Proclamation issued by Governor Newton Cannon requesting 2500 volunteers from Tennessee to answer President Andrew Jackson's call for a war on the Creek Indians. It spells out the reasons for a call to arms and explains how volunteers are to be...
Reward poster issued by A. J. Tipton, Sheriff of Carter County, for the capture of Hiram Brown, wanted for the first degree killing of Wilson Mattox. Brown broke out of the Carter County Jail on July 25, 1848. The poster claims the governor will...
Broadside advertising a demonstration of "Edison's Talking Machine or Phonograph" at a cost of 25 cents for adults and 15 cents for children. It claims that the machine will repeat distinctly every word spoken for years after, and that "it is not...
Broadside advertising a Lecture on "The Present Physical Condition of the Internal Parts of the Earth" and a recitation of "Collins' Ode on the Passions," for the puropse of raising funds for the purchase of an "apparatus" by the friends of Fayette...
Poster advertising a campaign speech by K. D. McKellar, candidate for Senate, for the Democratic primary run-off. He is advertised as speaking in Charlotte and Dickson. His description includes "The Man of the Hour," "Clean Record," "Staunch...
Advertisement for the estate sale of the late D. W. Clark by the executor of his estate, Lucy G. Clark. These items are listed for sale: one mare, one mule, one gold watch, library case, bureau, wash stand, rockaway and harness, center table,...
Advertisement for T.H. Kennedy's Tennessee Variety Store in Hazel Green, Alabama, selling dry goods, clothing, hats, shoes, notions, groceries, and provisions. The ad states all goods will be sold at bottom prices for cash or barter.
Broadside advertising Jose Greco and his company of Spanish Dancers performing at the Grand Ole Opry. The ad features reviews of this show from the "N. Y. Journal-American" and "Life" Magazine.
Advertisement for bottles of Dr. Christian's Bed Bug Exterminator, priced at 25 or 50 cents, guaranteed to exterminate bed bugs for 12 months. The flyer also advertises paints, oils, drugs, medicines, and Landreth's and Ferry's Garden Seeds, all...
Broadside advertising an ice cream supper at the Female Academy featuring good music. Proceeds to liquidate the indebtedness of the M. E. Church at Fayetteville.
Broadside reads, "Ex-President Johnson Has accepted an invitation to address the people of Lincoln County, at Fayetteville, On Tuesday, July 13th 1869. Come hear him! Printed at the Observer Office, Fayetteville, Tenn."
Broadside advertising a speech by Dr. Martin Luther King at the War Memorial Building, a benefit concert by Harry Belafonte and Troupe at the Ryman Auditorium, a meeting of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and an address by Spottswood...
Mrs. S. A. Vaughan sets forth to address those who deem Latin for girls unnecessary. This four-column argument contains a pencil notation at the top that designates its physical location in the Tennessee Historical Society holdings.
Broadside advertising an NAACP City-Wide Mobilization Meeting at Fisk University, featuring a speech by Thurgood Marshall, Chief Legal Council for the NAACP. Also speaking are members of the J. C. Napier Lawyers Association. The meeting will...
Circular featuring testimonials of "Gum Elastic Fire and Water Proof Asbestos Paint" on roofs, all attesting to its durabilitiy and cheapness. The advertisement says the paint is for sale by J. K. Trotter.
Broadside welcoming the Tennessee First Regiment back from service in the Philippines. Photographs of First Regiment commanding officer Lt. Colonel Gracey Childers is featured, along with sketched portraits of James Robertson, James K. Polk, John...
Broadside lithograph features photographs of a company of American soldiers, with the men photographed in threes and set into a large blue horseshoe design ornamented with gold stars and topped by an eagle. A central photograph shows an...
Advertisement for lecture and demonstrations by Dr. J. M. Trotter, President of the Virginia Emigration and Manufacturing Association, on a plan to buy land and form joint stock companies in order to build factories in the southern United States....
Satirical essay by anti-prohibitionists listing the "ten commandments" of prohibitionists, claiming all prohibitionists to be "rich," "hypocrites," usurpers," and "misleaders." The essay implies that the writers speak for the "poor" and adhere to...
