Confederate Soldiers Home 1890
I thought this was intriguing, and perhaps some of you will too. Tennessee caption Nashville, Tennessee: Confederate Soldiers’ Home. It’s a big brick structure with […]
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Georgia’s Monroe County, 1900
Charles Lafayette Adams family members stand for a picture in front of their house. The Adams family can be seen in the center. Their daughter […]
1940s in Michigan
Three children from an Arkansas migrant family are sitting in the back of the truck. Within a tiny tent, the parents rest. Michigan’s Berrien County…
Tennessee’s Locust Grove School, in Claiborne County, 1940
At a spelling bee, a male student is told to move to the back of the line. One of the older female students and a […]
Kentucky’s Bell County, 1946
The Jones family has lived in this coal settlement “off and on” for their whole lives. The miner, his wife, and their five children pay […]
Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee, 1953
A Timeless Picnic: Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee, 1953 The year is 1953, and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee is a lush, verdant […]
Georgia, 1939: Life and Community in Greene County
Caption: Men hanging around crossroads store, Greene County, Georgia, 1939. In 1939, Georgia, like much of the United States, was emerging from the depths of […]
Tennessee’s Sumner County, 1942: A Glimpse into Portland’s Strawberry Harvest
Caption: Strawberries being picked in Portland, Tennessee, 1942. In the early 1940s, amid the backdrop of a world at war, life in Sumner County, Tennessee, […]
1935 in Manchester, Tennessee
This photo shows Ray Bell, Charles Shelton, and Mr. Vaughn, the wagon drivers for the Sixteenth Model School in the Noah neighborhood. In front of […]
1907’s Cumberland Gap. Reverend Isaac S. Anderson relocated from Rose Hill, Virginia, to Cumberland Gap, Tennessee, around 1907
Reverend Isaac S. Anderson relocated from Rose Hill, Virginia, to Cumberland Gap, Tennessee, around 1907, as depicted in this vintage horse-drawn buggy photo. He held […]
1936 in Arkansas…
Caption: A roller built by a customer of the Rehabilitation Administration that helps retain moisture in the land by leveling the soil between cotton […]
Ohio / West Virginia, 1896-1912
This photograph showing an unidentified one-room schoolhouse class on January 7. 1909, was taken by traveling photographer Albert J. Ewing. Like most of Ewing’s work, […]