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Disasters of 60 days : Wreck of Steamship Tennessee, Indian Cove, Marc...

Pictorial lettersheet shows four images of shipwrecks on one page plus two vignettes of (top) a shepherdess and a bear and (center) Explosion R.K. Page Nicolaus, Feather River, March 21th, 1853; with attached b... More

General U.S. Grant, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.

A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bassett's house, Murfreesboro, Tenn., formerly quarters of Colonel God...

Title transcribed from handwritten text on verso. On verso: Butler, Bonsall & Co., Army Photographers, General Rousseau's Division. In album: [U.S. army officers and other persons of the Civil War period / John... More

The general conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, south. Conve...

From daguerreotypes by C.C. Heights, Nashville, Tenn. Public domain photograph of 19th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

J.P. McCown - Tenn. Brig. General. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Brigadier General John Porter McCown, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front. On verso: From Brady negative.

Capture of Fort Henry by U.S. gun boats under the command of Flag Offi...

Print shows four Union ironclads in the foreground, identified as the "St. Louis", "Carondelet", "Cincinnati", and the "Essex", bombarding Confederate Fort Henry in the background; also shows two Confederate st... More

Memphis (Tennessee) before the war / sketched by Porte Crayon.

Composite of three scenes showing the old battery at the navy yard, steamboat landing, and the cotton levee, Memphis, Tennessee. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1862 March 15, p. 168. David Strother (1816-1888), 19... More

The Army of the Cumberland in front of Chattanooga / J.G. 1863 ; lith....

Print shows Union forces encamped near Chattanooga, with earthworks, artillery bunkers, tents, and soldiers. Includes numbered key with alphabetic subdivisions indicating the positions of the various Divisions.... More

The Army of the Cumberland in front of Chattanooga / J.G. 1863 ; lith....

President Andrew Johnson pardoning Rebels at the White House / sketche...

Print showing title page of the Saturday October 14th issue with large illustration of President Johnson pardoning the Rebels after the Civil War and a smaller illustration of Johnson's tailor shop in Tennessee... More

Capitol of Tennessee at Nashville / A. Little, Philadelphia. ; sketche...

Chattanooga, Tenn. as seen from Bragg Hill, Missionary Ridge.

LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 895 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2

Reverend Thomas Aikeman, Custer County, Nebraska

summary: Alternatively identified as Thomas Aikens, one mile south of Mason City, Nebraska. See additional information.<p>RG2608-1427 [Transcription of a letter from Ray H. Parrish to Ann Reinert]:<p>Rulo, Ne... More

"City of Paducah" (steamer), St. Louis & Tennessee River Packet Co., P...

Photograph shows the City of Paducah steamboat tied to the dock with a few passengers on board; workers on the lower deck stand with barrels on the gangway at the front of steamboat.

Harriman, Tenn. 1892 - Print, Library of Congress collection

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Burleigh Lith.

Chattanooga from the north bank of the Tennessee

Soldiers crossing the Tennessee River on pontoon bridge, Chattanooga in background, Sept. 1863. Illus. in: Harper's pictorial history of the Civil War / Alfred H. Guernsey and Henry M. Alden. Chicago : The Puri... More

Roger Williams University--Nashville, Tenn.--Ministers' class

Group portrait of African American men, facing front. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Class in calculus - Public domain portrait print

Four young men posed on outdoor steps, Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn.

[Junior preparatory class of Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee]

Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Judges and lawyers, Nashville, Tenn., 1900

D20347 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Bowles, J.H., copyri... More

The Parthenon, Nashville, Tenn.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a classical or neoclassical building, architecture design, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Post Office, Knoxville, Tenn. - Public domain image. Dry plate negativ...

Public domain photograph of a post office building, postal service, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

David Higgins' idyl of the Tennessee mountains, At Piney Ridge

D11197 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: Act II. The major. "Take her, and be happy!" Created and "copyright 1900 by The Strobridge Litho Co, Cin'ti & New York." Management of Higgins & Co. N.Y. no. 8979. Forms pa... More

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, ...

Public domain image of a historic view of Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Little Eb. Snow - Public domain scan / photograph

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty, child labor, Great Depression, 1930s, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

State Capitol, Nashville, Tenn.

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a historic Capitol building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Republic Marble Quarry near Knoxville, Tenn

"779-G" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 016416. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Tenn. - Nashville - four riverboats (sternwheelers) tied up at riverba...

Photo copyrighted by R.S. Patterson. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Wharves; Tenn. Nashville; Sternwheelers; Shelf.

Kansas City & Memphis Ry. bridge, Memphis, Tenn.

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A Mississippi River packet, Memphis, Tenn.

Public domain photograph of a steamboat ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

National Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, park architecture, outdoors, romantic atmospheric landscape, cemetery, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The Levee from the bluff, Memphis, Tenn.

Picryl description: Public domain image related to an industrial revolution, industry history, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

County bridge, Tennessee River, Chattanooga, Tenn.

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[Two hearts that beat as one] - stereoscopic view, public domain photo...

Photograph showing Theodore Roosevelt, and a man, standing on the deck of a ship with their backs to camera. Roosevelt waving his hat to the crowd. H100618 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from copyright registrati... More

Tenn. River #1 at Chatanooga [sic], Tenn.

H122474 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Haines Photo Co.; February 2, 1909; DLC/PP-1909:43676. Copyright claimant's address: Conneaut, O.

[Main & Cherokee St., Jonesboro, Tenn.]

Public domain photograph - panorama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dedication ceremony for Confederate monument in Mulberry, Tennessee

Photograph shows little girls waving Confederate flags in front of monument. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2017; (D073) Purchased from: Everitt Bowles, Woodstock, Georgia, February 2017. Forms part of: Liljenquist... More

All are workers in Knoxville Knitting Mills. Smallest boy "ravels," sm...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Panoramic view of Johnson City, Tenn.

J141900 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; H. M. Deaderick; May 31, 1910.

Philip Weinstein, 8 years old, and an older boy who uses him as a deco...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 1748. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

John Bryan, a young turner in London [i.e., Loudon?] Hosiery Mills. L...

Picryl description: Public domain image of boy workers, child labor, working children, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The Faust family, Anderson County, E. Tenn. [Mountain man and 2 women ...

Photograph shows Mary Faust, center, standing with man and a women, with rifle over shoulder, in front of cabin.

[William E. Brock, senator from Tennessee, half-length studio portrait...

Blind stamp: A.W. Judd Chattanooga. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Doffers in Knoxville Cotton Mill. Location: Knoxville, Tennessee.

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE. GOVERNOR BENTON McMILLIN OF TENNESSEE. ...

A group of men standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE. HENRY G. WASSON OF PENNSYLVANIA; CHARLE...

Public domain photograph of official photograph, building on the background, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mrs. Janice Rector of Columbus, member Advisory Council of National Wo...

Title and information transcribed from item. Summary: Informal portrait, three-quarter length, Kenyon Hayden Rector, facing right, wearing hat and holding pocketbook under left arm, standing outdoors in front o... More

Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company. Ensley steel plant and fur...

Photo shows African American children doing exercises outdoors. No. 2080-L.D. Goldsberry Collection of open-air school photographs.

[Cannons, monument, and cabin at Chickamauga and Chattanooga National ...

Public domain photograph - World War One artillery, armed forces, military activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Cannon and cabin at Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Par...

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Jos. W. Byrns of Tenn. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

C.H. Brand of Ga. & J.W. Byrnes of Tenn.

A couple of men standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sen. Jno. K. Shields, Tenn. - Public domain portrait photograph

A black and white photo of a man in a tuxedo. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Amra Grotto of Knoxville, Tenn. at W.H., 6/22/25

A group of men standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

This interesting combination of gauge house and navigation lightpole w...

Public domain photograph of 1930s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Miscellaneous design. Another school built by the TVA (Tennessee Valle...

Original Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) number: K 1881. Title and other information from caption sheet entry. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division... More

Tennessee Coal & Iron Company, President's House, 1405 Minnesota Avenu...

Survey number: HAER AL-91 Public domain photograph of a house, residential property, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Norris Dam and powerhouse. Corner view of Norris powerhouse showing pe...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a power station, dam, electric generator, industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Portion of the drugstore in the building shown on K 1870. The refreshm...

Public domain photograph of 1930s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Norris Dam and powerhouse. Elevator penthouse atop dam which also serv...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a modernist architecture building, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The cafeteria for construction employees of the Norris project was an ...

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chickamauga Dam and powerhouse. Land side entrance to Chickamauga Powe...

Original Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) number: K 2286. Title and other information from caption sheet entry. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division... More

Visitors' buildings. The visitors' reception building at the north end...

Original Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) number: K 2402. Title and other information from caption sheet entry. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division... More

A black and white photo of a man in a suit and hat, possibly related t...

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

Portrait of Dr. Charles Johnson, sociologist at Fisk University, Nashv...

Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Loudon i.e., Loudoun Dam, Tennessee. Tennessee Valley Authority (...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from general caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divisi... More

Camden, Tennessee. Great Depression public domain photograph.

Public domain photograph of Tennessee, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Religious meeting in Nashville, Tennessee

Public domain photograph of Tennessee, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a ball in the air, Great Depression. FSA/OW...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Stripping logs to be used in log shelters at Wilson Cedar Forest, near...

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

Splitting shingles with froe and maul on Wilson Cedar Forest, near Leb...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of lumber, lumberjack workers, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Old inhabitant of the Falls Creek Falls Recreational Demonstration Are...

Public domain photograph of Tennessee, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Planting locust root cutting, Natchez Trace Project, near Lexington, T...

Public domain photograph of Tennessee, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a man in overalls, possibly related to: Spl...

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.) Negative has a hole punch made by FSA st... More

A couple of people that are standing in the dirt, Great Depression. FS...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a flooded train track, Tennessee. Farm Secu...

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fish restaurant for colored in the quarter cotton hoers are recruited....

Public domain photograph of Tennessee, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A horse pulling a cart in front of a coca bottle store, Horse and wago...

A black and white photo of a stone wall, possibly related to: The Bess...

One of the Cumberland Homesteads. Crossville, Tennessee

A couple of people that are standing in the dirt, Tennessee. Farm Secu...

Picryl description: Public domain image related to dance, dancing, music, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Submerged farmland at Bessie Levee near Tiptonville, Tennessee, during...

Picryl description: Public domain image of field, irrigation, agriculture, water, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Tenant farmer moving his household goods to a new farm. Hamilton Count...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a car, automobile, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

View taken from train en route to Forrest City, Arkansas from Memphis,...

A couple of women standing next to each other, Great Depression. FSA/O...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A couple of people standing next to each other, Great Depression. FSA/...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

House at Cumberland Homesteads. Crossville, Tennessee

Public domain photograph of a house, cottage, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A man sitting on top of a wooden cart, Tennessee. Farm Security Admini...

Picryl description: Public domain image of industrial or agricultural worker, 1930s, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

A black and white photo of a couple of figurines, Tennessee. Farm Secu...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sorghum cane being crushed for juice at Lancaster Co., Nebraska, sorgh...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Nebraska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The countryside near the TVA site of the Douglas Dam, Tenn.

Public domain photograph of Tennessee, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cotton "snakes," waste cotton picked from floors of sampling and class...

Public domain photograph of life in the United States in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Classing cotton. Mid-South Cotton Growers Association, Memphis, Tennes...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Electronic surrogate made from item with the same number in the LC-USF34 series. Transfer; United States... More