Photographs

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Young boy (still dressed as a girl) on a penny farthing bicycle (McCrary & Branson photograph mounted on printed board). Sepia. 1 pc. 4.25 x 6” Wallace Early? written on the verso. Lower right corner of mounting is missing.

Scope and Contents Stereographs (stereoscopic views) by McCrary & Branson. Some also from Southern Railway System and E.& H.T. Anthony & Co. Subjects include: Knoxville & vicinity (14 pcs.); French Broad River (5 pcs.); E Tenn. Va. & Ga. RR. (23 pcs.); views around Warm Springs, N.C. (3 pcs.). American Views/Popular Series (6 pcs.): Lookout Mountain (bridge over running waters, A & C RR, The Valley from the Coal Shutes, Lookout Mountain from E.T. & Ga RR.); Blue Ridge Springs Va....

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McMillan School. One exterior; two interior classroom shots with students. B&W approx. 8x10”.

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The 171 mounted 5"x7" black-and-white photographs were produced by the East Tennessee Community Design Center (Knoxville, Tenn.) to cover that part of the Mechanicsville area which falls outside the section covered in the Knoxville College historic district, as defined in the National Register of Historic Places. The information sheets include street address and comments.

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Meek and Andrews Families--Photographs. Also includes copy photographs of mid-19th century Lytle, Moore and King families and portraits of Knoxville lawyer Nathan Bedford Forrest Andrews, his wife Ella Johns Andrews, and their children.

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Melvin H. Foster Photograph Collection. 1 folio of b&w 8"x10" photographs + hand-tooled leather case from Mexico. Photographs taken in the 1950s include travel photographs of Cuba, Canada, New Guinea, the Philippines, Hawaii, Mexico, and the U.S. National Parks.

Scope and Contents “Memoirs of Frances Hodgson Burnett” by Ada Campbell Larew (Mrs. Charles L. of Knoxville). TS 8 pp.; one cabinet card photograph of Frances Hodgson Burnett taken by H. L. Bundy, Hartford, Conn., ca. 1872. Signed on front. + typed note re: photograph by Mrs. Larew; one small Christmas card from Frances Hodgson Burnett to Ada Campbell, signed on back. ca. 1872 + note and envelope from Ada Campbell Larew; “Dearest: The Story of Frances Hodgson Burnett” by Vivian Burnett, McCall’s, May, June,...

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About 25 letters of the Charles H. and Florence Brown Mills family of Spring City and Chattanooga, Tenn., and their daughters Elizabeth Mills (later Dundorman) (1902-1998) and Ruth Mills (1894-1977) + photographs, including George Franklin Neal, John Randolph Neal, family pictures, school pictures, etc.

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Jas. E. Thompson, Knoxville, Tenn., photograph (no number). Shows back of miner or geologist (?) working with coal in mine or cave. 8x10” B&W, backed with linen.

Scope and Contents 1) 4.5” x 2.75” black-and-white photograph of train engine and front half of first car. Car has “T. & N. C. RY.” on the side. Handwritten on back “Tennessee & North Carolina 206 2-60 Knoxville, Tenn.” Stamped “Max Miller 207 W. Seminary St. Liberty, Indiana”2) 3.5” x 2.5” black-and-white photograph of woman standing in front of sign “Volunteers of America Home for Dependent Mothers & Children” Written on back “Just ‘Baby’ Ruth” Stamped “McLean’s Fadeless Prints...

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Daguerreotype of Miss Lillie Rogers holding hat. (Little girl). Taken by S. Humphreys, Knoxville, Tenn. In case; very good condition.

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Miss Lucie Fain Photograph Album, mostly carte d vixite photographs. Only a few are identified, most of them relatives of Lucie Fain. “Miss Lucie Fain” imprinted on the cover of the album. A few later photographs are tucked into the album.

Scope and Contents 1. Photograph of Mrs. N. Rabe, Knoxville. (woman seated in chair with pillow behind head). Taken by Stewart, Knoxville, Tenn. On card 4.25x6.5”. 2. Photograph, ‘Knoxville Home for the Friendless.’ Group of men, women and children in front of wood and brick building. Handwritten ‘Mama’ by one woman. No date. Approx. 7x5 x 8.5” mounted on larger board. 3. Composition book with ‘Act. of the Home of the Friendless.’ 1895-1896 handwritten records. Includes: names, age, date come, discharged. Also...

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Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh residence, Tenth Street, Knoxville, Tenn. (originally 304 N. Second St., Old West Knoxville). Ca. 1890. House was partially destroyed by fire and razed for the 1982 World’s Fair; Montgomery Thornburgh residence, New Market, Tenn. Home of Jacob Montgomery and Thomas Tipton. 5x7” copy photographs B&W

Scope and Contents SV 2003.006.001-007: “The Beauties. Around Montvale Springs, East Tennessee. Negatives and published by T.M. Schleier. American and Foreign Stereoscopic Emporium, Knoxville, Tennessee” SV 2003.006.001 "around Prospect Lake” SV 2003.006.002 people on rocks in woods SV 2003.006.003 “Sunlight & Shadows” SV 2003.006.004 1874. five people on porch (left half only) SV 2003.006.005 group at gazebo (right half only) SV 2003.006.006 1874. Group on porch (right half only) SV 2003.006.007...

Scope and Contents 1. Polaroid photograph of man with white beard, wearing a hat, seated in a chair. No ID. 2. Unidentified B&W snapshot of a woman holding a baby, standing outside. 3. 8x10” B&W photograph by McKinney Studio, Morristown, Tenn. Shows flags, band in parade. Also shows Weesner-Reams Co. and Proffitts. N.D. 4. 8x10” B&W photograph by McKinney Studio, Morristown, Tenn. Parade. Shows two men (one African American) driving glass-sided wagon (hearse?) drawn by two horses. Sign shows for...

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Collection of 14 tintypes of young girls from the Morristown area, most with photographer identification and all but one person identified as well. Possibly all students at some female academy? Images are each about the size of a thumb nail. Each in a paper envelope with photographer’s name stamped on the verso

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Articles: Stream Driving Logs Down the River; William Lyon’s Log Cabin; Property Owners on Kingston Pike & Sequoyah Hills; Early Grants in Sevier County; D. M. Rose & Co. (General History, Steamboats, Three Rivers Packet Co.); Rose Fiberglass Co. (Product Pictures, General History); Pictures 2008-2500 Family & Business; tombstone Pictures (Highland Memorial, Knoxville; Old Gray, Knoxville, Seven Islands, Knox Co., Chattanooga

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Moulder, Hunt, O’Conner, and Albers family documents and photographs 

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“Mountain Cinderella and Her Prince” Portrait of Lucinda Williams and Fuller Potter (Acme Photo, Cleveland Bureau) 8-10-1936 (A38153)

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SPC 2012.012.001 Submitted ID: Mountain View Hotel, Gatlinburg, Tenn.. Ca. 1915. 5.5x3.25” sepia snapshot. 1 pc.

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Papers and photographs gathered from the family of the creator of this collection Mrs. Edward F. McCrossin -- including the McGhee and Niles families and their relatives of Riverside and Niles Ferry. Includes the family history “Documents, Letters, News clippings, Index of Photographs and Portraits, Biographical Sketches and a Genealogical Chart relative to the family of Mrs. Edward F. McCrossin, nee Florence Niles Rogers, between the years 1813-1948.”

Scope and Contents Scrapbook of Mrs. G.K. Walters (Anne Stafford) of Knoxville. Contains: photographs of Mr. and Mrs. G. K. Walters, friends, World War I pictures, airplane snapshots; calling cards; clippings; Girl Scout material; postcards (Detroit; Chicago Worlds Fair); Opti-Mrs. yearbook (Knoxville), 1947-1948; Murphy College (Sevierville) grade report for Anne Stafford, 1912; Central High School (Knoxville) graduation invitation and program, 1916; Kiwanis and Knoxville Business Men’s Club photographic...

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B&W snapshots: Springdale Baptist Church (2 pcs.); Charles McClung House “Statesview” (1 pc.); Samuel McSpadden house (2 pcs.); Brazelton house (2 pcs.); Arthur Henley house at Chota (3 pcs.).

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Mrs. Mary Faust (age 108) and two children “Coon” and “Sis.” At their log cabin home near Andersonville, Anderson County, Tenn. Sepia 4 x 6”, mounted on board with printed text on back. Copyright 1910.

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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Mynderse School Includes exterior; office interior; children in schoolyard. B&W 8 x 10”.

Scope and Contents Ten photographs: 1-3. Workers with wheel barrows, street construction. Includes some African Americans. Note on back says ‘Knoxville, Tenn’ 5x7” sepia on 8x10” board; 4. unidentified family group in front of hose with fence. ‘Knoxville, Tenn ’5x7” sepia on 8x10” board; 5. two men (unidentified) in horse-drawn buggy. ‘Knoxville, Tenn ’5x7” sepia on 8x10” board; 6. unidentified group on flat boat in river. ‘Knoxville, Tenn ’ 9.5x7.5” sepia on 11x9” board; 7. Brick building with Consumer’s Ice...

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Twenty-five B&W 3.5x5” snapshots and matching safety base negatives. Used in two books by Nannie Lee Hicks or her classes: Historic Treasure Spots of Knox County and History of Knox County Communities, vol. 5. (both in the McClung Collection).

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Napoleon O. Goddard and Walter Jewett, motormen, Knoxville Railway & Light Co. 1915. Streetcar banner says ‘Sevierville’ but it is probably for Sevierville Pike in South Knoxville. 5x7” sepia print mounted on embossed board.