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  • Weapons and display at the Clarksville Armory manuevers
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    Armories; Military facilities; Military depots; Military training; Military inspections; Military officers; Militias; Grenades; Firearms; Rifles; Bayonets; Gas warfare; Tear gas; Chemicals
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    Outside the Clarksville Armory a crowd is pictured gathered around Tennessee State Guard soldiers who are giving a talk on weaponry. Displayed on a blanket on the ground in front of them are a variety of rifles and gas canisters. One Guard member...
  • Tennessee State Guard
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  • View of the stockades and fortifications around the Capitol, Nashville, Tennessee
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    Capitols; Soldiers; Guards; Forts & fortifications; Military camps; Railroads; Cannons; Spectators; Public sculpture; Architecture; Lampposts
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    Image presents the juxtaposition of the beautiful architectutral features and sculpture exhibited in the east, or main fascade of the Tennesseee State Capitol Building with the surrounding heavy Federal stockades, fortifications, and general...
  • Civil War Visual Culture
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  • Unveiling sign for "Sergeant York Avenue"
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    Traffic signs & signals; Motion picture premieres; Motion picture theaters; Theaters; Spectators; People; Governors
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    Alvin C. York, his wife Gracie, York familiy members, Gov. Prentice Cooper, and spectators look on as a sign designating 6th Avenue as "Sergeant York Avenue" is unveiled. The scene takes place in front of the Knickerbocker Theatre during the...
  • Alvin C. York
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  • Tennessee State Guard soldiers and civilians observing activites at Clarksville Armory
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    Armories; Military facilities; Military depots; Military training; Military inspections; Barbecues; Military officers; Militias
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    Uniformed members of the Tennessee State Guard are in the foreground of this image. They and the civilian spectators pictured behind them are standing outside the Clarksville Armory watching the various spectacles and demonstrations that are;...
  • Tennessee State Guard
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  • Scopes Trial Spectators on the Courthouse Lawn
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    Courthouses; Spectators; Signs (Notices)
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    People gathered outside the courthouse listening to the Scopes trial proceedings from speakers. A sign says, "Read Your Bible."
  • The Scopes 'Monkey' Trial
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  • Preacher on a soapbox
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    Preachers; Public speaking; Crowds; Spectators
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    A crowd listens in the streets to a preacher giving a soap box oratory.
  • The Scopes 'Monkey' Trial
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  • Joe Mendi performs
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    Children; Chimpanzees; Apes; Trained animals; Pianos; Monkeys
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    A trained chimpanzee named Joe Mendi performs for a group of school children outside the home of Mrs. F. Robinson.
  • The Scopes 'Monkey' Trial
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  • Jim Key with cash register
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    Horses; Trained animals; Cash registers; Spectators
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    Beautiful Jim Key is pictured working a cash register with his nose while a crowd of men watch.
  • The Beautiful Jim Key Collection
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  • Jim Key the Educated Horse
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    Horses; Animal training; Spectators; Show tents
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    Beautiful Jim Key's performance tent and a crowd of visitors. The sign reads, "The Most Wonderful Horse in the World! Beautiful Jim Key Arabian-Hambletonian Hundred Thousand DollarEquine Wonder - his first appearance in Rhode Island - The greatest...
  • The Beautiful Jim Key Collection
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  • Isaac Litton High School Marching Band performing at the "Sergeant York" premiere
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    Motion picture premieres; Motion picture theaters; Theaters; Hotels; Spectators; People
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    The Isaac Litton High School Marching Band performs on 6th Avenue outside the Knickerbocker Theatre and the Hermitage Hotel on the occasion of the Nashville premiere of the film "Sergeant York."
  • Alvin C. York
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  • Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan
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    Lawyers; Trials, litigation, etc.
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    William Jennings Bryan, seated on the left, facing Clarence Darrow with one foot resting on the seat of a chair.
  • The Scopes 'Monkey' Trial
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  • Civilian Conservation Corps boxing ring
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    Boxers (Sports); Boxing; Spectators; Sports spectators
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    Two members of Civilian Conservation Corps Camp 496 battle each other in a boxing ring on camp grounds, as camp spectators gather around the ring to watch.
  • Civilian Conservation Corps
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  • Alvin C. York family and Gov. Prentice Cooper at "Sergeant York" premiere
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    Motion picture premieres; Motion picture theaters; Theaters; Spectators; People; Governors
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    Alvin C. York, his wife Gracie, other York family members, Gov. Prentice Cooper, and onlookers are pictured in front of the Knickerbocker Theatre at the Nashville premiere of the movie "Sergeant York."
  • Alvin C. York

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