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Loudon County, Tennessee, 1940...CaptionThis photograph depicting the C. E. Proctor family was created near Fort Loudoun...
08/15/2025

Loudon County, Tennessee, 1940...

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This photograph depicting the C. E. Proctor family was created near Fort Loudoun, Tennessee in association with the Fort Loudoun Dam Project conducted by the Tennessee Valley Authority...

Source
Tennessee Valley Authority

Loyston, Tennessee, December 1934...CaptionNeighbors gathered at Caney Stooksbury's store in Loyston...SourceFAMILIES OF...
08/15/2025

Loyston, Tennessee, December 1934...

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Neighbors gathered at Caney Stooksbury's store in Loyston...

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FAMILIES OF NORRIS RESERVOIR AREA by Marshall A. Wilson

This is another one that makes me think of my dad. If you grew up on a farm, this may bring back memories for you too.Cl...
08/15/2025

This is another one that makes me think of my dad. If you grew up on a farm, this may bring back memories for you too.

Claiborne County, Tennessee, 1940s...

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Photograph of a hay mower, a hay rake, a steel plow, and other miscellaneous farming equipment in a clearing in front of a wooded area.

Photo: Joe Clark HBSS - Clark Family Photo Collection - Special Collections Library - University of North Texas

Jefferson City, Jefferson County, Tennessee, 1922...CaptionRailroad crew at work building a culvert...SourceLooking Back...
08/15/2025

Jefferson City, Jefferson County, Tennessee, 1922...

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Railroad crew at work building a culvert...

Source
Looking Back at Tennessee

University of Tennessee women's track and field team in action... Knoxville, Tennessee, 1935...SourceThompson Brothers P...
08/14/2025

University of Tennessee women's track and field team in action... Knoxville, Tennessee, 1935...

Source
Thompson Brothers Photography

I've been going through the TVA files again. It seems I always find something I've overlooked before. I've never heard o...
08/14/2025

I've been going through the TVA files again. It seems I always find something I've overlooked before. I've never heard of this place, but maybe some of our Campbell County friends will be interested. This picture shows the Read Garment Factory of Lafollette, Tennessee in 1938...

Source
Tennessee Valley Authority

(Possibly) Union County, Tennessee...Caption"C.C.C. Boy Activities, [1934]"SourceThompson Photograph Collection
08/14/2025

(Possibly) Union County, Tennessee...

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"C.C.C. Boy Activities, [1934]"

Source
Thompson Photograph Collection

Powell Valley, Claiborne County, Tennessee, ca. 1934...A Native American dig site on the John Ausmus farm...SourceWPA / ...
08/14/2025

Powell Valley, Claiborne County, Tennessee, ca. 1934...

A Native American dig site on the John Ausmus farm...

Source
WPA / TVA

Chester County, Tennessee, April 28, 1940...CaptionA group of c**n dogs with a racc**n treed, C**n Dog Field Trials in H...
08/12/2025

Chester County, Tennessee, April 28, 1940...

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A group of c**n dogs with a racc**n treed, C**n Dog Field Trials in Henderson, Tennessee

Source
Tennessee Department of Conservation

Near Cumberland Gap, Claiborne County, Tennessee, 1940s...CaptionPhotograph of children standing on a stump barefoot pos...
08/12/2025

Near Cumberland Gap, Claiborne County, Tennessee, 1940s...

Caption
Photograph of children standing on a stump barefoot posing for picture with dog near by...

Photo: Joe Clark HBSS - Clark Family Photo Collection - Special Collections Library - University of North Texas

Bell County, Kentucky 1946...CaptionChildren of a miner on the front porch of a typical house. Fox Ridge Mining Company,...
08/12/2025

Bell County, Kentucky 1946...

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Children of a miner on the front porch of a typical house. Fox Ridge Mining Company, Inc., Hanby Mine, Arjay, Bell County, Kentucky

Source
Records of the Solid Fuels Administration for War

Marshall County, Tennessee, early 1940s...CaptionGeorge Allen Harber (1924-1966) using a mule-drawn plow in a to***co fi...
08/12/2025

Marshall County, Tennessee, early 1940s...

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George Allen Harber (1924-1966) using a mule-drawn plow in a to***co field. The field is part of the Jacob Edward Harber (1872-1943) farm in Wilson Hill, near Lewisburg. Allen Harber is Ed Harber's son.

Source
Tennessee State Library and Archives

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