Written on the back of John Hare Bond's checks, this story recounts Fielding Hurst's harassment of West Tennessee planter Uncle Lewis "Luke" Bond. Hurst, a rare Unionist in the region, raised units of scouts and cavalry. They patrolled Federal...
Two Appalachian riflemen stand together in the woods wearing hats and denim overalls and comparing their guns, as two men seated on the ground look on.
Twelve men are in the photograph, seven of them contestants. Six long rifles are visible. The last man on the right is holding the target, which is attached to a wooden board. The target itself is a small piece of paper or cardboard (perhaps 6...
Three-quarter length portrait of Henry Howe Cook. Inscription on the back of the photograph reads, "Photo of Henry Howe Cook, Soldier of the C.S.A. in the War of the 1860's. He was later Chancellor of Davidson and Williamson Counties. He was born...
Three unidentified men stand in front of a sedan parked on a Carthage, Tennessee, street between a movie theater showing "The Great Victor Herbert" and a Ben Franklin store.
Three men stand inside a cave; a dilapidated wooden pen can be seen in front of the cave opening. Two of the men appear to be producer Jesse Lasky and his son. The third man, whose identity is not given, appears to be wearing a hat.
This bucket was found in a closet with a Confederate soldier's uniform. According to a family story, the buckets were issued to some Confederate soldiers at the end of the war by the Federal army. The soldiers were told to take the buckets and go...
Motion picture premieres; Motion picture theaters; Theaters; Hotels; Spectators; People
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."
Gymnasiums; Schools; Building construction; Construction workers; Boys
The gymnasium at the Tennessee School for the Deaf under construction. The brick façade of the building is partially complete. Frames for windows and the interior can be seen through the unfinished windows and doors. Wooden frames for the...
The grounds of the Tennessee School for the Deaf early in the construction of the facilities. Two partially completed buildings are shown. The one on the right has a portion of the second story finished as well. The section with the second story...
The grounds of the Tennessee School for the Deaf early in the construction of the facilities. Two buildings are shown with single-story brick walls on top of foundations. The building on the right also has a partially completed second story.
Ten men face the camera in a clearing, all but the youngest wearing hats, one quite large. The largest two men stand in front of the others. Only two guns can be seen. The largest man wears bib overalls with extra material added at the cuffs.
Six unidentified persons (three women, one of whom appears to be wearing jodhpurs, and three men) standing on the broad front porch of a large, white, two-story frame home with large chimneys at each end of the building.
Seven unidentified persons (three women and four men). According to information attached to photograph one of the men is Jesse Louis Lasky and another is his son, William Raymond Lasky. The older man in double-breasted suit is probably the senior...
Rear view of two homes at a 45-degree angle to each other. There are three unidentified persons in the photograph (two men and one woman). A picket fence surrounds both homes. One house has a back porch where a man and woman are standing. The other...
Soldiers; Heroes; Spouses; Motion picture theaters; Theater audiences; Government officials
Preview of film "Sergeant York" at Knickerbocker Theatre, Nashville, Tennessee, July 1941. Front row, left to right: Joe Oehmig, Governor Prentice Cooper, Mrs. Gracie York, Sergeant Alvin York, Mayor Thomas L. Cummings.
John Conaster, Woody York, an unidentified boy, and an unidentified man pose in the woods with the prize, a turkey that was evidently shot by Mr. Conaster at this rifle shoot. Mr. Conaster is holding his rifle, and the child is standing behind the...
