Elmear Kear, a broom maker, of Route 1, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee. He is standing in his shop making a broom. There are brooms hanging on the wall along with other broom-making materials.
General stores; Inclined planes; Laborers; Waterfronts; Barrels; City & town life; African Americans
Town along the river is featured with two African-American workers rolling barrels along a loading ramp. William A. Lueders General Merchandise Store, storage barn, and other buildings appear in the background. The William A. Lueders General...
This page in Mitchener's diary from World War II includes a drawing of the food closet. A number of cups are hanging from the wall, and a pitcher is on the floor. Mitchener writes, "As you enter the room - life's sustinence (sic) compartment...The...
Country life; Sanitation; Hygiene; General stores; Men; Signs (Notices); Horses
Shows a group of men on the front porch of a country store with a sign hanging in the doorway that says "Headquarters for School Supplies." One man is sitting on a horse at left.
Two-page letter to his son George Carroll Harris of Nashville, Elisha W. Harris writes from his plantation Waco Place in Louisiana of attending a local political meeting. He details the zest the crowd displays for politics and the presidential...
A small blonde boy who appears to be between 6 and 8 years of age stands with producer Jesse L. Lasky in front of a small barn with a gabled roof. Both the barn and its roof appear to be in good repair. Hanging on either side of the barn door are a...
Photograph shows the entertainers on a raised stage and the backs of the heads of the audience, seated in a semi-circle. The faade of a barn is the background with a sign over the doors reading, "WSM Grand Ole Opry." A small sign to the right of...
Photograph shows five unidentified entertainers wearing white cowboy hats and standing on a raised stage. Visible from behind are the heads of audience members, seated in a semi-circle. A barn faade is in the background with a sign over the doors...
Music; Guitars; Audiences; Singers; Musicians; Concerts; Music halls
Photograph shows the entertainers on a raised stage and the backs of the heads of the audience, seated in a semi-circle. The facade of a barn is the background with a sign over the doors reading "WSM Grand Ole Opry." A small sign to the right of...
Mrs. Caroline Meriwether Goodlett (1833-1914). "Copy of the Caroline Meriwether Goodlett portrait, unveiled Nov. 21, 1944 - now hanging in the State Library" is written on the back of the photograph.
