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St. Paul s Episcopal Church is the state s oldest Episcopal church.

St. Jude founder, Danny Thomas, and colleagues preview a drawing of the original hospital before groundbreaking.

The Golden Eagle at Nashville, 1938.

Bear Spring Furnace east of Dover, Stewart County.

Sumner A. Cunningham.

The Nashville Symphony Orchestra performs at the War Memorial Auditorium.

The Johnny Cash Show in January 1970.

Savannah native Elizabeth Patterson received an Oscar nomination for Hail, the Conquering Hero in 1941.

Artist s rendering of Tellico Blockhouse, based on excavations.

The Tennessee Agricultural Museum was established in 1957 and is housed in a former thoroughbred horse barn.

Tennessee Centennial Exposition, 1897. The Rialto at night.

The Stewart Century Farm in Meigs County was purchased by John and Lettie Tillory Stewart in 1825. In addition to farming, the Stewarts operated a commercial distillery and Stewart s Landing on the Tennessee River. It also served as a community center for the county s citizens.

James Jones Kelly purchased 320 acres in Bledsoe County and established the Kelly Farm. Serving for many years as both a homestead and a rural community center, the Kelly farm grew to almost 1000 acres.

Tennessee Eastman Company, Kingsport, in the 1950s.

THS dedication of the Jackson statue, 1880.

Coal barge "Donna Lee" on the Tennessee River at Savannah, 1946.

A view of the Tennessee State Capitol in 1864.

Fighting fire near Dover, 1941.

Great Seal of the State of Tennessee.

The Otis L. Floyd-Joseph A. Payne Campus Center at Tennessee State University was completed in 1992 and named in honor of two men who contributed to the university s increased recognition. The late Otis L. Floyd served as the 5th president of TSU and Joseph A. Payne was TSU s dean of students from 1958 until 1972.