Tennessee Historic photos, documents, and people

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Group of spinners in Elk Cotton Mills. Youngest girl hardly knew her name. Youngest boy runs two sides at ten cents each a day. Location: Fayetteville, Tennessee.

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Washington, D.C. Miss Norma Kale, an English teacher at Woodrow Wilson High School, greeting some of her students who have come to her home on a Sunday afternoon

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Washington, D.C. Sally Dessez, a student from Woodrow Wilson High School, waiting for a bus. From church, she went to the tennis court to play off a school match

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A Greyhound bus trip from Louisville, Kentucky, to Memphis, Tennessee, and the terminals. M.P. (Military Police) on duty at the bus station at Memphis, Tennessee

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Young spinners in Elk Cotton Mills. Youngest girl hardly knew her name. Youngest boy runs two sides at ten cents each a day. Location: Fayetteville, Tennessee.

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A Greyhound bus trip from Louisville, Kentucky, to Memphis, Tennessee, and the terminals. Bus passengers conversing at rest stop between Memphis and Chattanooga

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Copper mining section between Ducktown and Copperhill, Tennessee. Fumes from smelting copper for sulfuric acid have destroyed all vegetation and eroded the land

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Copper mining section between Ducktown and Copperhill, Tennessee. Fumes from smelting copper for sulfuric acid have destroyed all vegetation and eroded the land

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Bus trip from Knoxville, Tennessee, to Washington, D.C. Knoxville, Tennessee. A mechanic working on a brake lining at the garage of the Tennessee Coach Company