Music; Audiences; Singers; Guitars; Pianos; Hats; Music halls; Musicians; Concerts
Photograph shows the entertainers on a raised stage and the backs of the heads of the audience, seated in a semi-circle. A barn faade is in the background with a sign over the doors reading, " WSM Grand Ole Opry." The ductwork on the left side of...
Photograph shows five unidentified entertainers wearing white cowboy hats and standing on a raised stage. Visible from behind are the heads of audience members, seated in a semi-circle. A barn faade is in the background with a sign over the doors...
Photograph shows the entertainers on a raised stage and the backs of the heads of the audience, seated in a semi-circle. The faade of a barn is the background with a sign over the doors reading, "WSM Grand Ole Opry." A small sign to the right of...
Sheet music covers; Caricatures; African Americans; Blackface entertainers
Cover shows a caricature drawing of an African American couple wearing formal clothing. The man is bowing and the woman is curtsying. At right is a tiered cake on a table with a sign reading "Dis cake will be given to de most graceful couple."...
Education - Tennessee; Education - History - Tennessee; School buildings - Tennessee
Clapboard schoolhouse has a center section with two symmetrical wings. Each wing has a door and two windows visible. The sign on the center section reads "Ingram Rosenwald School." Shrubbery is planted around the building bu the yard is mostly...
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Education; Education - Tennessee; Education - History - Tennessee; School buildings - Tennessee
Front view of Kirkwood School in Montgomery County. The wooden structure is painted white and a sign reading "Kirkwood School" is nailed over four windows at the front of the building.
Country life; Sanitation; Hygiene; General stores; Men; Signs (Notices); Horses
Shows a group of men on the front porch of a country store with a sign hanging in the doorway that says "Headquarters for School Supplies." One man is sitting on a horse at left.
Sheet music covers; Caricatures; African Americans; Soldiers; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Cover depicts caricatures of five African-American soldiers, three with bayonets, one playing a drum, and one holding a sign reading "Raw Recruits, Capt. Dan Bryant." They appear hapless and comically inept. They are lined up in front of tents in...
Photograph of Roy Acuff performing at the Ryman with the Smoky Mountain Boys. Several different kinds of guitars are seen, including an acoustic, electric, and slide guitar. The microphone stands are printed "WSM Grand Ole Opry" and part of the...
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); New Deal, 1933-1939; Advertising -- Forest fire prevention; Fire prevention
A wooden sign attached to a carved log post built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in Picket State Park. The sign reads, "Fires Decrease Wealth." A wooden fence can be seen in the background in front of a heavily forested area.
Mr. and Mrs. Patton, proprietors, pictured in front of the Sampson Sanitarium. Sign indicates services of the sanitarium include mineral baths, swedish massage, diet, and general physiotherapy. Black and white image. Card no. 7170.
Education; Education - Tennessee; Education - History - Tennessee; School buildings - Tennessee
Two-story brick structure divided into three sections. The trim along the front of the building appears to be late Art Deco. Over the center doorway is a sign reading "Elementary School." An American flag flies atop the roof and a chimney can be...
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Men; Soldiers; Heroes; Government officials; Government facilities; Stairways; Doors & doorways
York as Chairman of the Fentress County Selective Service Board leaves his office at the end of the day. A hand-lettered plywood sign on the outside of the building designates the office and the chairman of the board.
Soldiers waiting to leave Vietnam from Cam Ranh Bay. There are dozens of men in uniforms and hats standing around a booth marked with the sign "507th Replacement Company." Above the booth is another sign titled, "Be in proper uniform," with a...
Military parades & ceremonies; Universities & colleges; Military maneuvers; Marching
Long procession of State Guardsmen marching through Cookeville on Sunday after the maneuvers. A sign pointing to Tennessee Technological University is in the background.
Oath of parole issued by the Federal Government and signed by Confederate Private J. E. Pike, from Company B, 5th Tennessee Cavalry. Pike agreed to cease hostility with the United States in exchange for permission to return home undisturbed by...
Publication of the Adjutant General's Office of Chapter 15, Public Acts of 1941 that called for the creation of the Guard, along with the amendments to the Act through 1945. Amendment references appear in bold.
