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A dinner party in honor of Reinald Werrenwrath

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Identifier: QSPC 2003.003
Scope and Contents Handwritten ID on back: ‘A dinner party tendered by the late Miss. Louise Manning in honor of Reinald Werrenwrath, baritone operatic-and concert star- when guest of the late Chester B Searle- property of the late John Ernest Yoe, loaned by his sister Della Yoe, White Avenue, Knoxville, Tenn. Front row, L-r: 1. Ella Coffin (Mrs. Frank W. Flenniken), 2. Louise (late) Manning, 3. Reinald Werrenwrath who made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera House in 1919, 4. Victor Coffin. Second row, L-r:...
Dates: 1905

Annual Spring Tour and Meeting

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Identifier: SPC 1995.034
Scope and Contents

Annual Spring Tour and Meeting. L-r: Dr. David Adkisson, President of Cleveland State College; speakers: Col. James F. Corn, Sr., Mrs. Maurine Tipton, Mr. Terry Townsend. B&W 8x10”

Dates: 1960s-1970s

Cas Walker and J. S. Cooper fight

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Identifier: SPC 1998.001
Scope and Contents

Cas Walker and J.S. Cooper fight, 1956. Photographs by Tom Greene (one of these pictures appeared in Life Magazine, March 19, 1956). 4 photographs + one copy negative.

Dates: 1956

Eleanor Buffat launching SS “Knoxville City”

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Identifier: SPC 1995.023
Scope and Contents

Five PHOTOCOPIES of photographs of: Eleanor Buffat launching SS “Knoxville City”, 1921; groups at the event; picture of the ship.

Dates: 1921

Group portrait at Opening for exhibit featuring Tennessee artists at National Museum of Women in the Arts

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Identifier: SPC 2020.026
Scope and Contents

Group portrait at Opening for exhibit featuring Tennessee artists at National Museum of Women in the Arts. Left to right: unknown, Patricia Neal, Al Gore, Tipper Gore, Mary Costa, Patricia Howard. December 3, 1993.

Includes article from Knoxville News-Sentinel about opening.

Dates: 1993

Images of Farragut

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Identifier: SPC 2017.006
Scope and Contents SPC 2017.006.001 Farragut High School football team, no date. Ca. 1900? Sepia. Image approx. 8.5 x 6.25” (damaged out mat trimmed July 2017). 1 pc. SPC 2017.006.002 Farragut watering place. At left: Erected by the Farragut School and Community 1910. 8 x 10” sepia. J.. Nesseler, Photographer, Knoxville. 1 pc.. SPC 2017.006.003 Farragut High School baseball game afternoon of Commuaureal(?) Day 1914. J.. Nesseler, Photographer, Knoxville. 7.5 x 9” 1 pc. SPC 2017.006.004 Gymnasium interior...
Dates: ca. 1910s

John Z. C. Thomas at Hartsville Hearings

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Identifier: SPC 1995.031
Scope and Contents

John Z.C. Thomas at Hartsville Hearings, Courthouse, Nashville, Tenn. On 2nd day of limited appearance. Late October 1975. Photograph from The Tennessean. B&W 8x10” + 120 copy neg.

Dates: 1975

Snapshot of Charles Lindbergh and his plane The Spirit of St. Louis

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Identifier: SPC 2016.008
Scope and Contents Snapshot of Charles Lindbergh and his plane The Spirit of St. Louis, taken by Carlie Lucas of Phillips Avenue in South Knoxville. Taken in 1927 on Lindbergh’s tour of the United States. Probably taken at Chattanooga October 5, 1927 when Lindbergh landed there in his national tour of the US. He landed in Memphis and Chattanooga on the tour. In 1928 after the tour the airplane was donated to the Smithsonian Institution The snapshot was later given to Miss Lucas’ niece, Mary Lou Coggins. Shows...
Dates: 1927