Kingsport: A Photographic Retrospective Exhibit Collection, c. 1822-c.1950 and undated

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INTRODUCTION

Title:Kingsport: A Photographic Retrospective Exhibit Collection

Collection Number:Kingsport Community Manuscript Collection (KCMC) 363

Physical Description: 4 Boxes

Creator: Thomas McNeer, Jr.

Repository: Archives of the City of Kingsport

 

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Provenance: The collection was transferred to the Archives of the City of Kingsport from the projection room of the Kingsport Public Library in September 1993. The date of the original transfer to the Kingsport Public Library is unknown,

Access/Restrictions: There are no restrictions on use of this collection for research purposes. The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.

Processed by: Brianne Johnson processed the collection and developed the finding aid in June 2008.

 

COLLECTION CITATION

This collection should be cited as:

Kingsport: A Photographic Retrospective Exhibit Collection, c.1822-c. 1950 and undated. KC Manuscript Collection 363, Archives of the City of Kingsport, Tennessee.

 

SCOPE AND CONTENT

This collection consists of photographs selected by Thomas McNeer, Jr. to be mounted for the exhibit entitled Kingsport: A Photographic Retrospective. The exhibit was sponsored by the non-profit group Kingsport Archive of History.  The mounted photographs are arranged in order by the number originally assigned except for oversize pieces that are stored in Box 4.

BOX AND FOLDER LIST

BOX 1

 

  1. see box 4
  2. see box 4
  3. Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio Railroad, undated
  4. W. A. Allen Chevrolet wrecker service, 1934
  5. Gene  Autry  at Jarrett Furniture Company, 1939
  6. J. Fred Johnson and friends,  1920
  7. Tavern on Old Stage Road, undated
  8. Rogan residence, 1912
  9. James R. Showalter, 1stKingsport volunteer for WWI, c.1925
  10. First National Bank of Kingsport, 1935
  11. American Legion Crazy Car, July 4th parade, 1936
  12. Calvary Baptist Church, c.1933
  13. Girls’ High School Basketball team trip, 1920
  14. Pony races, Glen Bruce Park, July 4, 1936
  15. Pony races, Glen Bruce Park, July 4, 1936
  16. 16. American Legion carnival, July 4, 1936
  17. J. Fred Johnson and Arthur Doggett families, undated
  18. see box  4
  19. see box 4
  20.  see box 4
  21. John B. Dennis and Friends at Rotherwood, c,1928
  22. Welfare League fashion show, Wilcox Pool, c. 1940
  23. Inaugural flight, American Airlines to McKellar      Field (Tri-Cities  Airport), 1936
  24. Birthday party for A. F. Owens’ daughter, April 1939
  25. Legion carnival, “Frank and Mack” tent show, 1940
  26. Legion parade, July 4, 1936 ***missing
  27. J. Fred Johnson with Ruth Doggett (Mrs. William Todd), c.1930
  28. see box 4
  29. see box 4
  30. Colonel E. W. Palmer at County Judge’s meeting, Kingsport Inn, 1940
  31. Frank Taylor with “air conditioner,” Legion carnival, 1940
  32. Cowboy movie star “Hoot” Gibson with circus, 1936
  33. Legion parade, July 4, 1936
  34. Circus, 1936
  35. Interior of Strand Theatre, 1939
  36. see box 4
  37. see box 4
  38. Elsa Turner party, 1940
  39. Graduates’ Day parade, 1941
  40. American Legion Color Guard to honor first draftees of WWII, December 1940
  41. Organizers of Graduates’ Daye event, 1941
  42. see box 4
  43. Stairway to homes on Cement Hill, behind Clinchfield train station, 1939 ***missing
  44. see box 4
  45. Charles Asque and Clara Dodd. Jitterbug contest, State theater, 1941
  46. Graduates’ Day event, 1941
  47. Refugees of Long Island flood at Civic Auditorium, 1940
  48. Kingsport Country Club house, Pineola Street, 1939
  49. Mead Corporation employees, c. 1933
  50. Mead Corporation employees, c. 1933

 

Box 2

  1. Christmas Pageant, Strand Theater, 1926
  2. Kingsport Academy, school in Westview Park, 1914
  3. Girls’ Gym Class, KingsportHigh School, 1919
  4. Dobyns-BennettHigh School, 1934
  5. Girls’ Group, Dobyns-Bennett High School, c. 1934
  6. KingsportHigh School (also was Washington School), 1919
  7. Dobyns-Bennett High School Band director S.T. Witt, 1940
  8. Dobyns-BennettHigh School, science lab, 1934
  9. Dobyns-BennettHigh School Band, 1940
  10. First Presbyterian Church playground, undated
  11. Kingsport High School class photo, 1919
  12. Kingsport High School Football Squad, c. 1924
  13. Kingsport Academy, 1907
  14. Broad Street MethodistChurch, 1939
  15. First Christian Church, Broad Street, 1937
  16. Interior of St. Dominic’s Church, 1940
  17. Clouds Bend Methodist Church, c. 1910
  18. First Methodist Church, Church Circle, 1924
  19. St. Paul’s Church, Ravine Road, 1927
  20. First Baptist Church, Church Circle, 1927
  21. First Presbyterian Church, c. 1919
  22. First Methodist Church, Church Circle, c. 1927
  23. Leroy Sprankle, 1940
  24. Watching basketball practice, Dobyns-Bennett High School, 1940
  25. see box 4
  26. Blankenbecler family, c. 1922
  27. Broad Street, 1940
  28. Hot air balloon, July 4, 1936
  29. American Legion Carnival, Broad Street, July 4, 1936
  30. Civic Auditorium under construction, 1940
  31. Administration building, Tri-City Airport, c. 1941
  32. Tennessee Eastman Company, undated
  33. Administration building, Tri-City Airport, 1936
  34. Broad Street, June 1938
  35. Homestead Hotel, c.1920
  36. Tennessee Eastman Company, undated
  37. WKPT Radio Station, interior of transmitter building, 1941
  38. WKPT Radio Station, exterior and tower of  transmitter building, Sherwood and Ft. Henry Drive, 1941
  39. Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio steam engine #305, 1900
  40. Addition to Holston Valley CommunityHospital, c.1950
  41. Brooks Sand and Gravel, 1940
  42. Kingsport Inn, Broad Street, c. 1922
  43. see box  4
  44. Palace News Stand, Broad Street, 1938
  45. Auto ramp construction, Allen garage, 1937
  46. Young’s Tire Service, Roller and Sullivan Street, 1941
  47. WKPT main studio, Commerce Street, 1941
  48. Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio steam engine #306, 1912
  49. Original Clinchfield Drug Company, Main Street, c.1918

 

Box 3

100. Sanitation truck, undated
101. Citizens Supply Corporation, 1916
102. Jimmy’s Candy Kitchen, Broad Street near Main Street, 1940
103. Fuller and Hillman Store, 1938
104. Tennessee Eastman Company, undated
105. Tennessee Eastman Company at night, 1939
106. U.S. Post Office, Broad Street (now the Public Library), c. 1941
107. Ben Sullivan’s Sanitary Barber Shop, Broad Street,      1922 ***missing
108. Kingsport Inn, Broad Street, 1927
109. J. Fred Johnson’s home, Watauga Street, undated
110. West Wanola Street, 1939
111. View of HolstonRiver from Rotherwood, undated
112. The “Fifties,” Sullivan Street, c. 1919
113. First Presbyterian Church, 1927
114. WWI Cannon on Church Circle, c.1936
115. RotherwoodMansion, 1917
116. “The Old Elm,” Old Silk Mill, North ForkHolston River, c. 1900
117. Center Street homes, 1939
118. Front porch, Kingsport Inn, c. 1919
119. Kingsport Inn, Broad Street, c. 1919
120. East Kingsport, Brooks Circle, 1940
121. Junction of Highway U.S.  11W and U.S. 23 (Center Street and Fort Henry Drive),  c. 1940
122. Broad Street from Railroad Depot to Church Circle, 1928
123. Robert E. Lee Apartments, 1940
124. Homestead Hotel, c. 1920
125. KingsportGarden Apartments, 1940
126. Riverview Apartments, 1940
127. Kingsport Public Library, 1934
128. Homestead Hotel, c.1928
129. Kingsport Milling Company, 1939
130. Tent Boarding House, c.1912
131. Bank of Kingsport,  Broad Street at Main Street,  c. 1914
132. Kingsport Kiwanis Club in front of Kingsport Inn, c.1930
133. OklahomaSchool students, c. 1910
134. Interior of Kingsport Hosiery Mill, Clinchfield Street, c. 1918
135. August 21, 1822 Act of Incorporation of Kingsport, Tennessee
136. see box  4
137. see box 4
138. Borden Mills, Incorporated, May 16, 1925      ***missing
139. see box 4

Box 4 (Oversize)

1. Haney’s Place, Cherokee Street, c. 1935

2. Clinchfield Drug, Broad Street at Market, 1941

18. Anderson Bon Voyage party, 1940

19. Dobyns-BennettHigh School band sponsors and mascot, c.1937

20. Back-to-school party, Popeye club, c.1935

28. Boy’s camp at SilverLake, Church Hill, 1939

29. Dobyns-BennettHigh School, Junior-Senior dance, 1939

36. Interior of Strand Theatre, 1939

37. “Dough Boy” Soft Drink advertisement photo, 1941

42. Along Horse Creek Road, 1939

44. Shack, HolstonRiverMountain, 1940

75. Haney’s Place (Restaurant), 1935

93. Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio steam locomotive, 1940

136. Kingsport “Boxcar” Train Station, 1910

137. Cast photograph of American Legion musical, c. 1920

138. Borden Mills, Inc., May 16, 1925

139. Dobyns-BennettHigh School student body, 1927

Missing prints

26
43
107
138