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Portrait of Adelicia Acklen, painted circa 1850 by unknown artist. Photograph by Bob Shatz.

Andrew Johnson, portrait by William B. Cooper.

The Andrew Johnson Homestead is part of the National Park Service system and is open daily for tours.

Cordell Hull, U. S. Secretary of State, signing the Moscow Pact, 1943. Seated, left to right, are Fu Ping-Sheung, China's Ambassador to the USSR, Hull, Vyacheslav Molotov, USSR Commisar of Foreign Affairs, and Sir Anthony Eden, the United Kingdom's Secretary for Foreign Affairs.

Between 1968 and 1975 Dolly Parton appeared weekly on the Porter Wagoner show. Dolly and Porter are featured here opening fan mail in February 1970.

Interior view of open-shed tabernacle at the National Campground in Loudon County.

Opening in 1972, the Opryland theme park was a popular destination in Nashville until its closing by Gaylord Enterprises in 1997.

Shelby County Courthouse.

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

The Walking Horse National Celebration in Shelbyville in 1950.