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  • Howard physician on his rounds in Memphis
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    Yellow fever; Communicable diseases; Physicians; Sick persons
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    Howard physician of Memphis visiting patients stricken with yellow fever communicates the dire situation that the city faced during its 1870s public health nightmare.
  • Reconstruction and the African-American Legacy in Tennessee
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  • 301st Tank Battalion
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    World War, 1914-1918; War; Tanks (Military Science); Flags
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    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.
  • Tennessee in World War I
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  • Wounded from the 27th Infantry Division
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    World War, 1914-1918; War; Soldiers; War casualties; Wounds & injuries; Prisoners of war
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    Wounded from the 27th Division, United States Army, being carried to the rear by the aid of German prisoners taken during the drive at Vaux-Andigny, Aisne, October 17, 1918. See "Catalogue of Official A. E. F. Photographs Taken by the Signal Corps,...
  • Tennessee in World War I
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  • Sixty-pound guns in action
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    World War, 1914-1918; War; Soldiers; Artillery (Weaponry); Campaigns & battles
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    Sixty-pound guns in action at Vaux-Andigny, Aisne, October 17, 1918. This British long-range gun will send its projectiles 15,000 yards. Vaux-Andigny, Aisne, France. October 17, 1918. See "Catalogue of Official A. E. F. Photographs Taken by the...
  • Tennessee in World War I
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  • British Artillery racing to the front
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    World War, 1914-1918; War; Soldiers; Artillery (Troops); Artillery (Weaponry); Horses; Campaigns & battles; Troop movements
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    British Artillery making quick time getting to the front. Vaux-Andigny, Aisne, France. October 17, 1918. Photograph shows soldiers moving artillery in action.
  • Tennessee in World War I
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  • Soldiers examining a mine crater
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    World War, 1914-1918; War; Mine warfare; Mines (Warfare); Explosives; Military retreats; Soldiers
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    Huge crater caused by the explosion of mine planted and exploded by the Germans in their retreat before the American troops.
  • Tennessee in World War I
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  • British Artillery
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    World War, 1914-1918; War; Horses; Artillery (Troops); Arms & armament; Soldiers
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    British Artillery in action at Molain during present operations.
  • Tennessee in World War I
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  • Engineers Putting in a Bridge across the Selle River
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    World War, 1914-1918; Rivers; Engineering; Bridges; War
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    Members of the 105th Regiment Engineers putting in a bridge across the Selle River on the road between Escaufourt & St. Martin-Reviere.
  • Tennessee in World War I
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  • End of bridge at Chateau-Thierry blown up by Americans during German drive
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    World War, 1914-1918; Bridges; Ruins; Cities & towns; War destruction & pillage
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    View of a bombed out city in France. A large crater is visible near where the end of the bridge once stood.
  • Tennessee in World War I
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  • German trenches at Belleau Wood
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    World War, 1914-1918; Belleau Wood, Battle of, France, 1918; Trench warfare; Campaigns & battles; Foxholds
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    German trenches at Belleau Wood in France.
  • Tennessee in World War I
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  • Two African-American women and baby on porch of river dwelling
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    Women; Domestic life; Porches; Families; Log cabins; African Americans; Bodies of water
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    Two African-American women are seated on the porch of a primitive log dwelling with a baby playing at their feet. A river appears in the background.
  • Miers River Photo Collection
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  • Oxen and handler
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    Women; Cattle; Laborers; Carts & wagons; African Americans
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    African-American man reins in two yoked oxen in a field as a group of women stand, sit in, and walk around a wagon. Structures appear in the background.
  • Miers River Photo Collection
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  • Women dipping water
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    Women; Bonnets; Clothing & dress; Children; Laundry
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    Women wearing bonnets are lined up getting ready to take a cup of water from a bucket. They have their hands resting on the person's shoulders in front of them. The house in the background has a covered, attached structure sheltering a cistern. A...
  • Miers River Photo Collection
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  • Young African-American girls
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    Women; African Americans; Girls; Fences; Bonnets; Clothing & dress
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    A group of five African-American girls are gathered together near a wooden fence and wooden house. Several of the girls are smiling. A white woman in a long dress can be seen in the background walking the other way.
  • Miers River Photo Collection
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  • In action East of Roye
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    Warfare; Arms & armament; Artillery (weaponry); Campaigns & battles; Military art & science; World War, 1914-1918
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    A battle in progress east of Roye.
  • Tennessee in World War I
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  • Aerial view of fortified French city
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    War; World War, 1914-1918; Forts & fortifications; Aerial views; Cities & towns; Military facilities; Houses; Buildings; Campaigns & battles
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    The caption reads, "An airplane picture of a fortified town. The ramparts in center front and right center."
  • Tennessee in World War I
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  • Mine crater
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    War; Mine warfare; Mines (warfare); Explosives; Military retreats; Soldiers; War damage; World War, 1914-1918
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    Huge crater caused by the explosion of mine planted and exploded by the Germans in their retreat before the American troops.
  • Tennessee in World War I
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  • Bridge blown out by Germans
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    War; Bridges; War damage; Military retreats; World War, 1914-1918
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    Bridge blown out by the Germans during retreat from Vaux-Andigny, Aisne, October 17, 1918. Bois St. Pierre, in the district of Souplet and Vaux-Andigny, Aisne, France, October 17, 1918
  • Tennessee in World War I
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  • Deadman's hill
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    War destruction & pillage; War damage; World War, 1914-1918
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    Debris (helmet, shoes, skulls, etc.) scattered on a hill with the limb of a tree in the distance giving the eerie feel of desolation and destruction.
  • Tennessee in World War I
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  • An Act for the Establishment of Washington College
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    Universities & colleges
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    http://www.tn.gov/tsla/founding_docs/33669_Transcript.pdf
  • Tennessee's Founding and Landmark Documents

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