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Copy photograph of young boy standing on sidewalk, Knoxville (Asylum / Western Avenue?, Clinch Avenue?). Shows streetcar and horse and buggy in background. From the William J. McCoy, Jr., family album.

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October 8, 1936, letter from the members of the Bonny Kate Chapter and the James White Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Knoxville, Tenn., to City Councilmen and City Manager Dempster. Re: protesting changing the name of Henley Street to Broadway. Incomplete AL 1 pc. (pp. 1 & 2 only).

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Slides taken in the spring & summer of 2003 by Brenda Hampton, McClung Collection darkroom technician. Subjects include construction at Krutch Park and Market Square, Union Avenue, Market Street, Gay Street.

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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.

Scope and Contents Historic Photographic Survey of the Justice Center Site (downtown Knoxville, Tenn.). 1999. Prepared by Neil Studios, Knoxville, Tenn. Ordered by the Public Building Authority. Black & white and color photographs of the buildings scheduled to be demolished for the construction of the Justice Center. Includes buildings on Gay Street and State Street. Folder 1: Proposal, map of site, invoice, title sheet. 4 pcs. Folder 2: Black & white photographs. 15 sheets; 29 photographs. Folder 3:...

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Gay Street and Wall Avenue, Knoxville, Tenn. Circa 1917. Taken by Jacob A. Snyder; Deaderick Avenue Baptist Church, Knoxville, Tenn. Circa 1909. B&W 5x7: copy photographs.

Scope and Contents SPC 2010.002.001. M. H. Gass & Co. Traveling Photographers. (’Views and Groups a Specialty.’). Village of Jearoldstown (Jeroldstown?), Greene County, Tenn. Taken before 1900, possibly an election scene. Penciled caption on back. Hawkins Store, Post Office & Shoe Shop, Jim Simmons store, Allen Mill. SPC 2010.002.002. M. H. Gass & Co. Traveling Photographers. (’Views and Groups a Specialty.’). Logging scene, Mosheim, Greene County, Tenn. J. McDaniel. SPC 2010.002.003 Oxen and...

Scope and Contents Patrick Sullivan was born in Kerry County, Ireland, on August 9, 1841, and moved to America with his family. In 1850 the family settled in Rogersville, Tenn. Patrick Sullivan moved to Knoxville, Tenn, in 1853 and lived there until his death in June 1925. During the Civil War he served as a soldier with the Union Army. After the war he went into the saloon business in Knoxville, operating a saloon on the corner of Central & Jackson. After living in Knoxville for 71 years, Patrick Sullivan...

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“Photos by Jimmy Myers.” One photograph album (10x13”) with B&W prints mounted on pages. Subjects include Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1940, dedication of Great Smoky Mountains National Park), University of Tenn. football, Knoxville and regional street scenes, Gay Street Christmas lights, and visiting celebrities, 1938-1940. Jimmy Myers was a photographer for the Knoxville Journal, then fought in World War II, and returned to work for the Tenn. Valley Authority (TVA).

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Residences and streets in Knoxville, Tenn. 1919. B&W 8x10” copy photographs.

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Medium shots of a street scene showing a pedestrian crowd.

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Sterchi letter to the Mayor of Knoxville (8 avril 1850?) concerning the paving of Cumberland Avenue (in French) (difficult to read the mss., translation provided as best it could be read).

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Views of Knoxville, Tenn. 1898. One view (“Bird’s-eye”) looking from South Knoxville towards downtown; other view is on North Gay Street looking south. Shows Rosentha[l’s], Whittle Trunk Company, streetcar tracks, etc. 7x10” sepia. Mounted. The name “F.H. Zurfluh” is written on the back of each print.