Maps; Rivers; Cities & towns; Streams; Surveying; Land grants
Map showing ranges, counties, streams, some roads, and county seats of the First Surveyor's District of Tennessee in the early 1800s. The Tennessee River appears at the western edge of the map. The counties of Montgomery, Robertson, Sumner,...
A waterfront view showing three African American men. One man sits at the edge of the river near a mule-powered ferry. The second man is on the ferry with two mules. The third man sits above the bank on a cliff. Rocks, driftwood and a large iron...
General Ulysses S. Grant on Lookout Mountain near Missionary Ridge in 1863. Four men in uniform pose near the edge of the cliff, while one sits further back on the path. The other four are identified, left to right, as General John A. Rawlins,...
Letter to his family dated Nov. 26, 1967, begins, "At 9:30 this morning seven of us hopped aboard the truck to take us to the outer edge of the perimeter. We were going for a 3 click (3,000 meters) patrol outside the camp." On his first patrol he...
Cattle; Carts & wagons; Ox teams; Women; African Americans; Bodies of water
A team of yoked oxen in the foreground are led to the water's edge by their African-American handler. A group of women are seated on a wagon bed with a small building in the background.
Armored vehicles; Tanks (Military science); Military personnel; Soldiers; Military uniforms; Military facilities; Signal stations
Two South Korean soldiers of the Tiger Division appear riding on an armored personnel carrier that has the image of a tiger painted on the front. To the left are the mountains and to the right and behind the tank are at least one soldier, some...
Stereograph showing the back of a statue depicting Virtue at the Tennessee Centennial Exposition. The statue is on the edge of a lily pond and stands beneath a waterfall.
The gymnasium at the Tennessee School for the Deaf under construction. The brick façade of the building is complete, but the roof is not in place and no windows have been installed. A small white shed can be seen behind the building on the right....
