Elvis Presley outside Jim´s Barber shop on South Main street in Memphis, Tennessee, 1956.
Posted 11 months ago
#1950s #barbershop #vintage #elvis presley #celebrity #memphis #tennessee #USA #singer
#1950s #barbershop #vintage #elvis presley #celebrity #memphis #tennessee #USA #singer
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Drummer boy John Clem, Nashville, Tennessee, 1860-1865.
Source: Library of Congress
Posted 11 months ago
#1860s #19th century #victorians #victorian #vintage #portrait #history #children #child soldier #drummer boy #john clem #nashville #tennessee #USA #us civil war #american civil war
#1860s #19th century #victorians #victorian #vintage #portrait #history #children #child soldier #drummer boy #john clem #nashville #tennessee #USA #us civil war #american civil war
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Ed Westcott, Residents of Oak Ridge, TN, fill Jackson Square to celebrate the surrender of Japan. Oak Ridge was one of the three main sites of the Manhattan Project, and was responsible (though those working there did not know it) for refining uranium to be shipped to Los Alamos to be fashioned into atomic bombs, 14 August 1945.
Source: American Museum of Science and Energy
Posted 11 months ago
#1940s #wwII #world war II #ed westcott #oak ridge #tennessee #v-day #vj-day #atomic bomb #history #vintage #newspaper #manhattan project
#1940s #wwII #world war II #ed westcott #oak ridge #tennessee #v-day #vj-day #atomic bomb #history #vintage #newspaper #manhattan project
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Arch Goins and family, Melungeons from Graysville, Tennessee, USA, 1920s.
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#1920s #graysville #tennessee #USA #mixed race #melungeon #melungeons #vintage #portrait #history #family portrait #children
#1920s #graysville #tennessee #USA #mixed race #melungeon #melungeons #vintage #portrait #history #family portrait #children
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Ben Shahn, Street musicians in Maynardville, Tennessee, USA, October 1935.
Source: Library of Congress
Posted 12 months ago
#1930s #tennessee #USA #vintage #history #great depression #musician #musicians #ben shahn #guitar
#1930s #tennessee #USA #vintage #history #great depression #musician #musicians #ben shahn #guitar
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Marion Post Wolcott, Juke joint drummer, Tennessee, USA, October 1939.
Source: New York Public Library
Posted 1 year ago
#1930s #marion post wolcott #tennessee #USA #vintage #african-american #drumming #drummer #drums #music #juke joint #great depression
#1930s #marion post wolcott #tennessee #USA #vintage #african-american #drumming #drummer #drums #music #juke joint #great depression
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William Eggleston, Memphis, Tennessee, ca. 1965.
Source: Getty Museum
Hooks Bros., Blues musician Robert Johnson, Memphis, Tennessee, ca. 1935.
Posted 1 year ago
#1930s #memphis #tennessee #USA #vintage #portrait #blues #musician #robert johnson #african-american
#1930s #memphis #tennessee #USA #vintage #portrait #blues #musician #robert johnson #african-american
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Joseph Knaffl and J.H. Brakebill, Knoxville, Tennessee, ca. 1913.
Posted 1 year ago
#1910s #knoxville #tennessee #USA #vintage #joseph knaffl #j.h. brakebill #vintage #portrait #motherhood #baby #family #cute
#1910s #knoxville #tennessee #USA #vintage #joseph knaffl #j.h. brakebill #vintage #portrait #motherhood #baby #family #cute
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Joseph Knaffl and J.H. Brakebill, Knoxville, Tennessee, ca. 1913.
Posted 1 year ago
#1910s #knoxville #tennessee #USA #american south #motherhood #children #family #vintage #portrait #joseph knaffl #j.h. brakebill
#1910s #knoxville #tennessee #USA #american south #motherhood #children #family #vintage #portrait #joseph knaffl #j.h. brakebill
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