Assorted Photograph Collections, Box 3

Scope and Contents From the Series: The “Photographs” series, which dates approximately from 1880s to the 1940s, includes a number of photographs that depict the Fort Family in both their casual life and official portraits of both close and distant members of the family. In addition to photographs of the Forts, this series also contains photographs of the Fleming’s home life, a scrapbook of candid and staged photographs, portraits of cousins of the Forts, and seemingly staged photographs produced by a photo studio in...

Scope and Contents From the Series: The “Photographs” series, which dates approximately from 1880s to the 1940s, includes a number of photographs that depict the Fort Family in both their casual life and official portraits of both close and distant members of the family. In addition to photographs of the Forts, this series also contains photographs of the Fleming’s home life, a scrapbook of candid and staged photographs, portraits of cousins of the Forts, and seemingly staged photographs produced by a photo studio in...

Scope and Contents From the Series: The “Photographs” series, which dates approximately from 1880s to the 1940s, includes a number of photographs that depict the Fort Family in both their casual life and official portraits of both close and distant members of the family. In addition to photographs of the Forts, this series also contains photographs of the Fleming’s home life, a scrapbook of candid and staged photographs, portraits of cousins of the Forts, and seemingly staged photographs produced by a photo studio in...

Abstract

Scrapbook style collection of photographs with at least two photographs per page. Photographs are pasted on eleven black paper sheets and some are captioned with silver ink. Although some of the photographs are identifed with a given name, it is unclear if any of the individuals pictured are members of the Fort or Fleming families. All photographs taken circa 1915-1925.

Description

Mildred and Jack White stand with their daughter, Geneva White, on Front Street, in front of their house. The L&N trainstation and the water tower are visible in the background. On verso: "March 31, 1939. Jack White (man), Mildred White (lady), Genva White (child). Made in front of our house on Front Street. In Background - L&N Station, Water Tower."

Content Description From the Series:

This small collection consists of assorted papers from the Collier family. Included in the collection are commencement programs for Austin Peay State College and the University of Tennessee, telephone directories, and a few personal papers. The personal papers include a a check from 1916, a high school report cards from 1925-26, and a letter tp Elby from Jessie Mae from April 10, 1935.

Description

Members of the County Court of Montgomery County standing on the steps in front of the courthouse. The majority of these individuals are unidentified, but the fourth man from the left in the second to last row is believed to be Judge C. W. Tyler.

Description Members of the First Christian Church men's class, posed for a group portrait on the steps of the Montgomery County courthouse. The caption reads "Men's Class First Christian Church (About 1919). The Class Teacher and the Church Pastor was E. J. Barnett. This was the first men's class at any of the Clarksville Churches, and about one-half of the group pictured were of other churches in Clarksville. Men pictured number 115. Picture was given to the First Christian Church Men's Class by...