Photograph of Dion and Ann Nicholson sitting in chairs. Dion Boone Nicholson was born July 26, 1837, and died August 11, 1922. He was the son of William J. Nicholson and Elizabeth Ann (Teasley) Nicholson. Ann Tennessee Nicholson was born...
Photograph of William Henry Palmer. Palmer was born Nov. 11, 1842, in Holmes County, Ohio. His family moved to Defiance County, Ohio, around 1850. Palmer enlisted in Apr. 1861 and served in the 14th Ohio Vol. Reg. He saw action in the summer of...
Broadsides; Posters; Political posters; Political elections; Political campaigns
Large campaign poster urging the public to vote for the Democratic nominees: Cordell Hull, Henry Hollis Horton, William Emerson Brock and H. H. Hannah. There is a picture of each candidate on the poster. The election is to be held on November 4,...
Rear and side views of the new shop and auditorium at Langston Colored School in Johnson City. A man on a ladder works at the back of the brick building.
Front and side views of a large brick schoolhouse. It appears to be under construction, and a man on a ladder can be seen. Two men are standing near the front of the building, and a vintage truck is parked in back.
Listed as the Lillard School in the State Board of Education Records, this photograph has been identified by Maryville natives as the William J. Hale School. The building is a large imposing brick structure situated on a hill. At the time the...
Schools; Rural schools; Public schools; Educational facilities
Side view of Bells Consolidated Rosenwald School in Crockett County. The prim-looking white schoolhouse has multiple windows and is set in a withered cornfield.
Schools; Rural schools; Public schools; Educational facilities
Two entrances flanked by windows are visible in this front view of Mt. Zion Hebrew Colored School. Two white men wearing straw hats are standing in the front yard. In the distance are cattle and trees.
Schools; Rural schools; Public schools; Educational facilities
Side view of Old Hall School shows a dilapidated wooden building made of vertical boards. A Ford Model A automobile is parked at the front porch, and the school appears to be abandoned.
Schools; Rural schools; Public schools; One-room schools; Educational facilities
Front view of Bucks Chapel School in Crockett County. This wooden building is constructed of unpainted horizontal boards. Two slender cut tree trunks support the front porch.
Soldiers; Veterans; Patriotic societies; Older people
Mrs. R. W. Brown presenting a "Cross of Honor" medal to Elbert L. Bailey. The photograph also shows a Confederate monument and a woman holding an American flag.
