Composite of five Reconstruction Governors: George S. Houston (Alabama), A.H. Garland (Arkansas), W.L. Sharkey (Mississippi), W.G. "Parson" Brownlow (Tennessee), and William W. Holden (North Carolina). The engraving is autographed by the Governors.
This volume comprises the first land grant book created for the area which became Tennessee. Located at the front is the contract or treaty formalizing the land purchase between the Watauga Association and the Cherokee chiefs. It is followed by...
Ten-page pamphlet isuued by the Tennessee Department of Agriculture with the purpose of encouraging emigration to the state by focusing on the agricultural advantages of Tennessee.
Churches; Presbyterian churches; Religious facilities; Religious dwellings
A pen and ink drawing of the Hermitage Church. Shows a one-room building with double doors used to separate the sexes. A chimney is set between the two front doors. A man stands in front of the entrance.
Small notice inviting the community to attend the funeral of the mother of Sarah Player (colored) at Caper's Chapel. The invitation is bordered in black.
Large broadside advertising WVOL Radio station in Nashville, Tennessee. Included on the print are the names and images of the WVOL radio personalities from the late 1950s.
Angled view of the Transportation Building at the Tennessee Centennial Exposition. Constructed in the Italian Renaissance style, the building had a very simplistic appearance. A gazebo stands in the forefront.
A 4-page program providing details of the opening day of the Tennessee Centennial Exposition on May 1, 1897. Included in the program are the names of speakers as well as congratulatory telegrams from prominent politicians and businessmen.
Side view of Luzene Washington, a Cherokee Indian "squaw," and "papoose" strapped to her back. She wears a plaid dress and carries the child in a swaddled white cloth.
Alex Occoma, a 100-year-old Cherokee Indian, standing on a hillside. He wears patched and torn overalls and shirt and is leaning on a pole or long stick. Mountains visible in the background.
Photomontage picturing President Andrew Johnson, "Seventeenth President of the United States," his tailor shop in Greeneville, Tennessee, and his tailor's "goose and shears."
Subtitle: "Comprehending Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, Territory Sth of the Ohio, North Carolina, Tennessee Government, South Carolina & Georgia." This map shows the southern states of the United States, and includes rivers, mountains, towns, bays,...
