Muzzle loading, back action percussion lock, .36 caliber rifle. The rifle is approximately 40" long with an octagon barrel, full stock with brass covered joint just behind the lower ramrod pipe. The wood has an unusual finish (probably refinished)....
Cherokee peace pipe and tobacco bag. Judge Cassius G. Foster (1837-1899) smoked the pipe which was given to him by Cherokee Indians during the Oklahoma land rush. Pipe has extensive beadwork.
This nine-page letter written from Arthur H. Harris in Monroe, Louisiana, to his brother George Carroll Harris in Nashville is a conscious political treatise. The author is advocating and justifiying the secession of Louisiana at the upcoming...
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); New Deal, 1933-1939; Pipe -- Hydrodynamics; Roads -- Design and construction
A man inspecting a concrete pipe manufactured by the Civilian Conservation Corps for use in constructing forest roads. Five rows of pipes are visible, the second of which has planks of wood, presumably for rolling the heavy concrete pipes in order...
A small hillside farmhouse reached by a deeply rutted road, with fist-sized stones placed in the deepest ruts. No powerlines or chimneys are in evidence, only a pipe sticking out of the roof. One small window and door can be seen. A little girl...
Three men laying sewer line. One has shovel, one has wheelbarrow, and one is sitting on ground with feet in ditch. He is surrounded with pieces of terra cotta pipe. Line is set up to be laid.
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S); New Deal, 1933-1939; Pipe -- Hydrodynamics; Culverts -- Hydrodynamics
A masonry culvert with circular stonework around the pipe. Culvert pipe appears to be steel. Two individuals in hats can be seen on top of the culvert.
