Historic Photos of Knoxville
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Knoxville is an American city quintessentially founded upon change. From its birth to the present, Knoxville has consistently built and reshaped its appearance, ideals, and industry. Through changing fortunes, Knoxville has continued to grow and prosper by overcoming adversity and maintaining the strong, independent culture of its citizens.
Historic Photos of Knoxville captures this journey through still photography selected from the finest archives. From Knoxville as east Tennessee’s economic center in the nineteenth century to the revitalization of its urban center, Historic Photos of Knoxville follows life, government, education, and events throughout the city’s history.
This volume captures unique and rare scenes through the lens of hundreds of historic photographs. Published in striking black and white, these images communicate historic events and everyday life of two centuries of people building a unique and prosperous city.
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Historic Photos of Knoxville - William E. Hardy
HISTORIC PHOTOS OF
KNOXVILLE
TEXT AND CAPTIONS BY WILLIAM E. HARDY
This wintry scene of the Gay Street Bridge and Knoxville taken from the south shore of the Tennessee River captures an unusual sight: one of the rare moments in the city’s history when the river was frozen solid (ca. 1910s).
HISTORIC PHOTOS OF
KNOXVILLE
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Historic Photos of Knoxville
Copyright © 2007 Turner Publishing Company
All rights reserved.
This book or any part thereof may not be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.
Library of Congress Control Number: 2007925966
ISBN-13: 978-1-59652-341-8
Printed in the United States of America
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CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
PREFACE
FROM THE CIVIL WAR TO THE CENTENNIAL (1859–1899)
THE TURN OF THE CENTURY AND BEYOND (1900–1919)
A CITY BETWEEN WORLD WARS (1920–1939)
FROM THE FORTIES TO RECENT TIMES (1940–1982)
NOTES ON THE PHOTOGRAPHS
A coal conveyor in one of the Myers-Whaley mines loads coal into a cart. Knoxville, strategically located in the center of a coal-producing region, was the headquarters of several coal-mining companies at the turn of the century.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This volume, Historic Photos of Knoxville, is the result of the cooperation and efforts of many individuals, organizations, and corporations. It is with great thanks that we acknowledge the valuable contribution of the following for their generous support:
Library of Congress
McClung Collection
Tennessee State Library
Thompson Collection
University of Tennessee Knoxville
We would also like to thank the following individuals for valuable contributions and assistance in making this work possible:
Nick Wyman, William B. Eigelsbach, Elizabeth Dunham (Special Collections, University of Tennessee, Knoxville)
PREFACE
Knoxville has thousands of historic photographs that reside in archives, both locally and nationally. This book began with the observation that, while those photographs are of great interest to many, they are not easily accessible. During a time when Knoxville is looking ahead and evaluating its future course, many people are asking, How do we treat the past? These decisions affect every aspect of the city—architecture, public spaces, commerce, infrastructure—and these, in turn, affect the way that people live their lives. This book seeks to provide easy access to a valuable, objective look into the history of Knoxville.
The power of photographs is that they are less subjective than words in their treatment of history. Although the photographer can make decisions regarding subject matter and how to capture and present it, photographs do not provide the breadth of interpretation that text does. For this reason, they offer an original, untainted perspective that allows the viewer to interpret and observe.
This project represents countless hours of review and research. The researchers and writer have reviewed thousands of photographs in numerous archives. We greatly appreciate the generous assistance of those listed in the acknowledgments of this work, without whom this project could not have been completed.
The goal in publishing this work is to provide broader access to this set of extraordinary photographs that seek to inspire, provide perspective, and evoke insight that might assist people who are responsible for determining Knoxville’s future. In addition, the book seeks to preserve the past with adequate respect and reverence.
With the exception of touching up imperfections caused by the damage of time and cropping where necessary, no other changes have been made. The focus and clarity of many images is limited to the technology and the ability of the photographer at the time they were taken.
The work is divided into eras. Beginning with some of the earliest known photographs of Knoxville, the first section records photographs through the end of the nineteenth century. The second section spans the beginning of the twentieth century through World War I. Section 3 moves to the era between the wars. The last section covers the 1940s to recent times.
In each of these sections we have made an effort to capture various aspects of life through our selection of photographs. People, commerce, transportation, infrastructure, religious institutions, and educational institutions have been included to provide a broad perspective.
We encourage readers to reflect as they go walking in Knoxville, strolling through the city, its parks, and its neighborhoods. It is the publisher’s hope that in utilizing this work, longtime residents will