A design drawing of the landscape and buildings of the "Tennessee School for the Deaf and Dumb. Island Home. Knoxville, Tenn." by Marr & Holman and Barber & McMurry. Sections of the image are labeled: "Supt's Residence" in the bottom left, "Little...
A design drawing of the landscape and buildings of the "Tennessee School for the Deaf and Dumb" by Marr & Holman and Barber & McMurry. Sections of the image are labeled, "Superintendent's residence" in the bottom left, "Dormitory for little boys"...
Sheet music covers; Centennial celebrations; Temples; Reproductions
An elaborately engraved title page containing a small photograph of the Parthenon at the 1897 Tennessee Centennial Exposition. On cover: "Art Building of the Tennessee Centennial Exposition."
Bedroom in the home of Susie Gentry in Franklin, Tennessee. A canopy bed can be seen. A Swamp Lily patterned quilt is on the bed. There is a chair visible at the foot of the bed and a small night table at its head.
Black and white photograph of the Negro Building, located at the Tennessee Centennial Exposition in Nashville, Tennessee. In front of the building is Lake Watauga.
Confederate Monument in Bolivar. The monument is a stone obelisk carved to resemble a draped flag and topped with an urn-shaped decoration.; Text at the top declares the monument to be "one of the first erected in the South." Commercial...
Cottages A and B on the grounds of the Tennessee School for the Deaf. The two buildings are shown in the early stages of construction, with only the foundations completed. Scaffoldings are visible inside the foundation frames, and the foundation on...
Cover art shows a well-dressed woman inspecting a line of prospective dates with eyeglasses. There are two small photographs (blue tint) included on the cover: Lew Roberts (songwriter) and Lulu McConnell (performer known for this song).
Cover of a descriptive booklet of the buildings and exhibits of the Tennessee Centennial Exposition. The Parthenon and two cherubs adorn the front cover. The full text of the front cover reads "Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition...
Excerpts from a diary, 1834-1865, and memoir of early life, written by Jesse Cox (1793-1879), a Primitive Baptist minister and resident of Williamson County, Tennessee. He describes the hardships of life as an itinerant preacher, some religious...