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Title: Busy Bee Cafe Owners, 3
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1920 - 1940
Abstract: This photograph depicts Italian immigrant Concetta DiGiorgio Meshotto (Miciotto). She emigrated to New York in 1911 with her husband and children. The family lived in Chicago and Nashville before settling in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, in 1916. Concetta opened the Busy Bee Cafe on the town square with her son Dominick and his wife Rose in 1926. Dominick and Rose Meshotto began running the cafe on their own in 1937 until they sold it in 1946.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
Collection: Smith Collection-Busy Bee Cafe
Contributing Institution: Albert Gore Sr. Research Center
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000002791
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Title: Busy Bee Cafe Owners
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1926 - 1946
Abstract: This photograph depicts Italian immigrants Rose and Dominick Meshotto, owners of Murfreesboro's Busy Bee Cafe, standing next to their vehicle behind the downtown square building strip that houses their restaurant.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
Collection: Smith Collection-Busy Bee Cafe
Contributing Institution: Albert Gore Sr. Research Center
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000002789
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Title: The Licker Sisters, 2
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1920 - 1940
Abstract: This is a photograph of sisters Bertha Licker (left) and Esther Licker (right).
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Collection: Licker-Goldstein-Weise Family Collection
Contributing Institution: Albert Gore Sr. Research Center
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000002769
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Title: Group in front of the second Tabard Inn, Rugby, Tennessee
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1880 - 1890
Abstract: This is a photograph of a group of people in front of the second Tabard Inn in Rugby, Tennessee. The first Tabard Inn was destroyed by fire in the early 1880's. The inn was named after the hostelry in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Collection: Vertical Files
Contributing Institution: Tennessee Tech University- Volpe Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000001929
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Title: Sam DeGeorge inside sweet shop
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1920 - 1929
Abstract: Sam DeGeorge inside sweet shop.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Collection: DeGeorge Family Collection
Contributing Institution: Albert Gore Sr. Research Center
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000002756
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Title: Interior of Goldstein's
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1942 - 1965
Abstract: This photograph shows the interior of Goldstein's. The family business operated for nearly a century -- from its opening in the late 1880s until the year 1982.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Postwar United States (1945-1970)
Collection: Licker-Goldstein-Weise Family Collection
Contributing Institution: Albert Gore Sr. Research Center
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000002767
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Title: Joseph O. Cadek, ?-1928
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1893 - 1928
Abstract: When Hosmer's Boston Orchestra came to Chattanooga, Tennessee to play at Lookout Inn for the summer season of 1893, Joseph Cadek, a successful violinist, stayed and took a teaching position as the Chattanooga School of Music. Cadek was a native of Prague and moved to America in 1892.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Collection: Chattanooga Times Portrait Collection
Contributing Institution: Chattanooga-Hamilton County Bicentennial Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000001798
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Title: Photograph of the Weises, 2
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1918 - 1929
Abstract: This is a postcard photograph of Aaron and Leah Weise.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Collection: Licker-Goldstein-Weise Family Collection
Contributing Institution: Albert Gore Sr. Research Center
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000002762
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Title: Thomas Hughes Public Library in Rugby, Tennessee
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1870 - 1910
Abstract: This photograph is titled, "Thomas Hughs Public Library in Rugby,Tennessee". Rugby was founded as a utopian attempt to merge British upper-class education and culture with American middle-class entreprenurial energy. It failed, primarily due to mismanagement of the financial backers in London and Boston.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Collection: Postcard Collection
Contributing Institution: Giles County Historical Society
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002266
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Title: Waitresses at Busy Bee Cafe
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1934 - 1946
Abstract: This photograph shows two Busy Bee Cafe waitresses at the 119 N. Maple Street location in Murfreesboro. Rose Meshotto, the owner, stands between them.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
Collection: Smith Collection-Busy Bee Cafe
Contributing Institution: Albert Gore Sr. Research Center
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000002788
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Title: Soule College
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1908 - 1912
Abstract: This photograph shows sisters Ethel Licker (second row, third from left) and Bertha Licker (first row, first from left) at Soule College on Maple Street, Murfreesboro. All three Licker sisters (Esther is not pictured) attended the exclusive girls' school. Childhood friend Jean Faircloth (Mrs. Douglas MacArthur) is seated on the first row as well (third from right).
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Collection: Licker-Goldstein-Weise Family Collection
Contributing Institution: Albert Gore Sr. Research Center
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002319
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Title: Interior of the Thomas Hughes Public Library in Rugby, Tennessee
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1870 - 1910
Abstract: This photograph is titled, "Interior of the Thomas Hughes Public Library in Rugby Tennessee". Thomas Hughes was the founder of the utopian colony, Rugby.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Collection: Postcard Collection
Contributing Institution: Giles County Historical Society
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002267
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Title: Rosa Tamburo DeGeorge inside sweet shop
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1920 - 1929
Abstract: Rosa Tamburo DeGeorge inside sweet shop.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Collection: DeGeorge Family Collection
Contributing Institution: Albert Gore Sr. Research Center
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000002755
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Title: Busy Bee Cafe Owners, 2
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1939
Abstract: This photograph depicts Rosa Culotta Meshotto, wife of Dominick Meshotto, with their baby daughter Connie in 1939. The couple owned and operated Murfreesboro's Busy Bee Cafe on the town square. The Meshotto family emigrated from Italy and began the business in 1926. Rosa is posing with Connie outside of their residence at 1216 N. Maple Street.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
Collection: Smith Collection-Busy Bee Cafe
Contributing Institution: Albert Gore Sr. Research Center
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000002790
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Title: Sam Licker in front of his shoe store on the Square
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1950
Abstract: This is a photo of Sam Licker in front of his shoe store on the Square in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Postwar United States (1945-1970)
Collection: Licker Family Collection
Contributing Institution: Albert Gore Sr. Research Center
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000002758
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Title: Jewish Merchants
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: . 1890
Abstract: A photograph of Jewish merchants in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Sam Licker is in the second row, far right.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Collection: Licker Family Collection
Contributing Institution: Albert Gore Sr. Research Center
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000002759
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Title: Goldstein-Licker family photograph
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: . 1910
Abstract: This photograph features Esther Licker, Aaron Weise, and Goldstein in front, Ethel Licker in back.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Collection: Licker Family Collection
Contributing Institution: Albert Gore Sr. Research Center
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000002757
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Title: Salesman Walter Brown on the left and Sam DeGeorge on the right in front of a fruit store
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1905
Abstract: Salesman Walter Brown on the left and Sam DeGeorge on the right in front of a fruit store.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Collection: DeGeorge Family Collection
Contributing Institution: Albert Gore Sr. Research Center
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000002754
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Title: Busy Bee Cafe Interior, 2
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1926 - 1934
Abstract: This photograph depicts Italian immigrant Dominick Meshotto, owner of Murfreesboro's Busy Bee Cafe, at its first location, 125 N. Maple Street. The first location of the restaurant operated from 1926 to 1934 before moving down the street. Also featured in this photograph behind the counter is Dominick's brother, Vance. An unidentified woman stands next to Dominick.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
Collection: Smith Collection-Busy Bee Cafe
Contributing Institution: Albert Gore Sr. Research Center
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000002792
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Title: Busy Bee Cafe Exterior
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1934 - 1946
Abstract: This photograph shows the exterior of Murfreesboro's Busy Bee Cafe during its heyday at its second location, 119 N. Maple Street. The second location, just down the square from the first location, was purchased in 1934 and operated until 1946.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
Collection: Smith Collection-Busy Bee Cafe
Contributing Institution: Albert Gore Sr. Research Center
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000002786
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Title: Busy Bee Cafe Interior
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1934 - 1946
Abstract: This photograph shows the interior of the Busy Bee Cafe during its heyday at its second location, 119 N. Maple Street.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
Collection: Smith Collection-Busy Bee Cafe
Contributing Institution: Albert Gore Sr. Research Center
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000002787
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Title: Photograph of the Weises
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1918 - 1929
Abstract: This is a photograph of Aaron Weise and his wife, Leah Goldstein Weise.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Collection: Licker-Goldstein-Weise Family Collection
Contributing Institution: Albert Gore Sr. Research Center
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000002760
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Title: Early Colonists in Rugby, Tennessee
Printer : unknown
Date Created: 1870 - 1910
Abstract: This photograph is titled, "Early Colonists in Rugby, Tennessee". Rugby was a utopian effort to bring together British upper-class citizens with entrepreneurial middle class Americans. "Madame Hughes in center", is written on the picture.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Collection: Postcard Collection
Contributing Institution: Giles County Historical Society
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002265
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Title: W. Hastings Hughes in Rugby, Tennessee to O.P. Temple in Knoxville, Tennessee
Attributed name : W. Hastings Hughes, 1833-1909
Associated name : Oliver Perry Temple, 1820-1907
Date Created: 1881-04-19
Abstract: Hughes requests copy of the State health report and State laws on sanitation and public health.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Collection: The O.P. Temple Papers, 1832-
Contributing Institution: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000002456
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Title: The debt of our country to the American Highlanders during the war
Author : Ryder
Date Created: 1889
Abstract: This pamphlet was enclosed in a letter from J. B. Brownlow to O. P. Temple, dated Feb. 11, 1891. The pamphlet is an Address delivered by Reb. C. J. Ryder, District Secretary, at the Annual Meeting of the American Missionary Association, at Chicago, Ill., 1889. It discusses East Tennessee and refers to its people as mountaineers or Highlanders and "our country`s debt to these patriotic Highlanders" during the Revolutionary War.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Collection: The O.P. Temple Papers, 1832-
Contributing Institution: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000002598
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