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Explore America: Tennessee

Explore America and discover people, places, art, and history that connect to Tennessee in the Smithsonian’s collections. Held in trust for the American people, the Smithsonian’s collections document the country’s history, art from across the globe, scientific discovery, and the vast wonders of the natural and cultural world. Visit Smithsonian Open Access to download, share, and reuse millions of the Smithsonian’s 2D and 3D images.


Untitled, Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, from the series In Search of the Corn Queen

Program Seller

The Bluebird Cafe, Nashville, TN: Places of (Musical) Invention

Al Gore

The Secret Ingredient in Jack Daniel's Whiskey

Placard stating "HONOR KING: END RACISM" carried in 1968 Memphis March

Memorial March after assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Main Street, Memphis, TN, April 8, 1968

Crowd outside Lorraine Motel after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Elvis Presley

First day of Memphis integration, TN

Tennessee Egg Basket

Twins at WDIA, Memphis, TN

The Two Kings, Elvis Presley with B.B. King at WDIA Goodwill Review, Memphis, TN

Hand Fan

Dancing during the Cotton Carnival. Memphis, Tennessee

Larry Brown with fans, Martin's Stadium, Memphis, TN

DeFord Bailey

Track suit for the TSU Tigerbelles worn by Chandra Cheeseborough

The Memphis Belle

Grandpa Jones and Ramona Jones

Plickett Appalachian Dulcimer

Untitled

Picketing copper miners on strike waiting for the "scabs" (strikebreakers) to come out of the mine. Ducktown, Tennessee

Deacon's chair from Spruce Street Baptist Church, Nashville

Tennessee v. John T. Scopes Trial: F. E. Robinson's Drugstore, Main Street, Dayton, Tennessee

Minnie Pearl's Hat

Tennessee v. John T. Scopes Trial: John Thomas Scopes

Fans Leave the Ryman After a Performance

This Man Was Tried in Tennessee for Teaching Evolution

Poster advertising the 1973 Memphis Gospel Festival

Beale Street

13c Tennessee single

Tennessee v. John T. Scopes Trial: Outdoor proceedings on July 20, 1925, showing William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow

Baseball cap from the Memphis Red Sox

Memphis, Tenn.


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