Scope and Contents Small photograph album with the name W.G. McNeil (April 11, 1928) on the inside cover. Includes b&w (sepia) snapshots of unidentified African-Americans, ca. 1918-1928. Lake Michigan is noted on one photograph. Candid and posed snapshots , some with first names (Marie, Willie, etc.). Loose pictures from inside the album are housed in two envelopes, one with 11 small photographs, the other with 6 larger snapshots. Two handwritten notes mention the Grahl and Wilcox surnames with family...

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SPC 1995.007a: W.T. Webb Grocery Store, 946 South Seventh Street (later Fifteenth Street), Knoxville, Tenn. L-r: Harley Webb or Melvin Webb, W.T. Webb, ?, Lafayette (‘Fate’) Webb.5x7” sepia, mounted.; SPC 1995.007b: Home Guard (men in military uniform with rifles, drums). Front row, 5th man kneeling from left is Joseph Albert Ahler. 7x 9 1/4”. sepia, mounted.

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8 X 10” B&W photograph adhered to piece of glass. At Queen Theatre, Knoxville, Tenn. Six men in military uniforms with framed military portraits and large painting, Uncle Sam on poster. “Fighting In France” on posters and the marquee. 1918. .

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Baker - Himel School 5th football team, 1904. 8 x 10” sepia, mounted + 8 x 10” B&W copy print. 120 copy neg. available, 1991.

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Eleven cartes-de-visite of Civil War Union officers. SPC 2014-013-001 Orlando M. Poe (signed). SPC 2014-013-002 M. ([Marsena] R. Patrick. SPC 2014-013-003 John G. Parke. SPC 2014-013-004 Wm. P. Sanders. SPC 2014-013-005 Rufus Saxton. SPC 2014-013-006 Robert C. Schenck. SPC 2014-013-007 Wm. Rosencrans. SPC 2014-013-008 [Lovell] Rousseau. SPC 2014-013-009 D. G. Farragut.(signed). SPC 2014-013-010 David G. Farragut. SPC 2014-013-011 Charles W. Sanford.

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CDV of Seymour A. Mynders (born 1861) in military uniform. On back: The Lindsey Art Gallery No. 108 Gay Street Knoxville, Tenn. Handwritten on back: Seymour A. Mynders Captain Company “C” President Phiol-mathesian Society University of Tennessee. + photocopy of typescript biography of Mynders.

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QSPC 2016.003 Panoramic photograph, sepia; “Co. D, 117th Infantry Camp Jackson, S.C.," 8"h x 37"w, 1928. Photo by Sargeant. Brittle, cracked.

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QSPC 2016.004 Panoramic photograph, sepia; Photograph; black and white, "Co. I, 14th Tenn. Infantry NG (National Guard) Camp John Sevier, Fountain City” 8"h x 45"w. WWI . Aug. 20, 1919. Brittle, cracked.

Scope and Contents SPC 2017.007 Co. “C” 3rd Tenn. Infy. Knoxville, Tenn. Photo by Branson’s Studio. Group of military men in uniform, seated on bleachers with three men standing in front. Two men are holing animals (dogs?), one young boy in front row. Inscribed on back: Presented to Mrs. Ella Smith by her brother Richard Wyatt before starting to France. And also a Nephew and Cousin in same Company. Leaving Knoxville for training camps in Greenville, S.C. on 9th Sept. 1917. 8 x 10” sepia print mounted on mat...

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On back of mounted photograph: ‘Property of the late John Ernest Yoe, loaned by his sister Della Yoe. “Crack” Y.M. Gymnasium athletes of yesteryear.’ see back for IDs: names include John Borden, B. G. Alexander (athletic director), William Tonn(?), Sam House, John Ernest Yoe, Dick Boyd, C. W. Biddle, Edgar McSpadden, John Logan, Matt Whittle. Image area 8.75 x 6.75.”

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Black-and-white group portrait of men in dairy uniforms outside a building with "Dairy Hall" in an arch over the door. Photographers mark in corner "Brakebill & McCoy; Knoxville Tenn."

Scope and Contents Twenty-three Civil War CVDs of men from the First Tennessee Cavalry. In an album that belonged to Lt. Col. Calvin M. Dyer--his picture was removed before the album was sold. Binding damaged. One album with clasp fastener. Index to Portraits: 1. Capt. Elbert J. Cannon 2. Lt. Col. Calvin M. Dyer (photograph removed from album) 3. Lt. John Roberts 4. Lt. John N. Hariss [Harris?] 5. Capt. Jacob K. Lones 6. Lt. James H. Smith 7. Sargt Martin L. Peters 8. Sargt James B. Clapp 9. Corpl Nathan A....

Scope and Contents East Tennessee Prep Champions, 1917. Alwyn Hoyle Staley in front row, center (son of Joseph Henry Staley, Sr., owner of Southern Coffin & Casket Co.). Inscribed in lower right to Aunt Iva and Uncle Hilliard [Staley]. Photograph approx. 10 x 7.5” mounted on larger board. Sepia. 1 pc. and L&N Railroad baseball team [Knoxville, Tenn] [ca. 1905-1910?]. Man in suit kneeling at right could be Hilliard Staley. Branson Studio. Uniforms say ‘Railroaders.’ Approx. 9.5 x 7.75” mounted on larger...

Scope and Contents --Eight photographs of Elden Hawk and Maggie Hawk. **includes earliest known interior image of any space in the Lamar House (Auditorium Cafe circa 1911) --Discharge papers from military service (Elden Hawk) --Examination Preliminary to Muster-out of U.S. Service or Discharge (Robert H Hampton) --Letter to Elden Hawk from Joe P --Declaration for Pension for Children Under Sixteen Years of Age for Elden and Maggie Hawk’s children after both parents died --Detailed list of items...

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General Lawrence D. Tyson military uniforms.

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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.

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...

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11 8x10” B&W copy photographs from J.P. Roddy, Jr.: South Gay Street, Knoxville, Tenn. 1917. 1 pc.; frozen Tennessee River from different views, one with Kyle Jenkins, 1917. 5 pcs.; Third Tennessee Infantry (became the 117th Infantry of the 30th Division), March & September 1917. 5 pcs.

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Photograph album of James Robinson Ogden, who came to Knoxville with the 2nd Ohio Cavalry during the Civil War, Leather 5x6” album containing mostly Civil War era CDVs (cartes-de-visite). 22 photographs. Subjects include: John Keyes, view of Knoxville(?), [General Ambrose] Burnside, General George Stoneman, James R. Mitchell, H.C. Squire(?), W. Chamberlain, Henry Chester, E.C. Ruggles.

Scope and Contents 215 postcards, 13 pcs. WWI papers, 9 photographs, misc. items. Subjects: World War I, postcards, photographs of WWI soldier in uniform, Mrs. Belle Jones, Robert Taylor Jones, YMCA mail to soldiers, photograph-postcards of military scenes in Europe, Knoxville postcards, Co. C, 5th Division, 7th US Engineers, US Expeditionary Forces, WWI letter, ephemera. Knoxville postcards: The Hotel Farragut (2 copies), the Masonic Temple, Holston National Bank, C.B. Atkins Residence, Lawson McGhee Library,...

Scope and Contents Mrs. Sue Boyd Barton’s Collection of Civil War cartes-de-visites (CDVs). Most are military officers or personnel, Union soldiers, in uniform. Includes: G.M. Bascom; Samuel Boyce; Governor D. Campbell; H.S. Chamberlain; Capt. Chapin; E.J. Cobb & woman; Mr. Devereaux; F.F. Flint; Horatio Gates Gibson & family; Dan Hoffman; Capt. Howard; J. Elliott Jacobs; Loring Lambert; Wm. R. Patterson; Mrs. Wm. R. Patterson; Capt. Schecnk & child; Capt. Deane; Gen. Schofield; Lt. Sternburg; Gen....

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“Outdoor view of Lt. Colonel Hannah and “Major” Hannah (dog). Lt. Col. Hannah served in the 4th Tennessee Infantry during the Spanish-American War. His collar devices show “4” and “Tenn” as well as crossed rifles. Taken at Camp Poland, in Knoxville. (information supplied by seller). Printed on mounting card: Chaney Co. C, 4th T.V.I. The Soldier’s Photographer, Camp Poland, Knoxville.

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QSPC 2016.005- Panoramic photograph, black and white, large field with mostly seated military troops or National Guard in foreground (forming the numbers 326) and white tents in background, 1910s-1920s. Photo by Frank E. Price, Constitution Building, Atlanta, Ga.. 41x8”

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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.

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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.

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SPC 2010.005.001 John Cruze Galvanized Iron & Tin Work. 419 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, Tenn. Faded & torn from backing. 7.5 x 5.75”. SPC 2010.005.002 G. W. Romines in [streetcar] conductor uniform. Blake Studio, Knoxville, Tenn. Sepia; postcard backing. About 3x5”. SPC 2010.005.003 Howard & Ruth [Romines?]. Sepia; postcard backing. About 3x5”. SPC 2010.005.004 Unidentified group, probably a school group. Holding sign: 1927 Sept. 7. Sepia, 8 x 10”.

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Five Knoxville baseball teams clipped from Spalding’s Official Base Ball (baseball) guide, Knoxville teams, 1906. Ephemera 2017.003.001: Baker-Hind (sic) [Himel] baseball team Ephemera 2017.003.002: Knoxville Reds baseball team Ephemera 2017.003.003: Imperial base ballteam Ephemera 2017.003.004: McClung base ballteam Ephemera 2017.003.005: Y.M.C.A. baseball team 5 printed images with text, clipped from the guide (4.5 x 3.5 inches).

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T.W. Johnson, Engineer, Knoxville Fire Department, in uniform. April 1900. Steamer, M.L. Rossm Co, in Fire Department. Taken by McCrary & Branson, Knoxville, Tenn. 1 pc. 4 x 5.5” photograph on mount. Sepia.

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Three men in uniform in front of Lonsdale line streetcar, ca. 1909-1918. l-r: Verner M. Johnson, unknown, Motorman Virgil Pollard. 1 pc. Mounted.

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TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) meeting held in City Council meeting room on the second floor of the old Market House, Knoxville, Tenn. April 28, 1934. Int. Audience view, includes a number of men in military uniform. B&W 8x10” copy photograph.