Buildings

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Color snapshot of 1987 painting by Gordon of old Custom House / Post Office (now the East Tennessee Historical Center), Knoxville, Tenn. Mounted, in mat.

Scope and Contents Bluetone photographs from the estate of Miss Adah Stevenson: -Holston River from Union Bridge, ETV&G RR; -Carter Bridge Watauga River, ETV&G RR; -Custom House, Knoxville, before 1910 (copy neg. 8/87); -looking east from College grounds, Knoxville (copy neg. 8/87); -Pigeon River Bridge, ETV&G RR; -Holston River (near McMillans’ 121st mile post, ETV&G RR); -Austin Springs, Tenn; -between John & Carter, ETV&G RR; -old hotel at Warms Springs, N.C. (burned down); -Warm...

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Fire at Liberal Arts Building at Chilhowee Park, Knoxville, Tenn. September 3, 1935. B&W 8x10” copy photograph.

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Two views of Fouche Block Building (Gay Street and Clinch Avenue), Knoxville, Tenn. Ext. One view shows location of Vernon’s Drugstore (Clinch Avenue). [December 1992]. B&W 8x10”

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Black-and-white photographs by Jane Gray Buchanan taken during travels throughout the world. Includes four articles about the artist and her husband, Joel Buchanan.

Locations include Argentina, Australia, Austria, Canada, Czech Republic, Egypt, Florida, France, Indonesia, Ireland, Massachusetts, Morocco, Portugal, Russia, Tennessee, and Utah.

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Lawson McGhee Library, 500 W. Church Ave., Knoxville, Tenn. exterior ca. 1984; East Tennessee Historical Center (formerly old Post Office and Custom House) 314 W. Clinch Ave., Knoxville, Tenn. exterior ca. 1984. B&W 5 x 7”.

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New Market, Tenn.: -One photograph of small building with 3 African American men in front; -Young African American woman holding book ‘Thy Kingdom Come.’ word Brazelton written on bottom; -Young African American woman holding diploma(?), words L .D. Fagg, Knoxville, Tenn. written on bottom; -Portrait of African American man; -Outdoor photograph of white woman with two children.

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Pamphet from Knoxville City Directory (1906?) about the Van Deventer Building (311-313 Wall Avenue; torn down to build TVA towers)

Article from April 7, 1980 Knoxville News-Sentinel. “Wall Avenue Building Was Site of Inventions” by Carson Brewer.

Scope and Contents V.L. Nicholson, Contractor (Knoxville-Nashville) and Warner Service Co. Electrical and Mechanical Contractors, 1923-1948 and undated. 10 folders of composite photographs removed from frames (6/2005) and placed in Flat Storage folders. Photos and backing are extremely soiled. Photos are black-and-white, are 8"x10" or smaller, and are attached to mat board, heavy paper, or other board. Photographs of: Dougherty Engineering Building, UT, 1948; Knoxville Waterworks; Standard Ice Co.; McGinley...