Bird's eye view of the city of Shelbyville, Shelby County, Illinois 18...
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Cotton hoers loading at Memphis, Tennessee for the day's work in Arkan...
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Interior of Memphis cotton exchange just before closing. Tennessee
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Cotton Row, Front Street, Memphis, Tennessee
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A black and white photo of a crowd of people, Kenntucky. Farm Security...
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Winners in the Shelby County Horse Show and Fair. Shelbyville, Kentuck...
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Sulky or harness races. Horse show, Shelby County fair. Shelbyville, K...
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Cotton carnival. Memphis, Tennessee
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A black and white photo of a man standing next to a horse, Kenntucky. ...
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A couple of men standing next to each other on a dirt road, Kenntucky....
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Proud father with his child who won first prize in healthiest baby con...
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Entries in the Shelby County Horse Show and Fair. Shelbyville, Kentuck...
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Horse show at Shelby County fair. Shelbyville, Kentucky
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A black and white photo of people walking around a market, Kenntucky. ...
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Cotton carnival. Memphis, Tennessee
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Memphis, Tennessee. Ice floes in Mississippi River
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Part of the daily lineup outside the State Employment Service Office. ...
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A Greyhound bus trip from Louisville, Kentucky, to Memphis, Tennessee,...
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Titus Block, Third & Market Streets, Memphis, Shelby County, TN
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-3 Survey number: HABS TN-19-4 Building/structure dates: 1850 Initial Construction
Hilderbrand House, 4571 Airways Boulevard, Memphis, Shelby County, TN
Survey number: HABS TN-249 Building/structure dates: 1850 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1900 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1915 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1950 Su... More
Hilderbrand House, 4571 Airways Boulevard, Memphis, Shelby County, TN
Survey number: HABS TN-249 Building/structure dates: 1850 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1900 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1915 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1950 Su... More
Hilderbrand House, 4571 Airways Boulevard, Memphis, Shelby County, TN
Survey number: HABS TN-249 Building/structure dates: 1850 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1900 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1915 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1950 Su... More
Drummer in orchestra in Memphis juke joint. Tennessee
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Elim House, Bethel, Shelby County, MO
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-131 Survey number: HABS MO-1146 Building/structure dates: ca. 1850 Initial Construction
Memphis Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River, Memphis, Shelby County, TN
See also HAER NE-2 for additional documentation. Significance: Designated a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark because it was the third longest railroad bridge in the world at 790' when completed. It... More
Memphis Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River, Memphis, Shelby County, TN
See also HAER NE-2 for additional documentation. Significance: Designated a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark because it was the third longest railroad bridge in the world at 790' when completed. It... More
Memphis Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River, Memphis, Shelby County, TN
See also HAER NE-2 for additional documentation. Significance: Designated a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark because it was the third longest railroad bridge in the world at 790' when completed. It... More
Memphis Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River, Memphis, Shelby County, TN
See also HAER NE-2 for additional documentation. Significance: Designated a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark because it was the third longest railroad bridge in the world at 790' when completed. It... More
Colony Tannery, Bethel, Shelby County, MO
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-131 Survey number: HABS MO-1147-A Building/structure dates: ca. 1850 Initial Construction
Colony Tannery, Bethel, Shelby County, MO
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-131 Survey number: HABS MO-1147-A Building/structure dates: ca. 1850 Initial Construction
Beale Street Historic District, Memphis, Shelby County, TN
Significance: The Beale Street Historic District is the birthplace and home of the blues. The district includes the Palace and Daisy Theaters, the Hole-in-the-Wall Saloon, and Peewee's Saloon, headquarters of ... More
Goyer-Lee House, 690 East Adams Street, Memphis, Shelby County, TN
Significance: Construction of this house, more commonly referred to as the Lee House, spanned three decades. Begun in 1848, it was enlarged in 1853 and 1873 by Charles Wesley Goyer. With the last extension, t... More
Old Stone Inn, U.S. Route 60, Shelbyville, Shelby County, KY
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Carr House, South side of U.S. Route 64, 0.2 mile west of Cobb Road, E...
Significance: The Carr House is architecturally significant for its hall-and-parlor design, a rare house plan in West Tennessee. Most examples survive in Middle and East Tennessee, and few examples remain in We... More
Carr House, South side of U.S. Route 64, 0.2 mile west of Cobb Road, E...
Significance: The Carr House is architecturally significant for its hall-and-parlor design, a rare house plan in West Tennessee. Most examples survive in Middle and East Tennessee, and few examples remain in We... More
Calvary Episcopal Church, 102 North Second Street, Memphis, Shelby Cou...
Significance: This church is the oldest public building in the city of Memphis and is the first Episcopal Church in Shelby County. Organized in 1832, the church building was started in 1838 and was consecrated... More
Annesdale, 1325 Lamar Avenue, Memphis, Shelby County, TN
Significance: Annesdale is an impressive Italian Villa style mansion. Built about 1858-61 it is named for the wife of Colonel Robert Bogardus Snowden, who purchased it after the Civil War. The house has been ... More
Annesdale, 1325 Lamar Avenue, Memphis, Shelby County, TN
Significance: Annesdale is an impressive Italian Villa style mansion. Built about 1858-61 it is named for the wife of Colonel Robert Bogardus Snowden, who purchased it after the Civil War. The house has been ... More
Charles Major School, 102 East Franklin Street, Shelbyville, Shelby Co...
Significance: Charles Major School is within the Shelbyville Commercial Historic District. The historic district is pending National Register approval. The structure is a 2-story brick building constructed in... More
Memphis National Cemetery, 3568 Townes Avenue, Memphis, Shelby County,...
Survey number: HALS TN-3 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 96001233
Memphis National Cemetery, 3568 Townes Avenue, Memphis, Shelby County,...
Survey number: HALS TN-3 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 96001233
Memphis National Cemetery, 3568 Townes Avenue, Memphis, Shelby County,...
Survey number: HALS TN-3 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 96001233
Memphis National Cemetery, 3568 Townes Avenue, Memphis, Shelby County,...
Survey number: HALS TN-3 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 96001233
Memphis, Tennessee. Cotton hoers are transported to the fields daily d...
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Sulky or harness races. Horse show, Shelby County fair, Shelbyville, K...
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A group of people riding horses around a track, Kenntucky. Farm Securi...
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Midway and carnival, Shelby County Fair and Horse Show, Shelbyville, K...
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Advertisement of department store on road into Memphis from Millington...
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A group of men standing next to each other, Kenntucky. Farm Security A...
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Spectators at Shelby County horse show and fair. Shelbyville, Kentucky
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Cotton carnival. Memphis, Tennessee
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A man standing next to a horse in front of a barn, Kenntucky. Farm Sec...
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A group of people watching a horse race, Kenntucky. Farm Security Admi...
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Cotton carnival. Memphis, Tennessee
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Entries in the Shelby County Horse Show and Fair. Shelbyville, Kentuck...
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A group of people riding on the backs of horses, Kenntucky. Farm Secur...
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Stable hand and trainer eating picnic lunch before the Shelby County H...
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Celebrant at cotton carnival ball. Memphis, Tennessee
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Titus Block, Third & Market Streets, Memphis, Shelby County, TN
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-3 Survey number: HABS TN-19-4 Building/structure dates: 1850 Initial Construction
Titus Block, Third & Market Streets, Memphis, Shelby County, TN
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-3 Survey number: HABS TN-19-4 Building/structure dates: 1850 Initial Construction
East Lockington Road Bridge, Spanning Great Miami River, Lockington, S...
Significance: This bridge has been determined eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places because it is a good representative example of the Pratt pony truss design. Survey number: HAER OH-76
Elim House, Bethel, Shelby County, MO
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-131 Survey number: HABS MO-1146 Building/structure dates: ca. 1850 Initial Construction
Part of the daily lineup outside the State Employment Service Office. ...
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Memphis Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River, Memphis, Shelby County, TN
See also HAER NE-2 for additional documentation. Significance: Designated a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark because it was the third longest railroad bridge in the world at 790' when completed. It... More
Memphis Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River, Memphis, Shelby County, TN
See also HAER NE-2 for additional documentation. Significance: Designated a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark because it was the third longest railroad bridge in the world at 790' when completed. It... More
Memphis Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River, Memphis, Shelby County, TN
See also HAER NE-2 for additional documentation. Significance: Designated a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark because it was the third longest railroad bridge in the world at 790' when completed. It... More
Davies Manor, 9336 Davies Plantation Road, Memphis, Shelby County, TN
Significance: This building is an early example of log construction in western Tennessee and may be the earliest such structure in Shelby County. It retains much of its original character despite later additio... More
Thomas Threlkeld House, Benson Pike, Shelbyville, Shelby County, KY
Significance: The Threlkeld/Weakley House incorporates significant early features in a largely unaltered form. Unusual features such as mud wall infill, horizontally sliding sash, an early porch and the juxtap... More
Edmund King House, Highland & Bloch Streets, Montevallo, Shelby County...
Significance: This substantial brick house is associated with Edmund King, a planter and businessman who financed the earliest ironworks in the District. Edmund King was involved in the 1820 Thompson's Mill Fo... More
45-47 Union Avenue (Cotton Brokerage House), Memphis, Shelby County, T...
Significance: An excellent example of the early cotton brokerage houses of Memphis' Cotton Row, this building retains much of its exterior and interior character including its stairhall and skylighted carding r... More
Beale Street Historic District, Memphis, Shelby County, TN
Significance: The Beale Street Historic District is the birthplace and home of the blues. The district includes the Palace and Daisy Theaters, the Hole-in-the-Wall Saloon, and Peewee's Saloon, headquarters of ... More
A Greyhound bus trip from Louisville, Kentucky, to Memphis, Tennessee,...
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Goyer-Lee House, 690 East Adams Street, Memphis, Shelby County, TN
Significance: Construction of this house, more commonly referred to as the Lee House, spanned three decades. Begun in 1848, it was enlarged in 1853 and 1873 by Charles Wesley Goyer. With the last extension, t... More
Turnage-Young House, 196 East Court Street, Memphis, Shelby County, TN
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First Baptist Church, 379 East Beale Street, Memphis, Shelby County, T...
Significance: This mid-nineteenth century church was the first brick church built in the South by African Americans for African American worship. One of its earliest and most notable guest speakers was General ... More
Cross Keys Tavern, U.S. Route 60, Shelbyville, Shelby County, KY
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-21 Survey number: HABS KY-20-21 Building/structure dates: 1800 Initial Construction
A Greyhound bus trip from Louisville, Kentucky, to Memphis, Tennessee,...
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Aldrich Commissary, 137 Shelby County Road 203, Aldrich, Shelby County...
Significance: The commissary is a two-story rectangular frame structure set on a raised platform. A series of square windows punctuate the second story exterior walls. The interior contains one large, two-sto... More
Billy Gould Coal Mine, Confluence of Cahaba River & Buck Creek, Helena...
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Memphis National Cemetery, 3568 Townes Avenue, Memphis, Shelby County,...
Survey number: HALS TN-3 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 96001233
Memphis National Cemetery, 3568 Townes Avenue, Memphis, Shelby County,...
Survey number: HALS TN-3 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 96001233
Memphis National Cemetery, 3568 Townes Avenue, Memphis, Shelby County,...
Survey number: HALS TN-3 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 96001233
Memphis National Cemetery, 3568 Townes Avenue, Memphis, Shelby County,...
Survey number: HALS TN-3 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 96001233
Miami & Erie Canal Locks, Loramie Portage site vicinity, Lockington, S...
Significance: The locks are the highest point on the Miami and Erie Canal, commenced in 1825 from Cincinnati to Dayton and completed in 1845 to Toledo. Survey number: HABS OH-411 Building/structure dates: ca.... More
Under the "for rent" sign, through the door, one flight up, is the hea...
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Looking down Union Avenue. Memphis, Tennessee
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Jitterbugging in Negro juke joint. Memphis, Tennessee
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Interior of Memphis cotton exchange, Tennessee
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
Cotton carnival. Memphis, Tennessee
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People at the Shelby County Horse Show and Fair eating a picnic lunch,...
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Unpicked cotton lying in field in front of billboard offering to cash ...
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A man standing next to a horse in a barn. Kentucky during Great Depres...
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A black and white photo of a man holding an umbrella Farm Security Adm...
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A black and white photo of a man in a military uniform, Cotton carniva...
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A black and white photo of two men standing next to a horse, possibly ...
Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More
Sulky of harness races. Horse show, Shelby County fair, Shelbyville, K...
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
Cotton carnival. Memphis, Tennessee
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A black and white photo of a horse pulling a carriage. Kentucky during...
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A black and white photo of a horse race. Great Depression FFSA / OWI N...
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Midway and carnival. Shelby County fair and horse show. Shelbyville, K...
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