Oversized framed photograph of a young "Parson" Brownlow. Purchased at estate sale from George T. and Helen Brownlow Fritts, direct descendants. 30" x 20" Brownlow looks to be in his 30s or 40s and is seated at a desk in a chair.
Presumed birthplace of President Andrew Johnson in Raleigh, North Carolina. Johnson is said to have been born in this house on December 29, 1809, at its original location on Fayetteville Street. In 1909, the Colonial Dames of America purchased...
Quartermaster account, Confederate States, to Mr. Aaron Lambert for 11,840 pounds of hay. The amount of hay purchased during the month of July was 11,840 pounds of hay at $2.50 per 100 pounds- a payment of $296.00 to Aaron Lambert certified by...
Refracting telescope captured by Federal troops during the Civil War. The Federal troops thought the telescope was the barrel of a brass cannon. It was originally purchased by C. J. Bradley in 1852 for Bethel College. The telescope cost almost...
Small notice inviting the community to attend the funeral of the mother of Sarah Player (colored) at Caper's Chapel. The invitation is bordered in black.
The York Agricultural Institute, showing the front of the school building and several vehicles parked in the drive. York established the institute in Jamestown, the Fentress County seat, in an effort to provide rural children with an education. ...
This print shows the tomb of Andrew and Rachel Jackson in the gardens of The Hermitage, Jackson's home near Nashville, Tennessee. It is surrounded by trees and a fence.
Two small blackened brass buttons marked with a Texas state seal (Lone Star). TEXAS is written in raised letters around the five-pointed star. Since this object was manufactured in the North, it most likely predates the Civil War. Scoville...
UCV reunion medal, Nashville, June 22-28, 1897. Gold-colored shield suspended from bar marked "SOUVENIR." The shield displays crossed U.S. and Stars and Bars flags. Reunion was held during the Tennessee Centennial Exposition. Medal is thought to...
Yashica Electro 35 camera with which Christopher Ammons took most of his Vietnam photographs. The camera was purchased at the PX in Qui Nhon during his second tour. Beside it are film canisters with "Vietnam" printed on them.
Yashica Electro 35 camera with which Christopher Ammons took most of his Vietnam photographs. The camera was purchased at the PX in Qui Nhon during his second tour.
