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  • Jacob McGavock Dickinson operating a field radio during military exercises
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    Military officers; Military training; Militias
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    A group of men are assembled near a building. Jacob McGavock Dickinson is using a field radio.
  • Tennessee State Guard
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  • David Vann
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    Portrait drawings; Portrait prints; Book illustrations
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    A half-length color portrait of David Vann, a Cherokee chief. The chief is dark-skinned, with curly hair. He is wearing a beaded sash.
  • Nineteenth Century Native American Prints
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  • Ledagie
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    Portrait drawings; Portrait prints; Indian agents; Book illustrations
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    A half-length portrait, facing right, wearing a plumed hat.
  • Nineteenth Century Native American Prints
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  • John Ross
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    Portrait drawings; Portrait prints; Indian agents; Book illustrations
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    A half-length portrait, facing right, wearing a stylish suit and war paint. He is shown seated at a desk with letters on the desktop, to indicate the literacy of the Cherokee.
  • Nineteenth Century Native American Prints
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  • Tammany Hall, New York City
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    Awards; Rewards of Merit; Political parties; Partisan politics; Political organizations; Political patronage; Municipal government
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    A pen and ink drawing of Tammany Hall in New York City. The three-story building is located on a street corner. The inscription reads: "Tammany Hall, New York City, where Andrew Jackson attended a public dinner on February 23, 1819. Collection of...
  • Bernhardt Wall Etchings
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  • Baltimore City Assembly Room and Library
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    Banquet halls; Banquets; Private libraries; Awards
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    A pen and ink drawing of the Baltimore City Assembly Room. Shows a large two-story Georgian building. On the roof is an American flag. The caption reads: "City Assembly Room and Library, Baltimore, Md., where a banquet was given Andrew Jackson,...
  • Bernhardt Wall Etchings
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  • New York City Hall
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    City & town halls; Government facilities; Municipal government; Awards; Rewards of Merit
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    A pen and ink drawing of the front entrance of the New York City Hall. There are several citizens in front of the building. The inscription reads: "City Hall, New York City, where Andrew Jackson was presented with the Freedom of the City, Feb. 23,...
  • Bernhardt Wall Etchings
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  • Washington Hall and Hotel, Philadelphia
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    Hotels; Awards; Banquet halls; Banquets; Rewards of merit
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    A pen and ink drawing showing the front of Washington Hall and the adjoining hotel. Both are two-story buildings. The caption reads: Washington Hall and Hotel, Philadelphia, Pa., where Andrew Jackson was banqueted February 1819. Collection of the...
  • Bernhardt Wall Etchings
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  • Grand Concert of Little Blind Maud at Bright Hall
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    Broadsides
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    Advertisement for a "Grand Concert" featuring "Little Blind Maud Cook." It describes the agenda of musical and literary performances and provides background on the life of Maud Cook.
  • Throwaway History - The Broadside in American Culture
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  • Frame farmhouse
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    Chimneys; Houses; Farmhouses; Porches; Wildflowers
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    Angled view of the front and side of an unidentified frame farmhouse. The house is a two-story I-house with a one-story ell. The frame is covered with weatherboard. There is a covered porch on the front facade of the house.
  • Nineteenth Century Agricultural Resources
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  • Broadside of Beautiful Jim Key's 1902 appearance in Rochester, New York
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    Broadsides; Horses; Performances
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    Broadside that reads, "The Horse You Read About! Beautiful Jim Key - valued at $100,000 - The Celebrated Arabian-Hambletonian Educated Horse - First Appearance in Rochester - See His Marvelous Performance at Fitzhugh Hall." This benefit was for...
  • The Beautiful Jim Key Collection
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  • Tintype of Jane McKinney in mourning
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    Cased, hand-colored tintype of Jane McKinney in mourning dress and holding a cased photograph, probably of the deceased. According to written information inside the case, she was niece of Grandma Hall and "one of the girls that helped out in time...
  • Looking Back - The Civil War in Tennessee
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  • Dining hall, Powell's Station, TN
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    Conservation of natural resources
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    Civilian Conservation Corps dining hall in Powells Station, Tennessee. An inscription on the back reads: "This camp on Morris Freeway Hwy #441 at Knox & Anderson county line." "Sent by Otto F. Haslbauer Norris" is also written on the back of the...
  • Civilian Conservation Corps
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  • Mess hall of a Civilian Conservation Corps camp
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    Work camps; Mess halls; Tables; Stoves; Benches
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    Civilian Conservation Corps mess hall. Shown are picnic-style tables and a pot-bellied stove.
  • Civilian Conservation Corps
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  • Oche Finceco
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    Portrait drawings; Portrait prints; Indian agents; Book illustrations
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    Color lithograph image, with very wide margins on large folio. Detailed rendering of a Native American with black hair, dark brown skin, ruffled white collar,; and blue tunic with red fringes.
  • Nineteenth Century Native American Prints
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  • Judge Dominick Hall's Court
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    Buildings
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    Drawing of the building on Royal Street in New Orleans, Louisiana, that served as the courtroom where General Andrew Jackson was tried for contempt of court in April 1815. He was fined $1,000 by Judge Dominick Hall.
  • Bernhardt Wall Etchings
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  • All-purpose recreation room
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    Conservation of natural resources
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    Empty all-purpose 223rd Company Civilian Conservation Corps room at Powell's Station, Tennessee.
  • Civilian Conservation Corps
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  • The Second Hermitage
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    Historic buildings; Historic sites; Houses
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    Etching of the second Hermitage featuring a front view of the house and side building surrounded by trees with horses in the foreground. The original inspiration image is credited to the collection of Mr. Herbert Fletcher.
  • Bernhardt Wall Etchings
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  • Cherokee Alphabet
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    Alphabets (Writing systems); Phonetic alphabets
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    Example of the Cherokee alphabet showing the characters systematically arranged with the sounds.
  • Nineteenth Century Native American Prints
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  • William Luther Bigelow Lawrence Diary Excerpts
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    Civil Wars; War
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    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...
  • Civilian Life in the Civil War

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