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...
Broadside advertising a gathering at the Market House to discuss the "Railroad Question." Presentations featuring R. J. Meigs, V. K. Stevenson, and "probably others" are scheduled.
An envelope featuring the first release of the Alvin York commemorative postage stamp. The stamp features a photograph of York in his service hat and the insignia of the 82nd Infantry Division. The envelope is stamped "First Day of Issue" and...
Card from Ammons featuring graphic and the text "The Viet Cong are very tricky with booby traps so open this card carefully. On the reverse, Ammons describes weather and patrols around Vung Chua. He describes time he spent teaching two new men...
Cover image of the "Washington Artillery Souvenir" booklet featuring a tiger surrounded by a laurel wreath with the words "Try Us" printed on a ribbon beneath the image. An American flag appears on the left and a blue flag featuring the slogan "Non...
Dual photograph featuring two images of the wheat threshing equipment that was owned by George Whiteside of Swan Creek. A number of farm workers are pictured circulating between the thresher and the mule-drawn wagons of wheat.
Map of Tennessee referring to the mineral and agricultural resources of the state, featuring a table of the geological formations of the state, as well as an inset map of Tennessee copper mines. Shows location of furnaces, rolling mills, forges,...
Etching of the second Hermitage featuring a front view of the house and side building surrounded by trees with horses in the foreground. The original inspiration image is credited to the collection of Mr. Herbert Fletcher.
Advertisement for a "Grand Concert" featuring "Little Blind Maud Cook." It describes the agenda of musical and literary performances and provides background on the life of Maud Cook.
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...
Crate label advertising "Octoroon" Plug Tobacco manufactured by T.C. Williams Co., Virginia, U.S.A., featuring a colorful image of a woman and flowers.
Broadside featuring sketched portraits of the Republican candidates by John Doctoroff, with 1928 copyright. Trades Council Union Label over oval Allied Printing , St. Louis, Mo.
Calendar from 1919 featuring a painting of World War I soldiers, a battlefield cemetery, and the poem "In Flanders Fields" by John McCrae. It also features a brief commentary on the author of the poem and the war by "Black & Black, Makers of...
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 reading, "WKDA Presents Southern States Twist Contest at the Fairgrounds Coliseum featuring the National Twist Champions performing in a three-hour show. Tickets costing $1.50 - $2.00."
Broadside program for a dinner honoring Samuel Langhorne Clemens (aka Mark Twain) featuring a steamship's wheel with the titles of Twain's writings, images of steamships, a writer's quill, and a photograph of Twain with a "Lotos" flower. It also...
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.
Photograph featuring the Giant See-Saw, a very popular attraction located in the midway of Vanity Fair at the Tennessee Centennial Exposition. This shot taken from a nearby hill shows Spain's Palace of Illusions (Mirror Maze) on the left and the...
Scrapbook page featuring William Henry Fort, Jr. and his girlfriend Marguerite. Includes cropped photos of Fort and Marguerite at left and right, with captions "The Sunday After Initiation" and "Ain't She Sweet." Center image shows a photo of the...
Scrapbook page featuring at center a landscape drawing with trees, a creek, and the sun. A tiny photograph of an African-American couple has been pasted onto the landscape amidst the trees. The remainder of the page includes the text, "That's my...
