Original printed pink wrappers with illustrated front wrap. Rear wrapper has illustrations of the manufacturer's factory, several drills produced by the manufacturer, and medals won at various exhibitions. Black and white illustrations throughout.
Logs; Lumber industry; Lumber; Ox teams; Cattle; Carts & wagons; Cutover lands; Clearing of land; Bodies of water
A team of oxen yoked together stand beside wagons loaded with hand hewn crossties. The crossties were hewn by seasonal workers using a broadaxe and delivered to river landing tieyards for shipping by steamboat.
Map of Tennessee constructed by John Melish from the surveys of John Strothers and other documents. Shows county lines and Indian boundaries, along with some statistical and geological remarks.
Map showing the proposed route of the Memphis-Nashville-Bristol Highway to be constructed 1911-1913. The map shows all the counties of Tennessee with their county seats, as well as the major railroads through Tennessee. There are advertisements...
Sergeant Alvin C. York, as a miller, driving his truck into Jamestown, Tennessee, with a load of "York Special" home-ground corn meal. Four men are riding in the back of the truck with the bags of corn meal.
A water-powered tub mill (a type of grist mill) is pictured, along with a man watching it operate. The mill is constructed of wood and is located next to a creek.
Pages 577 and 578 of a large bound volume containing issues of "The Rural Sun: Decoted to the Farming and Industrial Interest of the Country." This volume was presented to Balie Peyton from J. B. Killebrew.
The cover of this nursery catalog highlights color images of the American elm and the Lombardy poplar trees. These images appear on top of a black and white background image of a forest.
Parks; Mills; Water mills; Flour & meal industry; Millraces
The photograph is taken from a position overlooking the Alvin C. York grist mill, located in the Sgt. Alvin C. York State Historic Park. The two-story millhouse can be seen behind the milldam that straddles the Wolf River.
People associated with agriculture; Plantation owners; Farmers' groups; Iron industry; Monuments & memorials; Journalists; Emigration & immigration; Bas-reliefs
Tennessee Agriculture Hall of Fame memorial honoring Joseph Buckner Killebrew. There is included an bas-relief image of Killebrew, and brief details of his life.
Sheet music covers; Music publishing industry; Music title pages
Sheet music cover and lyrics of the "comic song" called "The Carpetbagger." Cover shows a drawing of a carpetbagger with the spoils of Reconstruction in a large carpetbag. The song is dedicated to General Ben Butler.
Sheet music covers; Music title pages; Music publishing industry; Songs; Ballads
This is a folio-sized song, original Civil War period ballad by J. W. Turner about Jefferson Davis. The cover features a cartoon depicting Davis wearing a dress.
Sheet music covers; Music title pages; Music publishing industry; Songs; Patriotism
Six-page sheet music entitled "Grafted into the Army." On the front cover is a mother holding a pair of torn trousers. Below is a young soldier walking picket duty.
