Pamphlet entitled "Quarterly Bulletin of Farm Residences, etc., for Sale in Tennessee" by A. W. Hawkins. Represents the efforts of the Tennessee Department of Agriculture to encourage land sales. Lists, by county, the lands for sale in the state...
A 24 page soft-cover program of the Nineteenth Annual Fair of the Bedford County Agriculture Society held in Shelbyville, Tennessee beginning on September 5, 1889. The booklet includes lists of stockholders, advertisements, and the agricultural...
A piece torn from a black and white two-sided propaganda leaflet conveys the surrender of a Viet-Cong soldier on the front with text and leaflet number (246-131-68) on the reverse.
Red and white two-sided propaganda leaflet conveys a seated, malnourished Viet-Cong soldier with his weapon at his feet as he daydreams of food. The reverse has text and the leaflet number (6-163-68).
Black & white two-sided document that functions as a reward leaflet, offering 7.500$ for an RPD machine gun, but also serving as a surrender pass. Ammons has written in ink at the top of the front side "picked up in 'Iron Triangle' Jan. 5, 1968."...
Black and white two-sided propaganda leaflet conveys front image of Viet-Cong burning and pillaging a village with victims scattered about and, on the reverse, an image of American soldiers visiting the burned remains of the village and...
Black and white two-sided propaganda leaflet conveys the anguish of a mother as she cries over the image she envisions of her son, killed in fighting. The leaflet number is on the front (SP.2141). The reverse contains a list of eleven...
Communication from J. S. Johnson in North Carolina containing Special Order No. 5 from General J. E. Johnston, C. S. A., commanding the officers and soldiers of the Confederate Army and Navy not to take up arms against the United States, and...
This information from the Bureau of Agriculture, Mines, and Statistics communicates on a county-by-county basis (though not all counties are profiled) a kind of manufacturing census for the State of Tennessee. By including the manufacturer name,...
Motion pictures; Dating (Social custom); Couples; Ticket offices
Cover lithograph shows a gentleman trying to encourage his lady friend to go with him to the 5 cent moving pictures. She stands with her back to him in an unhappy pose. The ticket booth is between them.
This 1890 circular, put together by Land and Immigrant Agent W.M. Janes under the auspices of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company Land and Emigrant Department, focuses on iron ore lands along the L& N in Tennessee and Kentucky counties...
Cover depicts a couple dressed in Edwardian finery walking from a confectionery. Both are wearing gloves and he is carrying a cane and she is holding his arm. She has on a large hat with a feather surrounding it and a feather boa around her neck....
Cartoons (Commentary); Political cartoons; Propaganda; Publicity; Public opinion; Slogans; Press; Insignia; Bayonets
Political cartoon featureing a uniformed Tennessee State Guard member crouched with his bayonet at the ready. The backdrop is the emblem for the State Guard. A list appears at the top right of the types of drills and skills that are involved. The...
A 134 page soft-cover program of the Sixth Annual Fair of the Rutherford County Agriculture Society held near Murfreesboro, Tennessee, beginning on September 10, 1889. The booklet includes lists of stockholders, advertisments, and the agricultural...
Color two-sided pass promising safe conduct to the holder of the pass by all Vietnamese government agencies and allied military forces. Reverse bears the signature of Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky and has a photograph of a South Vietnamese Soldier...
House Resolution 161 introduced by Mr. Washington to aid and encourage the holding of the Tennessee Centennial Exposition at Nashville in the year 1896 and making an appropriation for it.