Photographs

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11 Photographs from Johnson Farm Auction, 7516 Seven Islands Rd. Only 2 identified.

Scope and Contents Schockel (photographer?): 4 rolled photographs by James E. Thompson mounted on linen, marble quarries; Cataloged as SPC 2005.003 in CS 05-08 Photograph Box 6: 13 B&W photographs with ID (some on postcard backing) (Holston River near Jefferson City, Tenn; Camp Beacon Knob, 1912; Pinnacle Marble Quarry, Knoxville; Townsend Lumber Camp above Elkmont; Little River RR , loading logs above Elkmont; snaking logs above Elkmont; WCTU Settlement School, Hindman, Ky.; canal on s. edge of campus;...

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Photographs of accident at Bean Station, Tenn. May 13, 1972; Greyhound bus and tractor trailer truck; 14 people died

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Belle Ross Haun , wife of Lynn Haun, of Knoxville. April 4, 1936. “Uncle Abijah” carved the “jackstraws” in the Museum Collection of the ETHS

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Fort Sanders house on Forest Avenue, used as the childhood home of James Agee in the movie “All the Way Home” The house was demolished in 1982. City Hall (former School from the Deaf) under restoration ca. 1983 Downtown Knoxville from Western Avenue (Summit Ave) looking east at the L&N Station and the high rise building under construction on Summit and Walnut

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Photographs of Mayor Bill Haslam at the Opening of the Tennessee Theatre

Scope and Contents Photographs of the Nancy & Henry Roberts family: 1. Ella Roberts Duncan (1853-1915) CDV. McCrary & Branson, Knoxville. 2. Will Roberts (1868-1915). CDV. McCrary & Branson, Knoxville. 3. Alice Roberts (1860-1929). CDV. Lindsey, Knoxville. 4. Arminda Roberts (1847-1915). CDV. 5. Cina Roberts baby portrait. Ca. 1887 or 1888. Jno. P. Rapier, Knoxville. 6. Alice Roberts (age 33, 1894). J.E. Story, Knoxville. 7. Alice Roberts (age 30, 1890). G. W. Weiser, Knoxville. 8. Bob & Julia...

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Photographs of the Tennessee Valley taken by Lewis Hine taken in 1933 for the Tennessee Valley Authority (9 prints)

Scope and Contents Photographs: Portrait of O. B. Keister (1877-1959) and three unidentified photographs (2 of women and 1 of a child). O. B. “Ollie” Keister. Born in Ky., he became a telegraph operator who moved up through the ranks to become general manager of the Southern Railroad Central Lines, including 2600 miles of railroad in the South from Tennessee to Florida. His office was in Knoxville’s Southern Station. He retired in 1947 at age 70. Portrait of O. B. Keister is by Kaiden-Kazanjian, New York (10 x...

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Photographs Showing Progress of Construction Gay Street Viaduct. Knoxville, Tennessee. 1919. L. W. Frierson, Supervising Engr. Taken by Thompson Brothers, Knoxville, Tenn. 1 album 7 x 12.5”: 25 photographs mounted on linen.

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Photographs of the South Central Bell Building, Church Avenue, Second Presbyterian Church during demolition 1970. One photograph marked Hugh Lunsford, Knoxville Journal. One view of UT Stadium.

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Portrait of 2 young women; Biddle’s Department Store, Knoxville, Tennessee

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Portrait of Brigadier General Lawrence D. Tyson, of 59th Brigade and 50th (“Old Hickory”) Division, U.S.A. Photographed October 14, 1917. Knaffl & Brakebill. Sepia, image area 6 1/5 x 9”.

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B&W / sepia photographic portrait of Eli Baxter and wife taken by Branson Studio, Gay Street, ca. 1900. 16 x 19”. (silver deterioration; mounted on Branson board).

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Portrait of Elizabeth Foster (1927) (Knaffl & Brakebill)

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Portrait of Elizabeth Porter Tate (1929)

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1 black-and-white portrait of Knoxville inventor Weston Fulton by knaffl & Brakebill of Knoxville, mounted in oversize folder (labelled “Mezzotone Print)

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11 x 14” B&W photograph of William Sherman Brown (Knoxville, Tenn) with the locomotive engine “Crescent Limited,” ca. 1940. Southern Railroad Yard, Knoxville, Tenn.

Scope and Contents The book contains 24 portraits and one scene of a farming village. Many of the portraits have the photographer’s mark “J. Jeanneret -- Montreux” At least one marked “Photographie F. de Jongh -- Entre deux villes Vevey” The photo cards were not removed from the album to determine if others are marked with different photographer marks. Some pages labeled “Emma Tauxe” , “Uncle Henry” , “Louis or Charles” There is no indication of when the pages were marked or by whom. The village scene is...

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Portrait photograph of Howard Baker (color)

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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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Portraits of young boys in fancy dress clothing: Percy Jones Warwick (age 5, Nov. 17) in jacket with knickers; Clarence Lafayette Warwick (age 4, Nov.? 4) in Little Lord Fauntleroy style outfit). Both by Brakebill & McCoy, Knoxville, Tenn..

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Post Office / Custom House exterior with 7 horse drawn mail cars and postmen waiting for mail. Shows south side of the building. 8x10” sepia print mounted on 12x14” board. Knaffl & Brakebill. Second print is interior shot on first floor of same building, with group gathered around a desk trophy on desk (possibly Post Office in ca. 1910 addition). 8x10” sepia print mounted on 12x14” board. Knaffl & Brakebill. 2 folders.

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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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Powell High School. Exterior. sepia 8 x 10” mounted.

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SPC 2012.009.001 President A. Johnson (Andrew Johnson) carte de visite. No photographer listed. 1 pc.

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Print labeled Gatlinburg, Tennessee, Shop of Wiley Oakley. June 7, 1935. 1 sepia print with black paper from album on back, 3.5 x 5.5” 1 pc.

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Printed memorial Card for Mrs. L. A. Gratz “Died July 2, 1889, Aged 45 yrs. 4 mos. 9 dys.”

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Printed panorama photograph of Central High School in the snow. (1930s?) Built 1893 as Holbrook College, later Gresham School, then Central High School, Fountain City.

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5x7” negatives + prints (made in ETHC darkroom) of prominent Knoxvillians (Dr. Herbert Acuff; City Managers, Knoxville, 1936 includes James Elmore; Col. Claude Reeder; Price Family; Miss Edith Wise; Judd Mynatt; Dutch Fanz; L.M.G. Baker; Mr. and Mrs. George Ohler).