Title: 19th century Tennessee Photographs

Date/Date Range :   circa 1850-circa 1900

Extent: 0.1 linear feet

Abstract:

This collection contains eight 19th century photographs of twenty-one unidentified persons taken by several Tennessee photographers.

Call number: MS-2539

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Aquisition Information:

This collection belongs to the University of Tennessee Special Collections Library.

Access Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Copyright:

The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.

Preferred Citation:

[Identification of Item], 19th century Tennessee Photographs, MS-2539. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Collection consists of a single folder.

No biographical information is available for this collection.

This collection contains eight undated photographs of twenty-one unidentified persons taken by several Tennessee photographers. There are three photographs taken by Nashville photographers (Herstein, Otto B. Giess, and R. E. Hearn). These photographs include one of a middle-aged man, a young girl standing beside her dog, and a young boy with the inscription "Ben Cartwright" on the back. There is also one photograph of a black man taken by James A. Cargille of Johnson City, Tenneessee. There are two photographs from Morristown, Tennessee. The first is of a group of ten ladies standing outside with a young girl and the second is a photograph of four men at a bar. There is one photograph of a woman taken by Chattanooga, Tennessee photographer Schmedline. The last photograph is of a young girl and a child with the inscription "Gallant Sweetwater, Tenn" below the photograph.

• Tennessee -- Pictorial works.
• Portrait photography -- Tennessee.