Broadside advertising a mass meeting at the Ryman to "Save the South" from the Susan B. Anthony amendment and federal suffrage force bills. It advertises that Oscar Underwood, Ruffin Pleasant, E. B. Stahlman, Charlotte Rowe, Frank Bond, and Gus...
This engraving features African Americans being guided onto a troop train headed for Murfreesboro where their wish to join the Federal Army will be granted. This illustration appeared in Frank Leslie's post-war volume "The Soldier in Our Civil War"...
Broadside promoting the Maury County Colored Fair that was scheduled for November 8, 1883. Participants were urged to take the train from Fayetteville, Lincoln County, or Lewisburg, Marshall County, in order to get to the fair. The cost of the...
Broadside describing a pleasure excursion via train to Nashville for the benefit of the A.M.E. and M.B. churches. The cost for the round trip was $2.75. The train departed from Fayetteville, Lincoln County, and arrived in Nashville, Davidson...
Prisoners of war; Soldiers; Guards; Military camps; Campfires; Smoke; Trees
Image of captured Confederates on an island erroneously labeled near Bridgeport, Tennessee; the location is near Bridgeport, Alabama. The site is at the current CSX Bridge 122.6 over the Tennessee River Slough. Several clashes took place here due...
Small, black-bordered funeral invition for Addie D. Brien, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Brien, Jr. At the bottom of the invitation is a note requesting that the members of Tulip Street Sabbath School meet at the church at 8 o'clock to attend the...
Small notice inviting the community to attend the funeral of the mother of Sarah Player (colored) at Caper's Chapel. The invitation is bordered in black.
Inventions; Soldiers; Prisoners; Signaling; Water carriers; Shelters; Artillery (Weaponry); Equipment; Carts & Wagons; Military camps; Tents
Fifteen images illustrating the imaginative way that Civil War soldiers tackled a variety of transportation, housing, equipment, and survival issues. Engravings on the back of the page appeared in Frank Leslie's post-war volume "The Soldier in Our...
Broadside advertising the Brownsville Colored Normal School (Brownsville, Tenn.). The text includes a list of the Board of Managers and the subjects to be taught. It is believed to have been issued during the term of Tennessee Governor William B....
Capitols; Soldiers; Guards; Forts & fortifications; Military camps; Railroads; Cannons; Spectators; Public sculpture; Architecture; Lampposts
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...
Broadside advertisng a woolen mill in Fayetteville, Tennessee under the ownership of James M. Griffin. The advertisement encourages people to bring their wool to Griffin "for which he will pay the highest market price in cash" or goods.
Red and white poster produced by the University of Tennessee-Knoxville giving farm families information concerning price controls and rationing during World War II.
Large broadside advertising WVOL Radio station in Nashville, Tennessee. Included on the print are the names and images of the WVOL radio personalities from the late 1950s.
Poster giving details of a mass protest meeting to be given in support of "Negro and white workers." The poster also serves as a petition for unemployment insurance.
