was ready to go with them when they came and that they was to capture as...
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); New Deal, 1933-1939
"Jimmie Driver and his Tennessee Playboys" band. Pictured are three guitar players, one fiddle player, one banjo player, a harmonica player, and a spoons player with each holding his instrument. The caption on the front of the photograph...
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); New Deal, 1933-1939
"Jimmy Criddle P-10 mechanic & Negro C. C. C. boys working on Chev. truck; Automotive Instruction - J. M. Criddle, Otto Haslbauer with Negro CCC boys." is written on the back of the photograph.
"Portfolio of Personal, Military, and Civil History" for Levi W. Shook. The certificate inside affirms Shook's membership in the Soldiers and Sailors Historical and Benevolent Society. Shook fought in the Battles of Franklin and Nashville.
"Psalms and Hymns adapted to social, private and public worship in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church." The book was published in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1859.
Soldiers; Military personnel; Uniforms; Military uniforms; Helmets; Arms & armament; Rifles; Gas masks; Campaigns & battles; War; World War, 1914-1918; Trench warfare; Military life; Infantry
"Pvt. M. L. Hunley of Company K, 117th Regiment Infantry, 30th Division and other unidentified soldiers in a trench. Pvt. Hunley appears to be mending a piece of his equipment. The description on the back of the photograph describes him as "caught...
"Rag money" was paper currency made from linen and cotton fibers. A "shin-plaster" was printed small change. "Hard money" was coins made of a precious metal. This broadside was attempting to popularize these terms to be used as descriptions of...
"Regulations for the Army of Confederate States" book published in Richmond, Virginia, in 1863. Wartime edition of official Confederate Army tactics, military protocols, and rules for officers and various departments (Engineers, Ordnance, etc.) of...
"Roll call of Co. F, 6th Tenn. Cav. by Levi Thompson for the pleasure of the surviving brethren." The roll lists the name, age, enlistment date and mustered in date for each member of the company. The roll is in pieces, and has been taped in...
"Star of Liberty" sheet music to Gov. I. G. Harris. Words written by Randel Weber. Music written by Dr. O. Becker. Entered according to Act of Congress, A. D.1861, by J. A. McClure, in the Clerks office of the District Court of Middle Tenn. C.S.A....
"Tales as told by one of the few remaining Ex Slaves in the South" from Liberty, Tennessee, in Cannon County. W. M. Organ Jr. worked with the Ford Motor Co., and Turner told Organ his story. 13 pages total. The old paper used was from an...
"The Bonnie Blue Flag" sheet music, dedicated to General John W. Geary and the Second Division, Twentieth Army Corps, United States Army. Entered according the Act of Congress A. D. 1864, by H. H. K. Elliott in the Clerks Office of the District...
"The Fugitive: A Magazine of Poetry from the South," Published in Nashville, Tenn., was published from April 1922 to December 1925. Contributors to this issue: Witter Bynner, Donald Davidson, William Frierson, Robert Graves, Sidney M. Hirsch,...
"The Naturalist" article, page 311, contains an illustration of the various stages of the peach-tree worm. The writing is done under the Agricultural Department section of the serial and emphasizes the fact that entomology was a frequent subject...
"The Naturalist" article, pages 166-167, about the difficulties of harvesting grapes. The article provides information on how to harvest a grape crop successfully. The author notes that native grapes are better suited to this country than foreign...
