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SPC 2015.012 Fuller Potter and bride Lucinda Williamson from Tennessee (identified as Cinderella Williamson in caption on back of picture). August 10, 1936. “ACME Photo” Cleveland Bureau .6x8” B&W photograph. 1 pc.

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7 snapshots, 1930, of funeral of Aunt Mary. Shows corpse, mourners, wagon, cabin, church.

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Gatlinburg b/w photographs (1934-35)

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Sepia photograph of Gay Street, ca. 1868. 5 x 7 5/8” mounted on board. Original print from glass plate(?). Also, black paper backing from frame with sticker ‘E. G. S(?) AGG, The Picture Framery. Knoxville, Tenn.’

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Two 8x10” B&W photographs taken by Bill Tracy Photography, Knoxville, Tenn. SPC 2016.001.001 A-7470 A5 Gay Street and Broadway, Knoxville, Tenn. August 1968. Shows Burgin Dodge, Inc. SPC 2016.001.002 A-9211 A2 I-40 at Gay Street exit, Knoxville, Tenn. April 21, 1972. Sign for Regas Restaurant at right.

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Gem sized tintype of Silas Whaley, Sevier County, Tenn. 1885-1901. 3/4” x 1” In small cut matte with pencil label. Seller identifies Silas as the son of John B. and Olive Theodocia (Bradley) Whaley. 1 tintype in matte.

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Hamilton National Bank, Knoxville, Tenn (1937 exterior, Thompson’s # A-3356 A1; employees and officers, 1937, Thompson’s #A-3329 A1, ID on back of photograph; 1942 interior Thompson’s # 11554 A5); “Gordon C. Greene” paddle boat and Knoxville skyline, 1937. B&W 8 x 10”

Scope and Contents George Roby Dempster (1887-1964) was a talented and controversial Knoxville politician who served three terms as city manager (1929, 1935, 1946), one term as mayor (1952-1955), councilman, and State Commissioner of Finance and Taxation. He is most well-known for his invention of the Dempster Dumpster, a waste collection system. This collection is related to his business interests in the Dempster Dumpster Company and related subjects. The bulk of the collection consists of photographs of...

Scope and Contents George F. Barber Collection Inventory, available. Scope: Personal and business papers, correspondence, photographs, patent documents, and writings of George F. Barber and his architectural firms. Collection contains original drawings, sketches, studies, scrapbooks, artifacts, house plans, original illustrated catalogues published by George F. Barber and Co., Barber & Kluttz, and Barber & Boardman, original letterhead and related papers, and information about Barber Houses,...

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Family Bible of George Franklin Campbell (1861-1914) and Mattie Alice Ross Campbell (1862-1933). Holy Bible printed by A. J. Holman & Co., Philadelphia, 1888. + folder of loose items from the Bible including one mourning card, several photographs, and clippings.

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133 5”x7” images, nearly all images are transparencies sandwiched between two glass plates taped together. Views include primarily nature and landscape scenes, a few still life compositions, and several portraits of unidentified people. Includes views of the Peters & Bradley Mill located off Broadway along First Creek. Very few labeled.

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Gibbs High School exterior sepia 8x10”

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Gilbertsville Camp Photographs, Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)  Gilbertsville in Marshall County Ky. was relocated 1938-1944 for the building of Kentucky Dam by the TVA. The dam was dedicated in 1945 by President Harry S. Truman.

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Girls High School graduating class, 1895. Sepia 7 x 4 1/2”. mounted.

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Glass Plate negatives, includes Copper Basin

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Gleaner Printing Co., Vine Avenue, Knoxville, Tenn. Operated by Noah W. Smiley. Interior view with four people. 8x10” Sepia. 1 pc.

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Black-and-white panoramic circuit camera photograph of a group of people in front of the Tennessee State Capitol Building. Front: "Governor Alf Taylor, State Officials and Employees of the Capitol - December 1921." Stamped on back "Tibbs Photo Co. "We photograph anything under the sun" 146 1/2 Third Ave … Nashville Tenn."

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Graduates, North Knoxville School. 1896. Printed B&W supplement to the Knoxville Tribune. Front cover only; torn. Lists names of seven graduates.

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Genealogical research done by Sara Maurer (Mrs. Roy Maurer) on the Graham, Nenney, Patterson, Rogan, Craig, Wier, and related families. The Graham folder contains a photograph of Cavana-Lee, and old Kyle and Patterson home.

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SPC 2015.009.001 Grammar School Championship - ‘09. Baseball team with ‘NK’ on uniforms. 2nd row, left (with left arm across chest) is Hoxsie Lovejoy (grandfather of donor). 7x8.75”; mounted on board.

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Group photograph, Grand Jury, [Knox County] Criminal Court, 1885. McCrary & Branson. All members of the grand jury are identified in the printed caption on the board to which the photograph is mounted

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Great Smoky Mountains National Park, 9 photographs from the GSM National Park Archives

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Great Smoky Mountains National Park (Photographs) (Photographic prints from the National Park Archives) nine 8 x 10 b/w photographs

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14 large mounted b&w photographs, 3 oversize unmounted b&w photographs; 19 photographic postcards (same images as oversize photographs). Subjects include: Church & schoolhouse; Little Greenbrier; Milas Messer making barrel hoops; Cove Creek, N.C.; Walker Sisters cabin; Whaley Motel, Gatlinburg, etc.

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J. R. Cunningham Grocery Store and horse & wagon (in 1904 Knoxville City Directory: James R. Cunningham, grocer)?; badly faded, sepia. 5 1/2 x 4”, mounted; Bridge or dam construction? no ID. 5x7” mounted, sepia.

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Group photograph of 7 people (local authors?) holding books. No date. Taken by Ernest B. Robertson, Jr., University of Tennessee Public Relations. 1 pc. 8x10” B&W glossy. L-r: ____________?, Betsey Creekmore, Sr.?, Madeline Kneberg?, _________?, T.M.N. Lewis?, ____________?, David Harkness?

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Group portrait of Belmont Singing Class, Mr. Ball, teacher. ca. 1910. Belmont School (near Middle Creek) Sevier County, Tenn. 5x8” sepia image mounted (matte corners broken). 1 pc.

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Group portrait of unidentified men, possibly a group of Civil War veterans. Sepia. 8 x 6” mounted on mat with tape damage (mat trimmed 3-6-2014). 1 pc.

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SPC 2013.004 Group standing in front of W.W. Woodruff & Co. Hardware, Cutlery. No date. Image 8.25 x 5.5” Sepia. Almost torn in half lengthwise. 1 photograph.

Scope and Contents Guy Carawan (1927-2015) was a musicologist and folk singer who worked closely with the Highlander Folk Center though much of his life. He and his wife Candie also collected music from coastal South Carolina in the 1960s and documented the music of the civil rights movement through its most important phases. The collection in this library is photographs from various photographers whose work illustrated books that they published. The major collection of their life's work is in the Southern...