Radio broadcasting; Singing; Folk singers; Musicians; Women; Musical instruments; Guitars; Mandolins
WSM Singers at the Square Dance, McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee. They are holding their musical instruments and singing into the WSM microphone.
Account of the Battle of Shiloh written by William T. Rasbury (born 1914) who was about 75 or 80 years old when it was written. His great aunt, Lydia Catherine Rasbury, told him the story.
Account of the Battle of Fort Donelson written by William T. Rasbury (born 1914). The story was told to him by his great grandfather, John Allen Walker.
A team of four mules pulls a wagon along a dirt road in front of three wood frame buildings. A woman and two boys stand in the wagon. An unidentified man sits atop one of the mules.
General stores; Inclined planes; Laborers; Waterfronts; Barrels; City & town life; African Americans
Town along the river is featured with two African-American workers rolling barrels along a loading ramp. William A. Lueders General Merchandise Store, storage barn, and other buildings appear in the background. The William A. Lueders General...
Confederate Iron Works was located at Bumpass Cove, Tenn., then in Washington County (now in Unicoi County), Tenn. Work releases were made for Michael Morelock due to "chronic bronchitis."
Unidentified woman assisting a man as he makes a Nine Patch quilt. A pair of needle-nose pliers and a pair of scissors are on the table in front of the man.
Willis Crawford Rushing (1826-1916) was a Civil War veteran living in Benton County in 1897. He is pictured here with his family. Seated, left to right: Lively Etta Rushing Fry (1863-1943), Ernest E. Fry (1868-1937), Sophia Ann Rushing...
William Summerfield Sawrie, Acting Adjutant General in Goran's Brigade, with hands clasped. Image is set in a frame. Uniform and spurs of Sawrie are in the Carter House in Franklin, Tennessee.
