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Photographs -- 20th century.

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

Al Watson Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-3955
Overview

This collection from Al Watson consists of over 1,500 color photographs taken by Watson documenting trails, vistas, and other scenery within the Great Smoky Mountains. Also included are pamphlets, correspondence, reports, and other papers documenting activities of the Smoky Mountains Hiking Club as well as other activities related to the Great Smoky Mountains and the Appalachian Trail.

Dates: 1934-2024

Dr. C. S. Boyd Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-2129
Abstract This collection consists of 55 photographs of African-Americans in the Knoxville, Tenn. area during the early 20th century. Many are of Dr. Charles S. Boyd, his dental office, and his family. Others include other individual or group portraits and school photographs. Most of the photographs are either mounted for framing or enclosed in the paper envelopes provided by the photographer. Several include writing on them identifying the individual(s) shown and/or the studio that created the image....
Dates: 1913, 1924, undated

Early Tennessee Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: MS-3786
Abstract Seven photographs from Memphis and Chattanooga, TN dating to the early 20th century. The photographs include a group shot of the Tennessee Order of Royal Arcanum from Hohenwald, Tenn. in 1910; two portraits of unnamed women; two children dated 1901; a portrait of Rose Carter; a group of four women, including Rose Carter; and a picture of three men on Lookout Mountain. Photographers include the Bingham Brothers of Memphis, Tenn.; W. P. Young of Columbia, Tenn.; and the Hardie Bros. of Sunset...
Dates: 1900-1910, undated

Eastern State Hospital for the Insane Photograph

 Collection
Identifier: MS-3881
Abstract

This collection features a single, mounted black and white photograph of 6 female patients and 15 female nurses from the Eastern State Hospital for the Insane dating circa 1915.

Dates: circa 1915

George P. Palo Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-2674
Abstract

The George P. Palo Papers, circa 1860s-1990s (bulk 1920s-1990s), contains the personal and professional papers of George P. Palo, former Chief Engineer of TVA, and his wife Annie G. Palo. The collection consists of articles, biographical documents, correspondence, school papers from M. I. T., photographs, and travel material from Europe, USA, Russia, China, etc. The bulk of the collection spans George's career with TVA and his experiences with civil engineering.

Dates: circa 1860s-1990s; Majority of material found within 1920s-1990s

Glass Plate Negative Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-3807
Abstract

The Glass Plate Negative Collection consists of hundreds of glass plate negatives taken in the United States and internationally between 1903 and 1936. Siblings Anna Chandler and S. Virgil Chandler collected and organized the glass plate negatives by state, U.S. and North American region, and international country. The collection also includes uncategorized glass plate negatives, as well as photographic prints and negatives derived from the glass plates.

Dates: 1903-1936

H. Carl Waite Photograph of Chattanooga, Tenn., Post Office Employees

 Collection
Identifier: MS-2833
Abstract

This collection contains one framed photograph by H. Carl Waite (front row, right side, hat over left elbow) of post office employees in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The photograph is dated May 19, 1919.

Dates: 1919 May 19

Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Women's Portraits

 Collection
Identifier: MS-3926
Overview

Collection contains twelve portrait photographs of women taken in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Most of the photographs have no identifying information except for studio information, and some of the photographs are mounted.

Dates: circa 1880s-1910s

Oscar Benjamin Franklin Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: MS-1003
Abstract

Three photographs and a discharge certificate for Oscar Benjamin Franklin, a sergeant in Company D of the Third Tennessee Infantry, sent to Texas in 1916 for border patrol.

Dates: 1916, 1937

Sharp and Lauderdale Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-3061
Abstract This collection contains the papers of Winnifred (Watson) Sharp and her daughter Maywin (Sharp) Lauderdale from the 1880s through 2003, primarily 1940s to 1990s. Materials include baby books and Winnifred Sharp's diaries from the 1920s through the 1960s, a large collection of mostly American postcards, spanning the 20th century, and numerous family photographs from the 1880s to 2000s. There are also numerous newspaper articles, collected by Winnifred (Watson) Sharp, from the early to...
Dates: circa 1880-2003 (bulk 1920s-1960s)

Tennessee ROTC Panoramas

 Collection
Identifier: MS-3846
Abstract

This collection contains seven panoramas of Tennessee ROTC training circa 1917.

Dates: circa 1917