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    • Alvin C. York story -- sunbonnet and homemade broom

    • Alvin C. York story -- sunbonnet and homemade broom

    • Country life; Domestic life; Housework; Houses; Women; Clothing & dress; Bonnets; Older people; Handicraft; Brooms & brushes

    • A woman is standing on a porch near a wash tub with a wash board inside. The tub is raised by laying a wooden chair on its side. Two large lard cans just visible beside the chair may hold cleaning products. The woman is dressed in a sunbonnet, dark...
    • Alvin C. York story -- doin' the weekly wash

    • Alvin C. York story -- doin' the weekly wash

    • Country life; Laundry; Domestic life; Laundresses; Housework; Kettles; Houses; Women; Clothing & dress; Bonnets; Older people; Handicraft; Brooms & brushes

    • A woman is standing on a porch near a wash tub with a wash board inside. The tub is raised by laying a wooden chair on its side. Two large lard cans just visible beside the chair may hold cleaning products. The woman is dressed in a sunbonnet, dark...
    • Alvin C. York story -- Gracie Williams' home

    • Alvin C. York story -- Gracie Williams' home

    • Houses

    • A small one-story frame home with a picket fence in front. Two unidentified men are behind and leaning on the fence. There are three very large trees in front of the fence. Another small home stands at a 45-degree angle behind and to the left of...
    • Alvin C. York story -- stop at Carthage

    • Alvin C. York story -- stop at Carthage

    • Historic sites; Clothing & dress; Automobiles; Motion picture posters

    • Three unidentified men stand in front of a sedan parked on a Carthage, Tennessee, street between a movie theater showing "The Great Victor Herbert" and a Ben Franklin store.
    • Alvin C. York story -- Jesse Lasky, son, writers

    • Alvin C. York story -- Jesse Lasky, son, writers

    • Historic sites; Clothing & dress

    • Seven unidentified persons (three women and four men). According to information attached to photograph one of the men is Jesse Louis Lasky and another is his son, William Raymond Lasky. The older man in double-breasted suit is probably the senior...
    • Alvin C. York story -- House outside Carthage

    • Alvin C. York story -- House outside Carthage

    • Historic sites; Clothing & dress

    • 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.
    • Alvin C. York story -- Three Forks of the Wolf

    • Alvin C. York story -- Three Forks of the Wolf

    • Historic sites; Clothing & dress; Valleys; Automobiles

    • Four unidentified men standing on a gravel road. Two are looking out at the Wolf Forks area; a third has a camera on a tripod, and the fourth is facing the camera. There is a "road closed" sign on the left and the front end of an automobile on the...
    • Alvin C. York story -- Jamestown

    • Alvin C. York story -- Jamestown

    • Drugstores; Automobiles; Banks

    • 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...
    • Mark Twain Hotel

    • Mark Twain Hotel

    • Hotels; Automobiles

    • 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...
    • Alvin C. York joins the party

    • Alvin C. York joins the party

    • Men; Automobiles; School buses

    • Alvin York (center) standing with film producer Jesse Lasky (right of York) and his son Jesse Jr. (left of York) in front of a building in Jamestown, Tennessee. Two other men can be seen talking to the left of York and his associates, and a man...
    • Alvin C. York, Lasky, and writers

    • Alvin C. York, Lasky, and writers

    • Men; Dogs

    • Alvin C. York standing with four other men. The man to York's right is Jesse Lasky, legendary film producer, who was the primary producer for the 1941 film, "Sergeant York," about York's exploits in the First World War. Lasky's son, Jesse Jr.,...
    • Alvin C. York story -- southside of Jamestown

    • Alvin C. York story -- southside of Jamestown

    • 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...
    • The York Agricultural Institute

    • The York Agricultural Institute

    • Schools; Automobiles

    • The York Agricultural Institute, showing the front of the school building and several vehicles parked in the drive. York established the institute in Jamestown, the Fentress County seat, in an effort to provide rural children with an education. ...

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