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Small Town in Poor Farming Country

Date: 
Description: People assembled at storefront along the street of a small town in "poor farming country."
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McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. Dealership

Date: 1899
Description: View from street of workers, including some African Americans, loading (and/or unloading) agricultural equipment and parts outside a general office of the ...
Photograph

Hebard Shop Mule with International P-12 Power Unit

Date: 05 19 1938
Description: Employee of White Way Laundry pulling a trailer with a Hebard shop mule on a suburban street. The shop mule is powered by an International P-12 engine. A s...
Drawing

Hamburg Landing

Date: 05 1862
Description: "Hamburg Landing, 4 miles below Pittsburg Landing, Commisary [sic] Depot of Gen. Hallek's Army." An encampment with soldiers along the river with a ...
Drawing

Preliminary Sketch — Hamburg Landing

Date: 1862
Description: This is the preliminary sketch for "Hamburg Landing, 4 miles below Pittsburg Landing, Commisary [sic] Depot of Gen. Hallek's Army." Shows an encampm...
Photograph

Bridge at Chattanooga

Date: 1864
Description: Carte-de-visite of a bridge at Chattanooga with a steamship passing nearby.
Map or Atlas

Map of Knobs Gap

Date: 12 26 1862
Description: Handsketched map of the area around Knobs Gap.
Photograph

Strikers' Message

Date: 1959
Description: Paul Spencer, a member of United Packinghouse Workers Local 270 in Memphis, reminds citizens of his locals' strike against Wilson & Co.
Photograph

Cotton Picking Machine

Date: 05 17 1916
Description: Men gathered outdoors around a cotton picking machine exhibited at the National Implement and Vehicle Association Meeting.
Photograph

Memphis Foundry

Date: 1954
Description: An aerial view of the International Harvester Memphis Works in Memphis, Tennessee, with a view of the surrounding neighborhood and Loosahatchie River. The ...
Photograph

International Harvester Branch House

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior view of International Harvester branch house.
Photograph

Chattanooga Plow Works Exterior

Date: 1919
Description: Exterior view from street of the Chattanooga Plow Works. Lettering on the building reads "Chattanooga Plow Company." The photograph was likely taken around...
Photograph

Women on Street Near Highlander

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Description: Two elderly women walking on a sidewalk next to a storefront.
Photograph

View Across the Tennessee River

Date: 1864
Description: View across the Tennessee River toward the city and Cameron Hill, showing the military bridge and some Union Army installations put up following the occupa...
Photograph

The "Prairie Bird"

Date: 1864
Description: Union gunboat "Prairie Bird," a small rear-wheel steamship.
Photograph

Building the Movement

Date: 08 1963
Description: John McFerren, a leader of the civil rights movement in Somerville, working on the construction of a new building for the organization.
Photograph

The Hyatt Hotel

Date: 
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.
Photograph

City Steeples

Date: 
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...
Photograph

Chattanooga Valley from Lookout Mountain No. 2

Date: 1866
Description: Elevated view of the Chattanooga Valley, with a river in the far background. A cliff face and trees are in the foreground.
Plate 14
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Chattanooga Valley from Lookout Mountain

Date: 1866
Description: View of the Chattanooga Valley and a river from Lookout Mountain. Trees are in the foreground, and a city is in the background across the river.
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