An unknown soldier from Mississippi carried this watch during the Civil War. "Benjamin" is scratched on the inside of the watch case. Fastened to the chain is a key for winding the watch. A small silver revolver was attached later.
Brass and steel physician's bleeding knife with molded paper case. Blood-letting, practiced since ancient times, was thought to prevent and cure illness. It was a common medical treatment in the United States up to the end of the 19th century. The...
Henry Osborn, Co. F, 8th Tennesee Infantry, CSA. Osborn is pictured holding his pistol. He was wounded in upper chest and shoulder at Stones River in Murfeesboro, Tennessee. He married Armilda Copeland in Overton County, Tennessee. They had six...
Index and Opinion from the Tennessee State Supreme Court case regarding the Scopes Trial of July 1925 questioning the teaching of evolution in public schools. The opinion, filed in January 1927, dismissed the case; on a technicality, adding...
Oval tintype, head and shoulders portrait, in gutta percha or bakelite case. Col. Owen was a member of the 7th Ky. Vol. Cav. Regt., USA. He was from Ohio, and married Josephine Cunningham. Owen carved the brooch seen in dick036.
Small tintype in octagonal gutta-percha case. Both her husband, James Knox Moore, and father, Stephen Richardson Moore, were Confederate soldiers. Miller is wearing a white dress and is seated.
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Streetcar on Buchanan Street; also shows J.A. Maxey Grocery. Rear of streetcar has broadsides for "Baseball Today" and "Hear Carmack on Temperance, Ryman Auditorium." Two children in hats stand outside the grocery. Several houses can be seen in...
Three-quarter legth tintype of Frederick Claybrooke. It is set in a hinged oval case. The text states that he was killed at Hoover's Gap while leading his regiment into battle.
Tintype of Joseph Eaton Rushing. The tintype is in its original case. Rushing wears a uniform jacket with brass buttons and a kepi. The image is deteriorated and marked with dark spottings. On reverse, an inscription reads, "Joe Rushing, ever will...
