A design drawing of the landscape and buildings of the "Tennessee School for the Deaf and Dumb. Island Home. Knoxville, Tenn." by Marr & Holman and Barber & McMurry. Sections of the image are labeled: "Supt's Residence" in the bottom left, "Little...
A design drawing of the landscape and buildings of the "Tennessee School for the Deaf and Dumb" by Marr & Holman and Barber & McMurry. Sections of the image are labeled, "Superintendent's residence" in the bottom left, "Dormitory for little boys"...
Broadside featuring a phrenological chart of murderer "John A. Murril" as performed by Dr. A. Crane, Professor of Phrenology, in 1844. It rates Murril's strongest traits under the categories of propensities, feelings, sentiments, perceptives, and...
Copyprint of Civil War Veteran John Patterson Allison with his wife and daughter. Patterson was born on October 22, 1844, in Saltville, Virginia and died August 2, 1912, in Saltville. He was buried in the Elizabeth Cemetery. He enlisted on May 6,...
Cottages A and B on the grounds of the Tennessee School for the Deaf. The two buildings are shown in the early stages of construction, with only the foundations completed. Scaffoldings are visible inside the foundation frames, and the foundation on...
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...
Napoleon Bonaparte Andrews tintype. He was born on January 6, 1844, in Virginia, and died October 14, 1900 in Monterey, Putnam County, Tennessee. The image is from New Middleton, Smith County, Tennessee.
The grounds of the Tennessee School for the Deaf early in the construction of the facilities. Several sites are seen in various stages of completion. The one nearest appears to have one floor installed and framing for walls. Buildings in the...
The grounds of the Tennessee School for the Deaf early in the construction of the facilities. Several sites are seen in various stages of completion. The one nearest appears to have part of the floor and some of the façade completed. Buildings in...
The grounds of the Tennessee School for the Deaf early in the construction of the facilities. The nearest building has much of the floor and one shingled wall completed. The buildings in the distance have most of the second floors finished. Wooden...
The grounds of the Tennessee School for the Deaf early in the construction of the facilities. Two buildings are shown with single-story brick walls on top of foundations. The building on the right also has a partially completed second story.
The grounds of the Tennessee School for the Deaf early in the construction of the facilities. Two buildings are shown. Both have two floors completed with brick walls. Tall scaffold frame is visible between them. A man can be seen leaning against...
The grounds of the Tennessee School for the Deaf early in the construction of the facilities. Two buildings are shown. The building on the right has three floors completed with brick walls. The building on the left has the two lower floors and one...
The grounds of the Tennessee School for the Deaf early in the construction of the facilities. Two partially completed buildings are shown. The one on the right has a portion of the second story finished as well. The section with the second story...
The grounds of the Tennessee School for the Deaf early into the construction of the facilities. The frames of construction sites can be seen, one centrally in the photo, another on the right. A stack of building supplies on the left near a small...
The grounds of the Tennessee School for the Deaf early into the construction of the facilities. The landscape is largely wooded and a few construction elements can be seen. One larger site is on the right along with various construction supplies. A...
The gymnasium at the Tennessee School for the Deaf under construction. Only the brick façade of the lowest floor and foundation are visible. Supporting columns can be seen under the structure, and various building materials are scattered in front...
Gymnasiums; Building construction; Schools; Construction workers
The gymnasium at the Tennessee School for the Deaf under construction. Only the framework and sections of the foundation are completed. Numerous building materials and workmen can be seen on the site. A shed can be seen in the distance and another...
Schools; Gymnasiums; Construction workers; Building construction
The gymnasium at the Tennessee School for the Deaf under construction. The brick façade of the building is complete but no windows have been installed and no roof is visible. Stacks of building materials and a shed can be seen on the grounds. ...
