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Title: The Cansler Family
Photographer : Unknown
Date Created: 1910 - 1920
Abstract: This photograph shows the family standing on the porch and in front of the house for a family photograph. The Cansler family was very influential in the African-American community in Knoxville, Tennessee. When Mrs. Laura Cansler (formerly Laura Ann Scott) opened up a school for free blacks in 1864, she became the first black schoolteacher in Knoxville. Verso side of photograph reads: Cansler family 50th wedding anniversary, Knoxville, Tennessee.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Collection: Beck Cultural Exchange Center
Contributing Institution: Beck Cultural Exchange Center
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000000459
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| 227 |
Title: Mrs. Benjamin Chandler
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1855 - 1910
Abstract: A black and white photograph of Mrs. Benjamin Chandler.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Collection: Chattanooga Times Portrait Collection
Contributing Institution: Chattanooga-Hamilton County Bicentennial Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000001805
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| 228 |
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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| 229 |
Title: Unidentified woman
Photographer : unknown
Donor : Rippetoe family
Date Created: 1920
Abstract: Unidentified woman sitting in a chair looking out of a window.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Collection: James Agee Film Project Photographs
Contributing Institution: Archives of Appalchia- ETSU
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000002042
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| 230 |
Title: Mrs. John C. Burch, ?-1898
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1860 - 1898
Abstract: A black and white studio photograph of Mrs. John C. Burch.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Collection: Chattanooga Times Portrait Collection
Contributing Institution: Chattanooga-Hamilton County Bicentennial Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000001794
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| 231 |
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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| 232 |
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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| 233 |
Title: John Overton, Jr. and Harriet Overton at Travellers Rest, c. 1890
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1890
Abstract: This is a photograph of John Overton Jr. and Harriet Overton lounging outside. The front porch of Travellers Rest is in the background.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Collection: Travellers Rest
Contributing Institution: Travellers Rest Plantation and Museum
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002105
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| 234 |
Title: Overton Family at Travellers Rest, c. 1890
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1890
Abstract: This photograph is titled, "Overton Family at Travellers Rest c1890". The picture is taken in frount of the Victorian porch, which stood on the building from 1885 to 1920. John Overton Jr. is standing on the porch. Harriet Overton is in a black dress. The other woman and child are unidentified. The back of the photograph has the Kodak logo of the day, including a sketch of a handheld camera.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Collection: Travellers Rest
Contributing Institution: Travellers Rest Plantation and Museum
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002612
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| 235 |
Title: Aaron Weise in Uniform, 2
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1917 - 1929
Abstract: This is a photograph of Aaron Weise in his World War I military uniform. He served as an aviator from October 1917 to February 1919. On February 26, 1924, Weise was promoted in the reserves to the grade of captain and assigned to Flight B, 306 Observation Squadron of the Eighty-First Division, whose headquarters were in Knoxville, Tennessee.
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=200700000002764
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| 236 |
Title: Mrs. James Cameron
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1855 - 1900
Abstract: A studio portrait photograph of Mrs. James Cameron.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Collection: Chattanooga Times Portrait Collection
Contributing Institution: Chattanooga-Hamilton County Bicentennial Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000001801
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| 237 |
Title: The Zimmerman family
Photographer : unknown
Attributed name : Community Action Group of Englewood
Date Created: 1915 - 1925
Abstract: George Zimmerman stands with his wife and his children in front of their home in Englewood, Tennessee. There are seven children and the entire family is nicely dressed. The family is one of many who worked in the dozens of textile mills around Englewood, Tennessee in the first half of the 20th century. The quoted text below comes from the publication, Then and Now: The women of Englewood's textile mills. "Rental policies for company housing encouraged large families of mill workers. Front row (left to right: George, Jr. (prepared cotton for drawingframes), Clayton (doffboy, fixer), Lucille (sewer). Back row (left to right): George (forman in carding room), Marthan, Jessie, Bill (operated speeder) and Sallie (sewer).
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Collection: Englewood Textile Museum
Contributing Institution: Englewood Textile Museum
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000000491
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| 238 |
Title: Mr. and Mrs. Lawson Cansler, 50th wedding anniversary
Photographer : Unknown
Date Created: 1910 - 1920
Abstract: Mr and Mrs. Hugh Lawson Cansler and their descendants were extremely influential in the African American community of Knoxville, Tennessee. Mrs. Cansler, Laura Ann Scott, was from Morganton, Virginia and Mr. Cansler was a wheelwright from Monroe County, Tennessee. Mrs. Cansler became Knoxville's first black school teacher in 1864, when she opened the Burnside school to educate free blacks. Verso side reads: Mr. and Mrs. Lawson Cansler on their 50th wedding anniversary.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Collection: Beck Cultural Exchange Center
Contributing Institution: Beck Cultural Exchange Center
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000000461
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| 239 |
Title: Dining Hall Gang at the Mill, 3
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1930 - 1932
Abstract: This photograph depicts members of the State Teachers College Dining Hall crew on a picnic at a dam near Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
Collection: Cooper Photographic Collection
Contributing Institution: Albert Gore Sr. Research Center
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002328
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| 240 |
Title: Unidentified family
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1850 - 1950
Abstract: Unidentified family portrait. A woman is sitting on a bench with two girls. Two boys are sitting on the ground with a dog.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Collection: James Agee Film Project Photographs
Contributing Institution: Archives of Appalchia- ETSU
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000002048
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| 241 |
Title: Dining Hall Gang at the Mill, 2
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1930 - 1932
Abstract: This photograph depicts members of the State Teachers College Dining Hall crew on a picnic at a dam near Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
Collection: Cooper Photographic Collection
Contributing Institution: Albert Gore Sr. Research Center
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002327
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| 242 |
Title: William Beverly Price of Erin, Tennessee, with his wife, Ellen, and his mother, Esther
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1945 - 1950
Abstract: This is a photograph of William Beverly Price of Erin, Tennessee, with his wife, Ellen, and his mother Esther. Price later became mayor of Erin. He served in WWII (info on other entries) Other people in photo are unidentified
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Postwar United States (1945-1970)
Collection: Special Collections
Contributing Institution: Houston County Public Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002095
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| 243 |
Title: View from the courthouse cupola looking southwest
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1862 - 1865
Abstract: This photograph depicts a view from the courthouse cupola looking southwest. The owner of the house in the center foreground is not known. The building in the background is thought to be a mill building close to Lytle Creek and the railroad spur. Note the train cars on the right of the building.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Collection: Occupied Murfreesboro
Contributing Institution: Albert Gore Sr. Research Center
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000002803
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| 244 |
Title: Aaron Weise in Uniform
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1917 - 1929
Abstract: This is a photograph of Aaron Weise in his World War I military uniform. He served as an aviator from October 1917 to February 1919. On February 26, 1924, Weise was promoted in the reserves to the grade of captain and assigned to Flight B, 306 Observation Squadron of the Eighty-First Division, whose headquarters were in Knoxville, Tennessee.
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=200700000002763
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| 245 |
Title: Dining Hall Crew
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1931 - 1932
Abstract: This photograph depicts the State Teachers College (Murfreesboro, Tennessee) 1931-1932 Dining Hall Crew.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
Collection: Cooper Photographic Collection
Contributing Institution: Albert Gore Sr. Research Center
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002336
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| 246 |
Title: William Allen McCraw and family at Brandon Place, near Dover, Tennessee
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1902
Abstract: Brandon Place, near Dover, Tennessee ; William Allen McCraw and family, ca. 1902 ; Mary Gray McCraw , Thedius McCraw, George McCraw, Corrine McCraw, William Allen McCraw, 2nd wife Mary Boyd, unknown cousins... twins Molly and Minerva... Molly died at 1 year of age.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Collection: Photograph Collection
Contributing Institution: Stewart County Archives
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000001863
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| 247 |
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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| 248 |
Title: Cruising to the 1910 Appalachian Exposition
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1910
Abstract: This photograph is titled, 'Cruising to the Appalachian Exposition. Describe image and give a sentence or 2 of Appalachian exposition". Concider the image presented by these visitors to the fair with the starkly absurd image presented by the fliers foe the Appalachian Exposition showing African-Americans picking cotton on a plantation with as a "upper class" white couple idly watch. Written on the reverse side,"Cruising to the 1910 Appalachian Exposition at Chilhowee park. Young lady with parasol is Mrs. Bessie Richards. The young girl in the center is Mrs. Margaret Singleton Carson."
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Collection: Beck Cultural Exchange Center
Contributing Institution: Beck Cultural Exchange Center
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002131
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| 249 |
Title: Portrait of the Reynolds family
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1895 - 1920
Abstract: This is an image of a large family sitting on the front stairs of a brick home in Bristol, Tennessee. The image includes children sitting in the foreground, and an older figure, possibly a housekeeper (not named on the verso) in the background. The script on the verso reads: 1 - Major Abrams D. Reynolds 2 - Mrs. Serrah Haze Reynolds 3. Richard S. Reynolds (R.S.) 4. Louise Paxem Reynolds 5. Hardin Reynolds 6. Ethel Rumpf-Reynolds 7. Haze Reynolds 8. Scottie Reynolds 9. A. W. Reynolds - (Haze's son) 10 Eleanor Reynolds (" daughter) 11 Will Reynolds (middle row) 12 Clarence Reynolds (front row) 13 Abe Reynolds (middle row) 14 Sue Reynolds Staley [scribbled upon] (front row) 15 T.T. Staley 16 Serrah Reynolds (Haze's daughter)
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Collection: Bristol Historical Association
Contributing Institution: Bristol Historical Association
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000001631
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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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