This 5" x 7" card is an invitation from Tennessee Gov. Buford Ellington to the unveiling of the York statue on the Capitol grounds, December 13, 1968. The recipient is also invited to a Nashville Chamber of Commerce luncheon at the Andrew Jackson...
Newspaper clipping featuring a headline stating Sergeant York would be preaching Sunday at the Belmont Methodist Church in the morning and the Pentecostal Church in the evening. The article states that large crowds are expected and a major...
The poem, printed in the Nashville Tennessean, recounts a dramatized version of Sergeant York's taking of the German machine gun position. The poem makes numerous biblical references as well as listing other prominent Tennessee military figures,...
Democratic Primary Board election returns signed by Alvin York as Chairman of the Democratic Primary Board of Fentress County. The return features the primary votes for Horton and Gwinn for Governor; Dodson, Hull, and Todd for U.S. Senator (long...
Newspaper clipping declaring "Saturday Tag Day for York." The article announces that all Nashvillians will have an opportunity to help the hero by giving money to a fund which would pay the mortgage on the York farm. The article includes a list of...
Newspaper clipping headlined "York Tag Day Tomorrow, Benefit for the York Farm Fund." It declares the fund-raiser to be under the auspices of the Nashville Rotary Club and provides a brief description of York's World War I exploits and awards.
Newspaper clipping requesting donations to pay off the $12,500 mortgage of the farm purchased by the Nashville Rotary Club and presented to Alvin York for his exploits in World War I. It encourages everyone to make a donation to York, declaring...
World War, 1914-1918; War; Tanks (Military Science); Flags
Three hundred and first Tank Battalion. America's heavies going into action at Souplet on the morning of October 17, 1918. Note the American flag flying from one of the tanks. St. Souplet, Nord, France.
World War, 1914-1918; Soldiers; Military uniforms; Firearms; Trench warfare
French soldiers standing and sitting in a front line trench. Three soldiers are standing casually and looking outside the trench. Two soldiers below them, one standing and the other sitting, are conversing with one another. The interior of the...
World War 1914-1918; Soldiers; Battlefields France 1910-1920; War
Photograph of a dozen soldiers of the 30th Infantry Division walking through the remains of a battlefield at Montbrehain, France in October 1918. There is also one soldier mounted on one of the two horses pulling a cart. Battle debris, in the...
World War 1914-1918; Military personnel; Soldiers; Military uniforms; Women; Gas masks; Rifles; War
Americans from the 118th Regiment Infantry (formerly First South Carolina Infantry, detachment First North Carolina Infantry, and Second South Carolina Infantry), 30th Division, passing through Brancourt le Grand, Aisne. The soldiers are standing...
A man, holding an axe in one hand and woodworking instrument in the other, is making board shingles. There is another man working on the side. There is a pile of shingles in the background.
Women; Students; Universities & colleges; Young adults; Automobiles; Trees
Young female students shown in various poses: laying on the school lawn, standing posed with one foot on the school lawn, standing in front of an automobile, sitting on an automobile, and climbing a tree on campus.
Mrs. Dewey Bramblett and Mrs. Jack Cornult of Apison, Hamilton County, are shown stitching. One of the women is stitching on a quilt frame. The background shows beautiful completed rugs on the walls.
Miss Susie Gentry posing in front of a matte painting of stairs. She wears a bustle dress, has a feathered hair accessory, and holds a fan possibly made of lace. One of her shoes is visible below her dress.
