Photographs from Arthur G. Stivers (1855-1929) family album

Title: Photographs from Arthur G. Stivers (1855-1929) family album
Date Created: 1904 – 1907
Description: Images are: 1. Tennessee River from Lookout Mountain 2. Man with a horse and crowds of people near a tent at a race track (?) near Crawfish Springs, Georgia (?) 3. Train crossing a bridge, houses on the hillside at left, and Lookout Mountain in the background; "TAG railroad" written under the photo 4. Lookout Inn on Lookout Mountain, Tennessee was built in 1887 and burned down in 1908. Photographs from a disassembled album, original order maintained. Contains local scenes and individuals as well as family trips showing Arthur G. Stivers, his wife Sarah Frances Pickens Stivers, older son Winthrop, younger son Frank, older daughter Bertha, and younger daughter Ruth, among others. The album consists of 42 sheets measuring 28 x 35 cm. (11 x 13 3/4 in.). Many images are silvering out.
Extent: 4 photographs (1 sheet), b&w
Collection: Paul A. Hiener Collection (Acc. 318)
Subject: Railroads -- Trains.; Horse racing -- Georgia.; Hotels -- Tennessee -- Lookout Mountain.; Tennessee River.; Lookout Mountain (Appalachian Mountains)
Rights: Copyright Undetermined
Citation: Paul A. Hiener Collection (Acc. 318). Chattanooga Public Library.
Identifier: 00002780
Type: Still image

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