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Freemen! avoid conscription! The undersigned desires to raise a company for the Confederate services, and for that purpose, I call upon the people of the Counties of Jefferson and Hawkins, Tenn., to meet promptly at Russellville on Saturday, Jul

Freemen! avoid conscription! The undersigned desires to raise a compan...

C. S. A. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 175, Folder 21.

Casualties at Shiloh - A painting of two men sitting on the ground

Casualties at Shiloh - A painting of two men sitting on the ground

Title from Blood shed in this war by M. Peake. Title and date on mat: War casualties at Shiloh, (Pittsburg Landing), April 7, 1862. "N.60" upper left corner of sheet. Code on mat (source unverified): III-64. Fo... More

The Battle of Pittsburg Landing [Shiloh, Tenn., April 1862]: ...The left wing, Gen. Hurlbut's Div., Apr. 6th; Charge & repulse of rebels at Peach Orchard

The Battle of Pittsburg Landing [Shiloh, Tenn., April 1862]: ...The le...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1862 May 17. Reference copy may be in LOT 4416(O). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: US Hist. 6 April 1862; Civ... More

Map showing Genl. Sherman's march from Chattanooga to Atlanta.

Map showing Genl. Sherman's march from Chattanooga to Atlanta.

Map shows an overview of Genl. Sherman's march from Chattanooga, Tenn., to Atlanta, Ga., in the summer of 1864.

Leaders of the Democratic Party, Confederate States of America.

Leaders of the Democratic Party, Confederate States of America.

A searing, election-year indictment of four prominent figures in the Democratic party, three of them former Confederate officers. Former New York governor and Democratic presidential nominee Horatio Seymour is... More

Bird's eye view of the city of Memphis, Tennessee 1870.

Bird's eye view of the city of Memphis, Tennessee 1870.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 901 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. Vault AACR2: 100; 651/1

Battle of Shiloh - April 6th 1862 / Cosack & Co. Lith. Buffalo & Chicago.

Battle of Shiloh - April 6th 1862 / Cosack & Co. Lith. Buffalo & Chica...

Print shows a roadway, possibly Corinth Road, separating the Union forces under the command of General U.S. Grant, on the right, and the Confederate forces on the left; in a shattered building, in the midst of ... More

Map of Kentucky and Tennessee - Public domain old map

Map of Kentucky and Tennessee - Public domain old map

Scaled. Illus. in: Battles & leaders of the Civil War, vol. 1, 1887, p. 378. Reference copy available in 1956 edition.

Knox County Court House, at Knoxville, Tenn.: First story plan - plate 32

Knox County Court House, at Knoxville, Tenn.: First story plan - plate...

Architectural drawing copyrighted by Palliser, Palliser & Co. Illus. in: Palliser, Palliser & Co., Palliser's court houses, village, town and city halls, jails and plans of other public building prepare..., New... More

[Junior normal class of Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee, seated on steps outside of building]

[Junior normal class of Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee, seated ...

Public domain photograph - 19th century group portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Map of Davidson County, Tennessee / - Public domain map

Map of Davidson County, Tennessee / - Public domain map

Relief shown by hachures. Cadastral map showing the lot/block numbers and the names of residents. Blue-line print. Extensively annotated in black ink showing roads and annexed areas. "Circles 2 miles measured f... More

Roads - Tennessee, National Forest Service photograph.

Roads - Tennessee, National Forest Service photograph.

Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Making Music - National Parks Gallery

Making Music - National Parks Gallery

Margurett Powell Rider (violin) and Harriett Powell Myers (banjo) play for family members outside the George W. Powell home in Chestnut Flats. Photo taken around 1900.

Anderson County, East Tennessee: The Faust family at work

Anderson County, East Tennessee: The Faust family at work

Photograph shows people spinning and winding wool in front of a cabin. From right to left: elderly man standing at walking wheel, skein winder equipment, Mary Faust seated on porch with spinning wheel, another... More

All are workers in Knoxville Knitting Works. Smallest boy "ravels," smallest girl is a steady worker. Location: Knoxville, Tennessee

All are workers in Knoxville Knitting Works. Smallest boy "ravels," sm...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 1905. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Philip Weinstein, 8 years old, and an older boy who uses him as a decoy. Philip sells until 10 & 11 P.M. sometimes. Photo taken at 11 A.M. Philip said he player [sic?] hookey a week and they fired him. A good many young truants on the street those days.  Location: Nashville, Tennessee.

Philip Weinstein, 8 years old, and an older boy who uses him as a deco...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of city street life, vendor, shop sign, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Anti-Ratification Headquarters, 1920

Anti-Ratification Headquarters, 1920

Anti-suffrage activists Josephine Pearson and Nina Pinckard pose with a Confederate veteran outside the entrance to their movement's headquarters within the Hermitage Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee. This photo w... More

When Tennessee the 36th state ratified, Aug 18, 1920, Alice Paul, National Chairman of the Woman's Party, unfurled the ratification banner from Suffrage headquarters.

When Tennessee the 36th state ratified, Aug 18, 1920, Alice Paul, Nati...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of Alice Paul standing over ratification banner hanging from the balcony of the National Woman's Party headquarters, with members watching outside the building b... More

"Memphis Queen II" - The Tichnor Brothers Postcard Collection

"Memphis Queen II" - The Tichnor Brothers Postcard Collection

Picryl description: Public domain photo of vintage naval ship postcard, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Wessyngton, Gazebo, Cedar Hill, Robertson County, TN

Wessyngton, Gazebo, Cedar Hill, Robertson County, TN

Survey number: HABS TN-32-B Public domain photograph of Tennessee, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Street musicians, Maynardville, Tennessee

Street musicians, Maynardville, Tennessee

Public domain photograph of musician playing music, musical instrument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a hole in the ground, possibly related to: Erosion control on Natchez Trace Project near Lexington, Tennessee

A black and white photo of a hole in the ground, possibly related to: ...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Negative has a hole punch made by FSA st... More

Secondhand clothing store and pawn shops on Beale Street, Memphis, Tennessee

Secondhand clothing store and pawn shops on Beale Street, Memphis, Ten...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of city street life, vendor, shop sign, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Men working on telephone lines, probably near a TVA dam hydroelectric plant]

[Men working on telephone lines, probably near a TVA dam hydroelectric...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a hydroelectric dam, industrial facility, power generation, water cascade, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Drilling horizontal stabilizers: operating a hand drill, this woman worker at Vultee-Nashville is shown working on the horizontal stabilizer for a Vultee "Vengeance" dive bomber, Tennessee. The "Vengeance" (A-31) was originally designed for the French. It was later adopted by the R.A.F. and still later by the U.S. Army Air Forces. It is a single-engine, low-wing plane, carrying a crew of two men and having six machine guns of varying calibers

Drilling horizontal stabilizers: operating a hand drill, this woman wo...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Beale Street, Memphis Tennessee

Beale Street, Memphis Tennessee

Public domain photograph of Tennessee, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Operating a hand drill at Vultee-Nashville, woman is working on a "Vengeance" dive bomber, Tennessee

Operating a hand drill at Vultee-Nashville, woman is working on a "Ven...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Trailer camp for defense workers at Vultee Aircraft Plant. Nashville, Tennessee

Trailer camp for defense workers at Vultee Aircraft Plant. Nashville, ...

Public domain photograph of Tennessee, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tennessee Valley Authority. Watts Bar Dam hydroelectric plant. A sledge hammer in the hands of a husky ironworker at TVA's Watts Bar steam plant. This plant will supplement the big hydroelectric installations at Watts Bar Dam, which has an authorized output of 90,000 kilowatts, and a possible ultimate of 150,000 kilowatts. Each of the four big turbo-generators in the steam plant is rated at 60,000 kilowatts

Tennessee Valley Authority. Watts Bar Dam hydroelectric plant. A sledg...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a hydroelectric dam, industrial facility, power generation, water cascade, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Tennessee Valley Authority. Construction of Douglas Dam. Loading downstream from TVA's new Douglas Dam on the French Broad River. This dam will be 161 feet high and 1,682 feet long, with a 31,600 acre reservoir area extending forty-three miles upstream. With a useful storage capacity of approximately 1,330,000 acre-feet this reservoir will make possible the addition of nearly 100,000 kilowatts of continuous power to the TVA system in dry years and almost 170,000 kilowatts in the average year

Tennessee Valley Authority. Construction of Douglas Dam. Loading downs...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) boys weeding loblolly pine seedlings at TVA  nursery. Since 1934, eighty million trees have been planted for soil conservation and flood control in the Tennessee Valley

Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Civilian Conse...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Negro treasury deputies on War Bond staff. Negro deputies in the Treasury Department, appointed to work among farmers and rural families selling war bonds, in Washington for a special intensive training course on October 22 and 23, 1942. Seated, left to right: Preston S. Bowles, Alcorn A&M College, Alcorn, Mississippi; T.M. Campbell, Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Alabama; J.O. Thomas, War Savings staff, Washington D.C.; William Perkins, War Savings staff, Washington D.C.; R.E. Clay, Tennessee Department of Education, Nashville, Tennessee. Standing, left to right: J.W. Whitten, War Savings staff, Washington, D.C.; Frank Staley, Georgia State College, Savannah, Georgia; Lonnie A. Marshall, Florida A&A College, Tallahassee, Florida; James N. Freeman, Lincoln University, Jefferson City, Missouri; J.H. White, Helena, Arkansas; Curtis A. Crocker, Richmond, Virginia; J.C. McLaughlin, A&T College, Greensboro, North Carolina

Negro treasury deputies on War Bond staff. Negro deputies in the Treas...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph group portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Douglas Dam, Tennessee. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Construction

Douglas Dam, Tennessee. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Construction

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

A Greyhound bus trip from Louisville, Kentucky, to Memphis, Tennessee, and the terminals

A Greyhound bus trip from Louisville, Kentucky, to Memphis, Tennessee,...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Cape Canaveral, Fla....A Trident II (D-5) missile is launched from Pad 46A during the Navy's fifteenth developmental test flight. The missile, which was destroyed minutes afterward following a second stage malfunction, is designed for submerged firing from the ninth nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine, USS Tennessee (SSBN-734). The first eight Ohio class ballistic missile submarines will be backfitted to carry the Trident II in accordance with regularly scheduled shipyard availability. OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTO (RELEASED)

Cape Canaveral, Fla....A Trident II (D-5) missile is launched from Pad...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A view of the F110-GE-100 engine installed in the Arnold Engineering Development Center's (AEDC) Engine Test Facility J-2 Cell after recently completed development testing. From left to right is Don Davidson, project manager, Julian Harris, General Electric representative, and Captain Joe Peloguin, AEDC Air Force project manager

A view of the F110-GE-100 engine installed in the Arnold Engineering D...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Arnold Air Force Station State: Tennessee (TN) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released t... More

A Trident II (D-5X2) intercontinental ballistic missile clears a launch pad during the second developmental test flight of the system. The missile is designed for submerged firing from the ninth nuclear-powered fleet ballistic missile submarine USS TENNESSEE (SSBN 734) and all subsequent submarines in its class. Note: Second view in a series of three

A Trident II (D-5X2) intercontinental ballistic missile clears a launc...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Cape Canaveral State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Com... More

Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina/Tennessee /

Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina/Tennessee /

"GPO: 1989-242-345/00050. Reprint 1989." Relief shown by shading. Panel title. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes text. Text and col. ill. on verso.

The Soviet Vishnya class intelligence collector SSV-169 monitors the test launch of a Trident II D-5 submarine-launched ballistic missile from the nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine USS TENNESSEE (SSBN 734) off the coast of Florida

The Soviet Vishnya class intelligence collector SSV-169 monitors the t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Natchez Trace Parkway - Tennessee Valley Divide

Natchez Trace Parkway - Tennessee Valley Divide

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: The wooded lowlands stretch for miles into the green distance in this photo of the Tennessee Valley Divide Location: Tennessee (35.710°... More

Natchez Trace Parkway - Meriwether Lewis National Monument

Natchez Trace Parkway - Meriwether Lewis National Monument

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: Well-tended grounds surround this flagpole and old cabin at the Meriwether Lewis National Monument. Location: Meriwether Lewis National... More

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Cataloochee hiking trail Public domain photograph of wildlife, animals, National Parks, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A US Air Force (USAF) F-15A Eagle aircraft assigned to the 131st Fighter Wing (FW), Missouri (MO) Air National Guard (ANG) flies a refueling training mission with a KC-135E Stratotanker aircraft from the 134th Air Refueling Wing (ARW), Tennessee, ANG

A US Air Force (USAF) F-15A Eagle aircraft assigned to the 131st Fight...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Tennessee (TN) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Thomas J. Meneguin, USAF Release Status: Released to Public C... More

A US Air Force (USAF) F-15A Eagle aircraft assigned to the 131st Fighter Wing (FW), Missouri (MO) Air National Guard (ANG) flies a refueling training mission with a KC-135E Stratotanker aircraft from the 134th Air Refueling Wing (ARW), Tennessee, ANG

A US Air Force (USAF) F-15A Eagle aircraft assigned to the 131st Fight...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Tennessee (TN) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Thomas J. Meneguin, USAF Release Status: Released to Public C... More

Reaching over an M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank (MBT), US Marine Corps (USMC) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Matthew Dordal, from Gatlinburg, Tennessee, passes mail to its driver, USMC Lance Corporal (LCPL) Adam Julian, from Joliet, Illinois, near the Olympic Stadium Assembly Area (AA) in Baghdad, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Reaching over an M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank (MBT), US Marine Corps (...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST Tank BN Scene Camera Operator: SGT Paul L. Anstine Ii, USMC ... More

National parks: Sunset - public domain image

National parks: Sunset - public domain image

Sunset Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cannon Firing Demonstration - National Parks Gallery

Cannon Firing Demonstration - National Parks Gallery

Shiloh's volunteer cannon crew fires the 6-pounder during a demonstration (2014).

The Land Before Oregon - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

The Land Before Oregon - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

Created by Borderless Arts Tennessee, TN, Gallatin, TN Artists: Thomais and Rainbow Title: The Land Before Oregon Teacher: Lori Kissinger Theme: Conservation About: What the land looked like before Oregon.

Lookout Mountain, near Chattanooga, Tenn.

Lookout Mountain, near Chattanooga, Tenn.

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Donaldson & Elmes.

A Greyhound bus trip from Louisville, Kentucky, to Memphis, Tennessee, and the terminals. Waiting for the bus at the Memphis terminal

A Greyhound bus trip from Louisville, Kentucky, to Memphis, Tennessee,...

Title and other information from caption sheet entry. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is a... More

U.S. Army Reserve Col. Bradley Nindl assumed command

U.S. Army Reserve Col. Bradley Nindl assumed command

U.S. Army Reserve Col. Bradley Nindl assumed command of the Southeast Medical Area Readiness Support Group from Col. Scott Lynn, the outgoing commander, during a Change of Command Ceremony on Saturday, August 2... More

Linda L. Spadaro (Right), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Linda L. Spadaro (Right), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Linda L. Spadaro (Right), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mobile District Small Business Office chief, interacts with Kathy Scarbrough during the 5th Annual Small Business Forum at Tennessee State University in Na... More

Wilson Dam & Hydroelectric Plant, Spanning Tennessee River at Wilson Dam Road (Route 133), Muscle Shoals, Colbert County, AL

Wilson Dam & Hydroelectric Plant, Spanning Tennessee River at Wilson D...

Significance: In 1918, by the directive of the U.S. War Department, the Army Corps of Engineers began construction on Wilson Dam, a large hydroelectric project that was to supply power to U.S. Nitrate Plant No.... More

Beale Street, Memphis, Tennessee

Beale Street, Memphis, Tennessee

Public domain photograph of Tennessee, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Keller Memorial Bridge, Spanning Tennessee River at U.S. Highway 31, Decatur, Morgan County, AL

Keller Memorial Bridge, Spanning Tennessee River at U.S. Highway 31, D...

Significance: The Keller Bridge is the most elaborate of all Alabama's concrete bridges. It is one of only two bascule bridges in the state, and the only remaining one on the Tennessee River. It is named for ... More

Conversation with 17 year old white male, White Pine, Tennessee (Transcript)

Conversation with 17 year old white male, White Pine, Tennessee (Trans...

For rights information contact the collector’s institution: University of South Carolina. Columbia, SC 17 year old white male. Talks about encountering Bigfoot; a typical day; animals; and school.

Rural Mount, State Route 160 vicinity, Morristown, Hamblen County, TN

Rural Mount, State Route 160 vicinity, Morristown, Hamblen County, TN

Significance: Rural Mount was reputedly built in 1799 by Alexander Outlaw for his son-in-law Joseph Hamilton. Both of these men were instrumental in founding the States of Franklin and later of Tennessee. Rur... More

Tennessee State Penitentiary, Main Prison, West End, Centennial Avenue, Nashville, Davidson County, TN

Tennessee State Penitentiary, Main Prison, West End, Centennial Avenue...

Public domain photograph of Tennessee, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mother and father and several children of a family of nine living in open field in rough board covering built on old Ford chassis on U.S. Route 70, between Bruceton and Camden, Tennessee. Their water supply was an open creek running near highway.

Mother and father and several children of a family of nine living in o...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children of farmers, migrant workers, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Map of the taxing district of Shelby County : showing construction of sewers

Map of the taxing district of Shelby County : showing construction of ...

Public domain scan of a architecture diagram, settlement map, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Men on railroad engine. Tennessee Stereoscope Card. 19th century.

Men on railroad engine. Tennessee Stereoscope Card. 19th century.

Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, train car, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Reliance Bridge, Spanning Hiwassee River on State Route 315, Reliance, Polk County, TN

Reliance Bridge, Spanning Hiwassee River on State Route 315, Reliance,...

Significance: The Reliance is a representative example of the Pratt through truss. It is the only existing bridge in Tennessee known to have been built by the Roanoke Bridge Company. Also, it is a contributin... More

Ephraim Bales Place, Roaring Fork Trail, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, TN

Ephraim Bales Place, Roaring Fork Trail, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, TN

Significance: The grouping of two cabins occur frequently. They are usually grouped in one of two ways - with the chimney separating the two buildings or with an entry between the two buildings as the Ephraim ... More

Little Greenbrier School & Church House, Wear Valley, Sevier County, TN

Little Greenbrier School & Church House, Wear Valley, Sevier County, T...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-9 Survey number: HABS TN-116

Chattanooga, Tennessee. Confederate prisoners at railroad depot

Chattanooga, Tennessee. Confederate prisoners at railroad depot

Public domain historical photo, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Elkmont Historic District, Millionaire's Row, Parrott Cabin, Little River Trail, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, TN

Elkmont Historic District, Millionaire's Row, Parrott Cabin, Little Ri...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a basement, underground, lobby, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tupelo, Lee County, MS

Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tu...

Significance: A regional Good Roads movement championed by the Natchez Trace Military Highway Association in 1916 continued an effort initiated by the Mississippi Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) to c... More

Great Smoky Mountains National Park Roads & Bridges, Cades Cove Road & Laurel Creek Road, From Townsend Wye to Cades Cove, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park Roads & Bridges, Cades Cove Road &...

Significance: The transportation system of Great Smoky Mountains National Park is representative of NPS park road design and landscape planning throughout the country. Much of the conservation work was underta... More

Memphis and vicinity / Historic map, Library of Congress

Memphis and vicinity / Historic map, Library of Congress

LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S168, 429 Finished pen and ink map drawn on tracing cloth. "For General Sherman, General of the Army." Indicates fortifications at Fort Pickering and Fort Harris, roads and streets,... More

[Civil War envelope showing eagle with shield above American flags]

[Civil War envelope showing eagle with shield above American flags]

Addressed to Mr. John A. Barney, Co. B, 10th Regt. Wis. Vol., Edgefield June [?], Tenn.; bears 3 cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civi... More

Secession exploded, Confederate States of America.

Secession exploded, Confederate States of America.

This strongly anti-Confederate satire is a fantastical vision of the Union defeat of the secessionist movement. A hideous monster representing secession emerges from the water at left. He is hit by a charge fro... More

Indian Mound in Monument Gardens, Chattanooga

Indian Mound in Monument Gardens, Chattanooga

Photograph shows a group of men, most in uniform, in front of the Indian mound near Chattanooga. No. B1285. Hand written on verso: "Miller VIII, 219". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Chattanooga - Public domain historical image during American Civil War. A black and white photo of a train on a track

Chattanooga - Public domain historical image during American Civil War...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of Tennessee, mid-19th century albumen print, no copyright restrictions.

Pittsburg landing - Public domain portrait drawing

Pittsburg landing - Public domain portrait drawing

Title inscribed below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.677) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[Union troops on rocks climbing to the summit of Lookout Mountain] / J.B. Linn & Co., photographers, Point Lookout, Lookout Mountain, Tenn.

[Union troops on rocks climbing to the summit of Lookout Mountain] / J...

Photograph shows soldiers led by Captain John Wilson reenacting climb to plant 8th Kentucky Infantry Regiment battle flag on the summit of Lookout Mountain (Source: Will Stapp, January 2016). Photographed by Ro... More

Crutchfield House, Chattanooga, Tennessee, Metropolitan Museum of Art

Crutchfield House, Chattanooga, Tennessee, Metropolitan Museum of Art

George N. Barnard (American, 1819–1902) The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and ... More

Gay St. north from Wall Street, Knoxville, Tenn

Gay St. north from Wall Street, Knoxville, Tenn

Detroit Publishing Co. no. 071584. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[Spring house, Chilhowee Park, Knoxville, Tenn.]

[Spring house, Chilhowee Park, Knoxville, Tenn.]

Public domain photograph of Middle East, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

"In sunny Tennessee" - images Black History Month

"In sunny Tennessee" - images Black History Month

Two African-American children, one of them in cart pulled by dog. Copyright by J. Willison Frierson.

McCallie Ave., Chattanooga, Tenn

McCallie Ave., Chattanooga, Tenn

Negative cracked upper left to center right. "G 4226" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 019989. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Tenn. Coal Iron & R.R. Co.'s furnaces at Ensley, Birmingham, Ala.

Tenn. Coal Iron & R.R. Co.'s furnaces at Ensley, Birmingham, Ala.

H121595 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Haines Photo Co.; January 14, 1909. Copyright claimant's address: Conneaut, O.

Flooding ^ Severe Storm - Madison, Tenn. , May 27, 2010 -- Joshua Dubois-Executive Director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships works with volunteer organizations including Americorp and Nechama, a Jewish disaster response organization to "muck and gut" homes affected by the recent flooding in Tennessee.  FEMA is responding to severe storms and flooding that damaged or destroyed thousands of homes across Tennessee in May 2010.  David Fine/FEMA

Flooding ^ Severe Storm - Madison, Tenn. , May 27, 2010 -- Joshua Dubo...

The original database describes this as: Title: Joshua Dubois Works with Volunteers to Clean Out Debris Production Date: 05/27/2010 Caption: Madison, Tenn. , May 27, 2010 -- Joshua Dubois-Executive Director ... More

Hall of Dreams, Ruby Falls, Lookout Mountain Caves

Hall of Dreams, Ruby Falls, Lookout Mountain Caves

Picryl description: Public domain photo of vintage Tennessee postcard, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

When Congress closed. Postmaster General James A. Farley congratulating Sen. Kenneth McKellar of Tenn., on the passing of the resolution to simplify the airmail routes and contracts, during the last hours of Congress. This photo was made shortly after the 73rd Congress ajourned

When Congress closed. Postmaster General James A. Farley congratulatin...

Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

One of the few remaining old Mississippi River boats, Memphis, Tennessee

One of the few remaining old Mississippi River boats, Memphis, Tenness...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Mississippi, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A horse pulling a cart down a street, possibly related to: Billboard in Memphis during the flood, Tennessee

A horse pulling a cart down a street, possibly related to: Billboard i...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

Harness-maker's shop, Russellville, Tennessee

Harness-maker's shop, Russellville, Tennessee

Public domain image of horse carriage, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

TVA foes join in attempt to force inquiry. Washington, D.C., Mar. 14. Foes of the Tennessee Valley Authority pooled forces today in an attempt to override administration opposition and obtain a Congressional investigation of the power agency. Senators William H. King (D.) of Utah, right, and H. Style Bridges, (R) of New Hampshire, said that President's Roosevelt's intervention Friday in the feud between TVA Chairman Morgan and his codiretors, Lilienthal and Harcourt Morgan had settled nothing, despite the fact that the President told the Directors to settle their dispute or resign, 3/14/38

TVA foes join in attempt to force inquiry. Washington, D.C., Mar. 14. ...

Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

View of Memphis, Tennessee, from roof of hotel

View of Memphis, Tennessee, from roof of hotel

Public domain photograph of a city streets, cityscape, urban environment, buildings, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a man standing in front of a store, Tennessee. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of a man standing in front of a store, Tenness...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a hotel sign, Tennessee. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of a hotel sign, Tennessee. Farm Security Admi...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Working on a "Vengeance" dive bomber, Vultee [Aircraft Inc.], Nashville, Tennessee

Working on a "Vengeance" dive bomber, Vultee [Aircraft Inc.], Nashvill...

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Operating a hand drill at Vultee-Nashville, woman is working on a "Vengeance" dive bomber, Tennessee

Operating a hand drill at Vultee-Nashville, woman is working on a "Ven...

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A candid view of one of the women workers touching up the U.S. Army Air Forces insignia on the side of the fuselage of a "Vengeance" dive bomber manufactured at Vultee's Nashville division, Tennessee

A candid view of one of the women workers touching up the U.S. Army Ai...

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Balloon barrage training center. Lilluputians at a weemie roast. This illustration is portrayed here by comparing the huge balloons and dwarfed trainees seated in picnic fashion around their instructor. Camp Tyson, Tennessee

Balloon barrage training center. Lilluputians at a weemie roast. This ...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Pearl Harbor Attack, National Memorial - Attack on Pearl Harbor

Pearl Harbor Attack, National Memorial - Attack on Pearl Harbor

Battleship Row - Dense smoke rises from the forward and midships portion of the USS Arizona BB-39. Just ahead of her (L-R) the sinking USS West Virginia BB-48 outboard with the slightly damaged USS Tennessee BB... More

Trailer camp for defense workers of the Vultee Aircraft Plant. Nashville, Tennessee

Trailer camp for defense workers of the Vultee Aircraft Plant. Nashvil...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Tennessee Valley Authority. Construction of Douglas Dam. Looking upstream from TVA's new Douglas Dam on the French Broad River. This dam will be 161 feet high and 1,682 feet long, with a 31,600 acre reservoir area extending forty-three miles upstream. With a useful storage capacity of approximately 1,330,00 acre feet, this reservoir will make possible the addition of nearly 100,000 kilowatts of continuous power to the TVA system in dry years and almost 170,000 kilowatts in the average year

Tennessee Valley Authority. Construction of Douglas Dam. Looking upstr...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Electrical switchyard

Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Electrical swi...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a power dam, cascade, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Douglas Dam, Tennessee. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Project manager and construction superintendent

Douglas Dam, Tennessee. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Project mana...

Public domain photograph of United States agriculture in the 1930s, country, farmer, farm, great depression, migration, dust bowl refugees, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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