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Ducktown Basin Museum

Now the Ducktown Basin Museum which interprets the activities of Burra Burra Copper Mine, this building formerly was used as the mine headquarters.

Ducktown Basin Museum

A reproduction of the Hiwasee Smelter Stack is located in the area interpreted by the Ducktown Basin Museum.

Dyer County

Cotton wagons rolling into Dyersburg, 1920-1930.

Early Vernacular Plan Houses

An example of a hall and parlor plan house in the home of Hugh Rogan in Sumner County, known as Rogana.

Early Vernacular Plan Houses

An example of a central passage plan, or I-House.

East Tennessee Historical Society

Built in 1874 as a United States customhouse, this Italianate building now serves as the East Tennessee History Center and is the home of the East Tennessee Historical Society, the McClung Historical Collection, and the Knox County Archives. This view is from a turn of the 20th-century postcard.

East Tennessee Iron Manufacturing Company

In 1860, this Coke-fired plant at Bluff Furnace in Chattanooga represented the cutting edge in iron technology. Owned by the East Tennessee Iron Manufacturing Company, the plant closed with the advent of the Civil War.

East Tennessee State University

East Tennessee State University s administration building bears the name of the third university president, Burgin E. Dossett Sr., who served from 1949-1968.

Edward Hull Boss Crump

Edward Hull Crump.

Edward Ward Carmack

Edward Ward Carmack with son Ned.

Edwin M. Gardner

Hoe in Hand by Edwin M. Gardner, 1903.

Elementary And Secondary Education

Class picture at Nelson-Merry School, Nashville, 1910.

Elementary And Secondary Education

Home economics class at the Tarbox School, Nashville, ca. 1920s.

Elihu Embree

First page of the first issue of The Emancipator, April 30, 1820.

Eliza Mccardle Johnson

Eliza McCardle Johnson, engraving by John C. Buttre.

Elizabeth Avery Meriwether

Elizabeth Avery Meriwether.

Ella Sophonisba Hergesheimer

Ella Hergesheimer in her studio, 1938.

Embreeville Mines

The Embreeville Town Company was formed to develop a town of 30,000 inhabitants for the Embreeville Land, Iron, and Railway Company. This is one of the homes built.

Embreeville Mines

Methodist Church in Embreeville.

Emma Bell Miles

Emma Bell Miles.

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