Tennessee Historic photos, documents, and people

All these are workers in the Sweetwater Hosiery Co., except smallest boy in the middle and he is a representative of many (even smaller) in mills of this region. Location: Sweetwater, Tennessee.

Washington, D.C. Young football fans, unable to finance a ticket to the Woodrow Wilson High School-Georgetown Preparatory School game, watching it through the fence at Woodrow Wilson High School

Maintenance man at the Combustion Engineering Co. working at the largest cold steel hydraulic press in the world, Chattanooga, Tenn. This press can shape steel plates several inches in thickness

All (except smallest boy) work in Sweetwater Hosiery Co. He is a dinner carrier, but others like him and smaller work in these knitting mills of this region. Location: Sweetwater, Tennessee.

Washington, D.C. Young football fans, unable to finance a ticket to the Woodrow Wilson High School-Georgetown Preparatory School game, watch it through the fence at Woodrow Wilson High School

A Greyhound bus trip from Louisville, Kentucky, to Memphis, Tennessee, and the terminals. Greyhound driver helping woman with her bag. From a nearby farm, she flagged the bus on the highway

Leo, 48 inches high, 8 years old. Picks up bobbins at 15 cents a day in Elk Cotton Mills. He said, "No, I don't help me sister or mother, just myself." Location: Fayetteville, Tennessee.

Bus trip from Knoxville, Tennessee, to Washington, D.C. Working on an old type coach which is being completely rebuilt at the garage of the Tennessee Coach Company in Knoxville, Tennessee

James K Bradley, Sr. and Jr. James Sr was a City of Memphis Fireman, my Grandmother had my Dad a dress uniform made to match his Dad. On the front porch of their home at 694 Hillcrest St

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