Group portraits

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Kuhlman’s Drugstore #1, Knoxville, Tenn. Ca. 1910 or 1912. Interior showing young men behind soda fountain. B&W copy snapshot.

Scope and Contents Black-and-white panoramic photograph of group of men and women in dining in banquet hall of the Sheraton-Cadillac Hotel in Detroit, Michigan. Stamped on front "Sheraton-Cadillac Hotel Detroit - February 17, 18, 19"; "Michigan State Florists' Association Cooperative Agricultural Extension Service of Michigan State University"; "37th Annual Michigan Money Makers Meeting"; "Growers Conference - Design School - and Business Clinic" Photographer's mark: "Spencer Photography 1200 United Artist...

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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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SPC 2017.008 Nicholson Art League photograph of a dramatic presentation of “The Misdemeanors of Nancy,” a first for the League, performed on April 27, 1911. An article ran in the Knoxville Journal on April 28. This is a rare early photograph of an Art League event. Artist Robert L. Mason was in the cast as was Mrs. A. L. Freeman (Susan Branson, Lloyd Branson's sister). About 5x7.75” sepia print glued to glass. 1 pc. Framed paintings on the walls.

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Two copy panoramic B&W photographs made from copy negatives purchased by Mary Lynn Gilmore from TVA (negatives were returned to her after being printed by Thompson Photo Products in May 2006). 1. Norris Dam looking west Clinch River at Cove Creek, Tennessee. Feb. 16, 1934. 37 x 9.5”. 1 pc. 2. Carpenter crew on draft tube form, Norris Dam. April 18, 1935. 31 x 9.5” 1 pc. Both photographs taken by Rell Clements.

Scope and Contents May 23, 1912 photograph of young African American men wearing ‘H’ sweaters [football team], seated on steps, men in suits on either side. Hale High School? HHS on football. 5x7” sepia print, mounted. 1 pc. EDIT: 2023 scan shows a Chattanooga, Tenn. photographer's mark. Most likely photograph of Howard High School football players.April 25, 1941 convention group, Parent Teachers Association. Ordered by Tennessee Congress of PTA, Colored Schools. Thompson Photograph. 8x10” b&w...

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October 1924 — On Cliff Top of Mt. LeConte — To discuss organization. Charley Barber, Frank Wilson, Baxter Gass, Guy Barber, Charley Kane, Charley Lester, Marshall Wilson, Louise Smith, Caesar Stair, Douglas Smith, Besse Geagley, George Barber, W. H. McCroskey, Carlos Campbell, and T. S. McKinney. Photo by Jim Thompson from pg 6 of The Golden Years of the Smoky Mountains Hiking Club: Smoky Mountains Hiking Club History 1924-1974

Scope and Contents Park City School photographs. Graduation group, 1911 (4 snapshots); Teacher Millie Reeves with students, Park City High School, May 14, [19]09 (snapshot); unidentified snapshot of group of children outside (1 pc.); ‘Three Queens and a Jack” 3 girls on a mule with old Park City School in background (1 pc., mounted); Group of men and women outside, one man holding U.S. flag. Women in front on left was Miss Pearl Powers (later Mrs. Lynn LeRoy Pearsall). Taken at Spring Place or Oakwood School?...

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Photographic postcard of three men in automobile, Chilhowee Park, Knoxville, Tenn. Ca. 1911 or 1913. L-r: Unknown, Cary Spence, Lawrence D. Tyson. (McClung made neg. July 1997)

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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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Printed on board front: “Large family groups and pictures of residences a specialty.” and “W. E. Singleton, Photographer, 257 Gay St., Knoxville, Tenn.” Written on back: “ Ridgedale “Sulphur Springs” Showing hotel from the east side. Coal Creek Sept 9th, 1892”

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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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First boy choir of St. John’s Episcopal Church, Knoxville, Tenn. Ca. 1895. Some IDs taped on back.

Scope and Contents Scrapbook (partial) with 17 snapshots, labeled with handwritten note: Porter Family Summer, 1941, compiled by E. Porter. The Porter family was from Galveston, Tex.. The father was Eugene L. Porter and mother was Helen Nichols Porter. Includes: Eleanor Porter graduation’ Porter offspring; trip to Charlie’s Bunion; Ramsey Cascades; cabin in Gatlinburg. Given in memory of Eugene L. Porter. SPC 2016.007.016 Group of steps of cabin [Porter family], 1941. SPC 2016.007.017 View of Gatlinburg cabin...

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Color panorama of students and staff at Sequoyah Elementary on the basketball court outside. Students near the front of the group are holding letters to make a message "E. TN HIST. SOCIETY WE LOVE YOU" Printed at the bottom of the photo in white letters "Sequoyah Elementary School March 4, 1994"

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SPC 2016.006.001 Rev. J.T. Sexton and family to Rev. J.W.(?) Anderson. Feb. 28, 1906. Biddle’s 18 Market Square Knoxville, Tenn. Handwritten names: Charlie, Willis, Mollie, Eva. 5 x 3.5” oval print mounted on board, sepia. 1 pc. SPC 2016.006.002 Rev. Thos. Sexton, The Blacksmith Preacher, and his family. Handwritten names: Amy(?) (May?), Ruth. 3.75 x 5.5” oval picture, printed. 1 pc.

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1924 sketching trip to the [Great Smoky] Mountains. L-r: Robert S. McCoy, W.J. McCoy, Jr., Charles C. Krutch. One 8x10” B&W glossy copy photograph.

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SPC 2017.010.001a Southern Ry Co. Painters and Helpers. Knoxville, Tenn. April 27, 1905. W.K. Brother (written on back). Sepia. 4.5 x 7” mounted on board. 1 pc.

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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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Five black-and-white 8"x10" group portraits of Standard Knitting Mill employees at Christmas 1952 and 1953.

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Fifth Annual Meeting- Tennessee Forest Patrol Men. Knoxville, Tenn. Jan. 1926. 8x10” sepia print (damaged: including insect holes). Back row, 4th from left is George Meyers who served as Forest Patrolman for the Cades Cove area. Photograph may have been taken at the Southern RR Depot, Knoxville.

Scope and Contents Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Comptroller’s (Controller’s) Office, E. Arnold Sundstrom and his staff (employees’ “yearbook” 1944); 35 5 x 7” B&W printed in spiral bound album. Flyleaf says Virginia E. Hill. Most photograph have a name on the back or on the front of the print. At the back are two pictures of Chinese man [Tsai?], one holding a book The Tennessee Valley Authority. The last picture shows two books (The United States by Garrett and Chine by Tsai, and a lit candle. One 8 x...

Scope and Contents SPC 2014.022.001 Melvin Cox Brandon (Portrait by Bachrach, in folder, 1923) (8.5 x 5.5 inches). Sepia. 1 pc. + folder. Panoramas: Third Tennessee Troops of Melvin Cox Brandon. SPC 2014.022.002 Dress Parade 3rd Tenn. U. S. Vol. Infantry, Anniston, Ala., Jan, 20th, 1899. (Panorama No. 120, Russell Bros. Photo, Anniston, Ala.) (25.5 x 8.75 inches) SPC 2014.022.003 Co. A, 3rd Tenn. U. S. Volunteers, Camp Shipp, Anniston, Ala., Jan. 18th 1899. (Panorama No. 120, Russell Bros. Photo, Anniston,...

Scope and Contents Thomas Legion (Cherokee Indians in the Confederate Army). Banner: Cherokee Veteran Indians of Thomas Legion 69 N.C. Rec Sou-Noo-Kee Camp. Copy photograph + caption + Hymn to the Great Smokies by Eva Plamondon Boyd and Margaret Stringfield. All three items glued to board backing. 10 x 16” . 1 pc. The following caption was under the image: Above is shown the last photograph ever taken of the remaining members of the famous Thomas Legion, composed of Cherokee Indians in the Confederate Army....

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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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Unidentified group at frosty cabin, snow on trees, probably in the Great Smoky Mountains. Jim Thompson Co. photograph (13531 A2). 6x8” (sepia).

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Unidentified group of children, probably a school group (or church group?). 8 1/2 x 6 1/2” sepia, mounted.

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West End Street Railway, Circle Park, Knoxville, Tenn. 1897. Electric car (streetcar) with 5 men, l-r: unknown; Matt Johnson?; J.E. Phelps (died 1904), conductor; unknown; Charles F. Wayland, Motorman. Sepia print, mounted.

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Photographs of unidentified groups from the university.

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Woodlawn School group, Central Avenue, Knoxville, Tenn. B&W 8x10” copy photograph. Copy neg. available 4/88.