35mm slide showing a tightly packed group of dignitaries and onlookers. Sgt. York and Gov. Cooper can be identified in the center; Gracie York is partially hidden. Red, white, and blue banners hang from the building and a convertible automobile....
"The Bonnie Blue Flag" sheet music, dedicated to General John W. Geary and the Second Division, Twentieth Army Corps, United States Army. Entered according the Act of Congress A. D. 1864, by H. H. K. Elliott in the Clerks Office of the District...
A native of Gibson County, Tenn., Patterson (known as Berry), served as a private in Co. B, 47th Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA. The oath provides his physical description as light complexion, dark brown hair, blue eyes, and 5-foot-7 1/2 inches tall.
A note written in blue by General Leonidas Polk telling James P. Wood to not let the cotton through the railways without his permission so that it would not fall in the hands of the Federal Army. Wood was in charge of the Memphis and Ohio Railroad...
According to family history, this drum may have been carried by a member of the Worrell family of Haywood (later Crockett) County during the Civil War. The drum has an eagle and a red, white, and blue crest painted upon it. The head and skins are...
Brief note to the office of Gov. Prentice Cooper by Lt. Col. Wylie G. Borum, State Guard officer and Military Aide to the Governor, suggesting gold sealed stickers to be placed in the windows of firms who employed State Guard members. The...
Broadside lithograph features photographs of a company of American soldiers, with the men photographed in threes and set into a large blue horseshoe design ornamented with gold stars and topped by an eagle. A central photograph shows an...
Clipping from an unnamed newspaper recounting a reunion held at the Battle of Franklin. "The surviving remnants of the Blue and the Gray met yesterday, in comradeship and the bonds of brotherhood, on the most desperate field that their enmity...
Closeup of a "Huey" (designation UH-1) MedEvac helicopter sitting on a white beach with the South China Sea in the background. The sea is very blue and two islands appear in the distance.
Portrait drawings; Portrait prints; Indian agents; Book illustrations
Color lithograph image, with very wide margins on large folio. Detailed rendering of a Native American with black hair, dark brown skin, ruffled white collar,; and blue tunic with red fringes.
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).
Civil wars; Military officers; Generals; Peace; Surrenders; Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870
Cover depicts Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Gen. Robert E. Lee, in uniform, shaking hands, with the slogan "Let us have peace" printed above them. The remains of the battlefield are shown on the ground around them, including cannon, flags, and a drum.
Cover image of the "Washington Artillery Souvenir" booklet featuring a tiger surrounded by a laurel wreath with the words "Try Us" printed on a ribbon beneath the image. An American flag appears on the left and a blue flag featuring the slogan "Non...
Cover of a program announcing "Presbyterian Day" on October 28, 1897, at the Tennessee Centennial Exposition. The center of the program features an image of a log cabin, and each corner of the program has the names of persons associated with the...
Discharge certificate for Sgt. Archibald B. McLean, Co. K, 27th Wis. Inf. Regt., USA. He enrolled on December 24th, 1862, to serve three years. McLean was born in Scotland. At the time of his discharge, he was 41 years old, 5 -foot-9 and one-half...
