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Photographic postcard of three men in automobile

 Collection
Identifier: SPC 1997.007
Scope and Contents

Photographic postcard of three men in automobile, Chilhowee Park, Knoxville, Tenn. Ca. 1911 or 1913. L-r: Unknown, Cary Spence, Lawrence D. Tyson. (McClung made neg. July 1997)

Dates: ca. 1911

Photographs by Drury Edgar Webb

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Identifier: SPC 1997.017
Scope and Contents

35 mm B&W copy negatives (6 strips) (and photocopied sheets of copied snapshots) of pictures taken by Drury Edgar Webb of Knoxville scenes, houses, businesses, people, circa 1910.

Dates: ca. 1910

Photographs by Russell Barnett of Pressmans’s Home, Wonderland Hotel, Riverside house made from old boat

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Identifier: SPC 2019.054
Scope and Contents

Photographs by Russell Barnett of Pressmans’s Home, Wonderland Hotel, Riverside house made from old boat

Dates: 1980s

Photographs by Walter Wittmer (In Memory of Walter Wittmer)

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Identifier: PC 0115
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Walter Wittmer photographs from World War II

Some enlargements.

Dates: unknown

Photographs, Cutter’s Gap near Del Rio. Site of the Christy Story, called Morgan’s Gap in the novel, Ebenezer Mission.

 Collection
Identifier: SPC 2012.016
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Photographs, Cutter’s Gap near Del Rio. Site of the Christy Story, called Morgan’s Gap in the novel. Photographs include: 1. Lenora Walker Wood, ca 1910, at the Ebenezer Mission 2. Rev. John Wood, ca 1910, Ebenezer Mission (parents of the author of Christy) 3. Ebenezer Church and School House, ca. 1910 4. Portrait of Lenora Walker Wood, mother of Catherine Marshall

Dates: 1910

Photographs from Johnson Farm Auction, 7516 Seven Islands Rd., Knox County, Tenn.

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Identifier: SPC 2016.018
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11 Photographs from Johnson Farm Auction, 7516 Seven Islands Rd. Only 2 identified.

Dates: 2016

Photographs: Marble quarries; Elkmont; Pine Mountain, Ky. Schockel (photographer?)

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Identifier: SPC 2019.026
Scope and Contents Schockel (photographer?): 4 rolled photographs by James E. Thompson mounted on linen, marble quarries; Cataloged as SPC 2005.003 in CS 05-08 Photograph Box 6: 13 B&W photographs with ID (some on postcard backing) (Holston River near Jefferson City, Tenn; Camp Beacon Knob, 1912; Pinnacle Marble Quarry, Knoxville; Townsend Lumber Camp above Elkmont; Little River RR , loading logs above Elkmont; snaking logs above Elkmont; WCTU Settlement School, Hindman, Ky.; canal on s. edge of campus;...
Dates: 1910s

Photographs of accident at Bean Station, Tenn. May 13, 1972

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Identifier: SPC 2016.021
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Photographs of accident at Bean Station, Tenn. May 13, 1972; Greyhound bus and tractor trailer truck; 14 people died

Dates: 1972

Photographs of Belle Ross Haun and Uncle Abijah

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Identifier: SPC 2004.008
Scope and Contents

Belle Ross Haun , wife of Lynn Haun, of Knoxville. April 4, 1936. “Uncle Abijah” carved the “jackstraws” in the Museum Collection of the ETHS

Dates: 1936

Photographs of Fort Sanders and downtown Knoxville taken by Steve Cotham

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Identifier: SPC 2012.017
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Fort Sanders house on Forest Avenue, used as the childhood home of James Agee in the movie “All the Way Home” The house was demolished in 1982. City Hall (former School from the Deaf) under restoration ca. 1983 Downtown Knoxville from Western Avenue (Summit Ave) looking east at the L&N Station and the high rise building under construction on Summit and Walnut

Dates: 1980-1983

Photographs of Mayor Bill Haslam at the Opening of the Tennessee Theatre

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Identifier: SPC 2017.018
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Photographs of Mayor Bill Haslam at the Opening of the Tennessee Theatre

Dates: 2005

Photographs of the Nancy & Henry Roberts family

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Identifier: SPC 2005.009
Scope and Contents Photographs of the Nancy & Henry Roberts family: 1. Ella Roberts Duncan (1853-1915) CDV. McCrary & Branson, Knoxville. 2. Will Roberts (1868-1915). CDV. McCrary & Branson, Knoxville. 3. Alice Roberts (1860-1929). CDV. Lindsey, Knoxville. 4. Arminda Roberts (1847-1915). CDV. 5. Cina Roberts baby portrait. Ca. 1887 or 1888. Jno. P. Rapier, Knoxville. 6. Alice Roberts (age 33, 1894). J.E. Story, Knoxville. 7. Alice Roberts (age 30, 1890). G. W. Weiser, Knoxville. 8. Bob & Julia...
Dates: ca. 1890s

Photographs of the Tennessee Valley taken by Lewis Hine taken in 1933 for the Tennessee Valley Authority.

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Identifier: SPC 2015.021
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Photographs of the Tennessee Valley taken by Lewis Hine taken in 1933 for the Tennessee Valley Authority (9 prints)

Dates: 1933

Photographs: Portrait of O. B. Keister and three unidentified photographs (2 of women and 1 of a child)

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Identifier: SPC 2012.019
Scope and Contents Photographs: Portrait of O. B. Keister (1877-1959) and three unidentified photographs (2 of women and 1 of a child). O. B. “Ollie” Keister. Born in Ky., he became a telegraph operator who moved up through the ranks to become general manager of the Southern Railroad Central Lines, including 2600 miles of railroad in the South from Tennessee to Florida. His office was in Knoxville’s Southern Station. He retired in 1947 at age 70. Portrait of O. B. Keister is by Kaiden-Kazanjian, New York (10 x...
Dates: 1925-1940

Photographs Showing Progress of Construction Gay Street Viaduct

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Identifier: SPC 2017.004
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Photographs Showing Progress of Construction Gay Street Viaduct. Knoxville, Tennessee. 1919. L. W. Frierson, Supervising Engr. Taken by Thompson Brothers, Knoxville, Tenn. 1 album 7 x 12.5”: 25 photographs mounted on linen.

Dates: 1919

Photographs: South Central Bell Building, Second Presbyterian Church

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Identifier: SPC 2019.055
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Photographs of the South Central Bell Building, Church Avenue, Second Presbyterian Church during demolition 1970. One photograph marked Hugh Lunsford, Knoxville Journal. One view of UT Stadium.

Dates: 1970s

Portrait of 2 young women (b/w photograph)

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Identifier: SPC 2016.029
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Portrait of 2 young women; Biddle’s Department Store, Knoxville, Tennessee

Dates: 1910-1920

Portrait of Brigadier General Lawrence D. Tyson

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Identifier: SPC 1997.019
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Portrait of Brigadier General Lawrence D. Tyson, of 59th Brigade and 50th (“Old Hickory”) Division, U.S.A. Photographed October 14, 1917. Knaffl & Brakebill. Sepia, image area 6 1/5 x 9”.

Dates: 1917

Portrait of Eli Baxter and wife

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Identifier: QSPC 2002.003
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B&W / sepia photographic portrait of Eli Baxter and wife taken by Branson Studio, Gay Street, ca. 1900. 16 x 19”. (silver deterioration; mounted on Branson board).

Dates: circa 1900

Portrait of Elizabeth Foster (1927) (Knaffl & Brakebill)

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Identifier: PC 0023
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Portrait of Elizabeth Foster (1927) (Knaffl & Brakebill)

Dates: 1927

Portrait of Elizabeth Porter Tate (1929)

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Identifier: SPC 2019.056
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Portrait of Elizabeth Porter Tate (1929)

Dates: 1929

Portrait of Weston Fulton

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Identifier: SPC 2016.020
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1 black-and-white portrait of Knoxville inventor Weston Fulton by knaffl & Brakebill of Knoxville, mounted in oversize folder (labelled “Mezzotone Print)

Dates: 1910s

Portrait of William Sherman Brown

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Identifier: QSPC 2005.001
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11 x 14” B&W photograph of William Sherman Brown (Knoxville, Tenn) with the locomotive engine “Crescent Limited,” ca. 1940. Southern Railroad Yard, Knoxville, Tenn.

Dates: circa 1940

Portrait photo book (possibly of Tauxe family)

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Identifier: SPC 2019.085
Scope and Contents The book contains 24 portraits and one scene of a farming village. Many of the portraits have the photographer’s mark “J. Jeanneret -- Montreux” At least one marked “Photographie F. de Jongh -- Entre deux villes Vevey” The photo cards were not removed from the album to determine if others are marked with different photographer marks. Some pages labeled “Emma Tauxe” , “Uncle Henry” , “Louis or Charles” There is no indication of when the pages were marked or by whom. The village scene is...
Dates: 1830-1890

Portrait photograph of Howard Baker (color)

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Identifier: SPC 2018.015
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Portrait photograph of Howard Baker (color)

Dates: 1980-1990

Portraits of Knaffel brothers

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Identifier: SPC 2019.001
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1) copy print photograph of Rudolph Knaffel in Union uniform (physician for the Union Army; husband of Stella Smith) 2) Painting of Louis Knaffel (younger brother of Rudolph) in Union uniform in oval frame. Came from Austria about 1850.

Dates: 1861-1865

Portraits of young boys in fancy dress clothing

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Identifier: SPC 1995.013
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Portraits of young boys in fancy dress clothing: Percy Jones Warwick (age 5, Nov. 17) in jacket with knickers; Clarence Lafayette Warwick (age 4, Nov.? 4) in Little Lord Fauntleroy style outfit). Both by Brakebill & McCoy, Knoxville, Tenn..

Dates: undated

Post Office / Custom House

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Identifier: QSPC 2002.006
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Post Office / Custom House exterior with 7 horse drawn mail cars and postmen waiting for mail. Shows south side of the building. 8x10” sepia print mounted on 12x14” board. Knaffl & Brakebill. Second print is interior shot on first floor of same building, with group gathered around a desk trophy on desk (possibly Post Office in ca. 1910 addition). 8x10” sepia print mounted on 12x14” board. Knaffl & Brakebill. 2 folders.

Dates: 1910s

Postcard Photographs

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Identifier: SPC 2019.105
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Color 8” x 10”photographs of the front and back of postcards written to the Beck family. Postmarked 1910-1911. Photographers stamp on back of each “bill tracy, photography, 1420 Linden Avenue Knoxville, Tennessee” Each has negative number. B-1038-V-1 through B-1038-V-38 (missing nos. 2 and 29)

Dates: 1910 - 1911

Postmen

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Identifier: SPC 1996.023
Scope and Contents

Copy photographs of: group of postmen on the steps of the old Post Office and Custom House, Knoxville, Tenn (ID on back, with two Gossetts); Erastus Gossett in postman’s uniform with son Dewey in his mail bag. May 2, 1901. 4x6” sepia tone copy prints. ID in envelope.

Dates: 1901