Date: | 1864 |
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Description: | Union gunboat "Prairie Bird," a small rear-wheel steamship. |
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Description: | Full-length carte-de-visite portrait of Dr. Christopher Ruby Blackall, 33rd Wisconsin Infantry, standing in his uniform with his hat on a pedestal. |
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Description: | Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Samuel Bradley from Rimouski, Canada. Unknown regiment or state he served with during the American Civil War. |
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Description: | Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of D.L. Eette, Company I, unknown regiment. |
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Description: | The Hermitage was purchased by Andrew Jackson on July 5, 1804. The grounds included the mansion as well as a 1,000-acre plantation. |
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Description: | Waist-up carte-de-visite portrait of John A. Zombro, Company D, 107th Illinois Infantry, out of uniform with his hat on his lap. When he was mustered into... |
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Description: | A man is standing on a horse-pulled wagon crossing a stream in Sweetwater, Tennessee, founded in 1875. |
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Description: | The state coach belonging to Andrew Jackson, the seventh President of the United States (1829–1837). View of the right side of the coach. A brick building ... |
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Description: | Interior view of a bedroom at the Hermitage, home of Andrew Jackson, featuring a canopied bed, matching curtains, ornate wallpaper and gleaming carved wood... |
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Description: | Foyer of the Hermitage, home of Andrew Jackson, featuring bucolic murals, a curving staircase, ornate couches and sculptures. |
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Description: | Interior view of a drawing room in the Hermitage, home of Andrew Jackson, featuring chandeliers, a harpsichord and ornately carved furniture. |
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Description: | Parlor in the home of James K. Polk. The room contains a fireplace along the wall on the right, two floor to ceiling windows with drapes, three carved chai... |
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Description: | View of the steamboat "W.T. Gallaher" docked in the Clinch River. Two boys are on the boat, and a sign painted on the side and top reads: "W.T. Gallaher." ... |
Date: | 08 1963 |
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Description: | Marjory Collins, a writer and photographer for the "National Guardian," took this picture of the housing of poor blacks. |
Date: | 08 1963 |
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Description: | John McFerren, a leader of the civil rights movement in Somerville, working on the construction of a new building for the organization. |
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Description: | View across yard toward the Hyatt Hotel. There is a sign on a building in the background for the Sweetwater Pharmacy and Owl cigars. |
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Description: | A view of men and a number of children picking strawberries in a field. Caption reads: "Picking Strawberries, Harriman, Tenn." |
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Description: | Elevated view of a densely settled residential area with the steeples of five churches vaulting high above the rooftops. In the background is a formation o... |
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Description: | View toward a mill with a large water wheel and spring branch, near King Solomon's Cave. A man is posed standing next to the middle of the water wheel. Cap... |
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Description: | George McMillan poses next to a tree and an unidentified woman. A handwritten caption beneath the image reads, "This tree sheltered me." He was a veteran o... |
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