A team of four mules pulls a wagon along a dirt road in front of three wood frame buildings. A woman and two boys stand in the wagon. An unidentified man sits atop one of the mules.
A man, woman, and three children barter for goods at the Butler and Householder Rolling Store. The woman holds a chicken in her hand. Above the cab of the truck sits a chicken coop.
Excerpts from the diary of William Luther Bigelow Lawrence. He details joining the Nashville Guards, the scarcity of provisions, and the surrender of Nashville. He proclaims the trampling of private rights by Federal soldiers, the fleeing of his...
An unidentified farmer is standing on a device that appears to be a skid elevated by 3 or more long wooden dowels. A mule is harnessed to it by two chains and a rope is attached to the left side of the mule's mouth area. The field is partially...
Store account for goods bought of John A. Wilds & Son of Jonesborough, Tennessee. The account demonstrates the barter economy by which Tinker exchanges pork, corn, and corn meal for fabric and store goods. See also A. Christine Tipton's book,...
