People associated with agriculture; Plantation owners; Farmers' groups; Iron industry; Monuments & memorials; Journalists; Emigration & immigration; Bas-reliefs
Tennessee Agriculture Hall of Fame memorial honoring Joseph Buckner Killebrew. There is included an bas-relief image of Killebrew, and brief details of his life.
Grave of Andrew Jackson, Sr., in the old Waxhaw Cemetery, Lancaster County, South Carolina. The inscription of the monument reads: "Here lies buried Andrew Jackson Sr., Father of the President of the United States. Born in Ireland; Died February...
An etching of the stone monument commemorating the birthplace of Andrew Jackson near Monroe County, N. C. The drawing is quite large and is inset with an image of the George McCamie house, said to be the site of the birth. It is inscribed: "Here...
A stone monument shown behind an iron fence and gate. The inscription on this sketch states that this was the site of the Crawford Home, Lancaster County, S. C., where Andrew Jackson was reared. This item was a part of a collection owned by Mr. and...
This 5" x 7" card is an invitation from Tennessee Gov. Buford Ellington to the unveiling of the York statue on the Capitol grounds, December 13, 1968. The recipient is also invited to a Nashville Chamber of Commerce luncheon at the Andrew Jackson...
The statue of Alvin York on the Tennessee State Capitol grounds. The statue's sculptor, Felix De Weldon, and York's widow, Gracie, are photographed viewing the statue. The Tennessee State Capitol building, a cannon, and the equestrian statue of...
Sculpture; Public sculpture; Monuments & memorials; Capitols; Soldiers; Firearms; Uniforms
The Alvin C. York Memorial on the southeast corner of the State Capitol grounds, Nashville, Tennessee. York, wearing a World War I uniform, is aiming a rifle; the Tennessee State Capitol is visible in the background.
A monument erected by the South Korean government in honor of those who died in a South Korean plane crash near Vung Chua Mountain. Note: a non-color-corrected master TIFF copy is also available.
Military personnel; Soldiers; Uniforms; Military uniforms; Hats; Mountains; Airplanes; Monuments & memorials
Karl Knudson (l) and SGT Christopher Ammons (r) posing near a monument to South Korean officers who died in the crash of the downed airplane visible in the background.
Thirteen-page paperback booklet detailing the progress made in the creation of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park. Also included are maps and photographs of various unit memorials.
Andersonville National Historic Site in Georgia memorializing those Union prisoners who died at the Andersonville Confederate Prison, as well as all other American prisoners of war. The Tennessee Union Soldiers' Monument, dedicated to those lost in...
Pamphlet from the Shiloh Burial Association announcing the formation of a group soliciting donations to purchase 200 acres of the ground at Shiloh for the purpose of building memorials and planting an Osage orange hedge.; The pamphlet features a...
Military officers; Monuments & memorials; Plazas; Military education; Militias; Military training
Two men in military uniform, one being Brigadier General Jacob McGavock Dickinson, sit under a Civil War monument in the town square of Franklin, Tennessee, and confer during military exercises.
The front plate of William Strickland's European architectural sketchbook. The sketch shows a watercolor drawing of a vine-covered monument with a Latin inscription. The translation reads: "Selected profane and sacred images of Britain and Roman...
Monuments & Memorials; Basilicas; Popes; Domes; Latin cross-plan buildings; Plazas
William Strickland's watercolor sketch of the Basilica of St. Peter, Rome. Strickland gives handwritten descriptions and dimensions of the building porticoes. He describes the dome as being "decidedly ugly."
