William Strickland's sketch of an unnamed suspension bridge crossing the Saone River. Strickland provides detailed descriptions of the bridge, as well as measurements. The sketch covers two pages in the sketchbook.
This page in Mitchener's diary from World War II includes a drawing of a group of prisoners who are passing time by playing cards. They are sitting next to a heating stove that, according to Mitchener, has a six-foot radius. He writes,"There's at...
Black and white photograph of the Rialto Bridge across Lake Watauga located at the Tennessee Centennial Exposition in Nashville, Tennessee. Passing under the bridge is a gondola.
The Pythian Building, Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition. The building was situated on Lake Watauga. The picture shows a man rowing a gondola near a small bridge on the lake. Behind the Pythian Building can be seen the Parthenon...
A photographic reprint (in green) of Josiah James Hughes, Co. E, 61st N. C. Inf. Regt., CSA, in uniform. There is a knife and a gun tucked inside the front of his belt. Hughes was from Green County, N. C. He fought at Fort Wagner on Morris Island,...
Order from the Federal Quartermaster at Nashville sending soap, axes, spades, shovels, picks, horseshoes, nails, bridge bolts, saddles, boots, infantry trousers, stockings, blouses, grey flannel shirts, and saddle blankets to Tullahoma, Estill...
Pvt. G. W. James, Co. H, 12th Tenn. Inf. (later Co. F, 47th Tenn. Inf.) writes to his brother in Gibson County from a camp near Sweetwater, Tenn. He tells of being where the "terrible thunder of cannons & deafening roar of musketry played their...
Aerial view of an isolated mountain farm in east Tennessee. The photograph shows a large log house along with several outbuildings. A fence separates the fields. A mountain road is seen as well.
William Strickland's sketch of the details of an unnamed suspension bridge. The sketch shows details of the iron suspension cords and a cross-section of the bridge trestles.
William Strickland's sketch of the details of an unnamed suspension bridge. The sketch shows details of the iron suspension cords and a cross-section of the bridge trestles.
Aerial view of the Cumberland River Bridge crossing over into Old Hickory, Nashville, Tennessee. Farm lands are shown on either side of the river. Card no. 1312-3O.
