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Pow Camps In World War Ii

A German prisoner of war operates a sewing machine at the Memphis ASF Depot.

Prehistoric Use Of Caves

An example of prehistoric cave art from Tennessee.

Public Works Administration (Pwa)

The Public Works Administration constructed housing projects across the country including Cheatham Place in Nashville.

Quillen College Of Medicine

Located in Johnson City, the East Tennessee State University James H. Quillen College of Medicine was created by the Tennessee General Assembly in 1974.

Rachel Donelson Jackson

Rachel Jackson, ca. 1827, by Ralph E. W. Earl.

Railroads

Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis railroad depot in Chattanooga.

Ramsey House

Ramsey House, Knoxville.

Randolph Miller

Randolph Miller.

Rattle And Snap

Rattle and Snap, Maury County.

Raymond Arthur Bussard

Memorial to the 1968 University of Tennessee swim team.

Read House Hotel

The newly erected Read House in 1926.

Reconstruction

"The Parting of the Way." Andrew Johnson attempts to kill the Freedmen s Bureau, 1867.

Reelfoot Lake State Resort Park

"The Sentinel" at Reelfoot Lake.

Reelfoot Lake State Resort Park

Reelfoot Lake.

Religion

River baptism in Morgan County, late nineteenth century.

Reuben Harrison Hunt

The Federal Building in Chattanooga was constructed as a cooperative project between the R. H. Hunt company and a New York City firm.

Reuben Harrison Hunt

Reuben Harrison Hunt.

Rhea County

Built in 1892, the Rhea County Courthouse was the site of the famous Scopes trial and is today a National Historic Landmark.

Richard Henry Boyd

R. H. Boyd in 1900.

Roane County

Coal miners at Rockwood, early 1900s.

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