Zach Keith
@zachkeith.bsky.social
Archivist and public historian.
Some more photos around Knoxville with my 1930s Kodak Brownie. St John's Episcopal, the main historic Lakeshore/Eastern State Hospital building, the old Knox County Courthouse, and Merchants of Beer.
April 6, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Some more photos around Knoxville with my 1930s Kodak Brownie. St John's Episcopal, the main historic Lakeshore/Eastern State Hospital building, the old Knox County Courthouse, and Merchants of Beer.
Took these around downtown Knoxville with my Canon AE-1 on old and slightly deteriorated Kodak SAF 400 film. I really liked how these turned out.
April 4, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Took these around downtown Knoxville with my Canon AE-1 on old and slightly deteriorated Kodak SAF 400 film. I really liked how these turned out.
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The fascists are attempting to legitimize scientific racism and eugenics in the “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History” EO.
![Screenshot excerpt from the “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History” Executive Order [my highlighting is between asterisks below]:
Once widely respected as a symbol of American excellence and a global icon of cultural achievement, the Smithsonian Institution has, in recent years, come under the influence of a divisive, race-centered ideology. This shift has promoted narratives that portray American and Western values as inherently harmful and oppressive. For example, the Smithsonian American Art Museum today features "The Shape of Power: Stories of Race and American Sculpture," an exhibit representing that "[slocieties including the United States have used race to establish and maintain sy@ems of power, privilege, and disenfranchisement."
** The exhibit further claims that "sculpture has been a powerful tool in promoting scientific racism" and promotes the view that race is not a biological reality but a social construct, stating "Race is a human invention." **
The National Museum of African American History and Culture has proclaimed that "hard work," "individualism," and "the nuclear family" are aspects of "White culture." The forthcoming Smithsonian American Women's History Museum plans on celebrating the exploits of male athletes participating in women's sports. These are just a few examples.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bz37medh5uzrwt3tp4awhfpb/bafkreiahe35whhrmscm6sc43avcgpryfzdikzv6u2rrk7sff3luoxz3rae@jpeg)
March 28, 2025 at 2:48 AM
The fascists are attempting to legitimize scientific racism and eugenics in the “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History” EO.
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On this day in 1901, after a Black man accused of stealing a white man’s wallet escaped lynching in Rome, TN, the mob of white men instead seized and lynched Ballie Crutchfield, his sister.
Mar. 15, 1901 | Black Woman Lynched By White Mob in TN After They Couldn’t Find Her Brother
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
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March 15, 2025 at 1:00 PM
On this day in 1901, after a Black man accused of stealing a white man’s wallet escaped lynching in Rome, TN, the mob of white men instead seized and lynched Ballie Crutchfield, his sister.
New book at the McClung Collection. @betsyphillips.bsky.social
March 4, 2025 at 3:15 PM
New book at the McClung Collection. @betsyphillips.bsky.social
The Knox County Archives holds this unbound volume which documents newly emancipated African Americans’
matrimonial rites. The county clerk segregated the marriages for these years before recording them in the same volume starting in mid-1867.
matrimonial rites. The county clerk segregated the marriages for these years before recording them in the same volume starting in mid-1867.
February 22, 2025 at 1:38 PM
The Knox County Archives holds this unbound volume which documents newly emancipated African Americans’
matrimonial rites. The county clerk segregated the marriages for these years before recording them in the same volume starting in mid-1867.
matrimonial rites. The county clerk segregated the marriages for these years before recording them in the same volume starting in mid-1867.
These photographs depict the childhood home of Beauford and Joseph Delaney, two of Knoxville's most famous and celebrated artists. The home and attached barber shop at 815 E. Vine Avenue was purchased by their parents, John Samuel and Delia Delaney in 1898.
February 12, 2025 at 8:41 PM
These photographs depict the childhood home of Beauford and Joseph Delaney, two of Knoxville's most famous and celebrated artists. The home and attached barber shop at 815 E. Vine Avenue was purchased by their parents, John Samuel and Delia Delaney in 1898.
Founded in 1864 in the basement of First Presbyterian Church, Mt. Zion Baptist is Knoxville’s second oldest active Black Church. By 1866, they had moved to Patton Street where they would worship for the next 100 years. A fine brick building was built in 1898 and served the congregation until 1967…
February 5, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Founded in 1864 in the basement of First Presbyterian Church, Mt. Zion Baptist is Knoxville’s second oldest active Black Church. By 1866, they had moved to Patton Street where they would worship for the next 100 years. A fine brick building was built in 1898 and served the congregation until 1967…
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We are at the point of the fascist autocoup where the interim US Attorney is replying to an anonymous pro-Nazi account who wants to see someone punished for simply sharing the names of Elon Musk's lackeys who have gotten access to extremely sensitive government data systems.
February 4, 2025 at 2:30 AM
We are at the point of the fascist autocoup where the interim US Attorney is replying to an anonymous pro-Nazi account who wants to see someone punished for simply sharing the names of Elon Musk's lackeys who have gotten access to extremely sensitive government data systems.
The old Knox County Jail which was attached to the Old County courthouse. Built in 1935-36 it was torn down to construct the City-County Building in 1978.
February 1, 2025 at 9:46 PM
The old Knox County Jail which was attached to the Old County courthouse. Built in 1935-36 it was torn down to construct the City-County Building in 1978.
Today I scanned these photos of the childhood home of Avon Williams Jr, civil rights attorney and first African American Tennessee State Senator. This house was at 1204 E. Vine Avenue, part of the Mountain View Project which is just east of downtown Knoxville…
January 27, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Today I scanned these photos of the childhood home of Avon Williams Jr, civil rights attorney and first African American Tennessee State Senator. This house was at 1204 E. Vine Avenue, part of the Mountain View Project which is just east of downtown Knoxville…
The Humanities Complex at University of Tennessee. Plan, model, under construction and completed.
January 25, 2025 at 12:37 AM
The Humanities Complex at University of Tennessee. Plan, model, under construction and completed.
Noah W. Smith owned this beautiful
Victorian home at 205 E. Vine Avenue. Built in 1893 by merchant and banker, William L.
Russell, Smith purchased it in 1913. Smith founded Gleaner Printing Company in 1896 and ran the print shop out of a building behind his home on Vine Avenue.
Victorian home at 205 E. Vine Avenue. Built in 1893 by merchant and banker, William L.
Russell, Smith purchased it in 1913. Smith founded Gleaner Printing Company in 1896 and ran the print shop out of a building behind his home on Vine Avenue.
January 17, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Noah W. Smith owned this beautiful
Victorian home at 205 E. Vine Avenue. Built in 1893 by merchant and banker, William L.
Russell, Smith purchased it in 1913. Smith founded Gleaner Printing Company in 1896 and ran the print shop out of a building behind his home on Vine Avenue.
Victorian home at 205 E. Vine Avenue. Built in 1893 by merchant and banker, William L.
Russell, Smith purchased it in 1913. Smith founded Gleaner Printing Company in 1896 and ran the print shop out of a building behind his home on Vine Avenue.
Many of you are familiar with the movie or TV adaptation of A League of Their Own. One of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League’s players was Knoxville’s own Doris Sams. She excelled at both pitching and batting, winning two MVP awards and selected to 5 all-star teams in her 8 seasons.
December 20, 2024 at 11:01 PM
Many of you are familiar with the movie or TV adaptation of A League of Their Own. One of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League’s players was Knoxville’s own Doris Sams. She excelled at both pitching and batting, winning two MVP awards and selected to 5 all-star teams in her 8 seasons.
Humes Hall and the rest of Presidential Court, followed by Clement Hall on University of Tennessee’s campus, taken from 1964-1969.
December 13, 2024 at 6:33 PM
Humes Hall and the rest of Presidential Court, followed by Clement Hall on University of Tennessee’s campus, taken from 1964-1969.
Images of the newly-built Communications Building with Neyland Stadium in the background from 1969. The shot from across the river is from 1978 and the aerial photo showing Neyland still as a horseshoe is from
1962. All from the Yale Avenue Redevelopment Project series.
1962. All from the Yale Avenue Redevelopment Project series.
December 6, 2024 at 6:37 PM
Images of the newly-built Communications Building with Neyland Stadium in the background from 1969. The shot from across the river is from 1978 and the aerial photo showing Neyland still as a horseshoe is from
1962. All from the Yale Avenue Redevelopment Project series.
1962. All from the Yale Avenue Redevelopment Project series.
I took these with a nearly 100 year old Kodak Brownie. Had some interesting results.
December 4, 2024 at 2:12 PM
I took these with a nearly 100 year old Kodak Brownie. Had some interesting results.
Christenberry Infirmary and the Ingleside Building on the corner of Church and Walnut in downtown Knoxville, 1979. They were torn down to build the Hilton Hotel.
November 24, 2024 at 1:18 PM
Christenberry Infirmary and the Ingleside Building on the corner of Church and Walnut in downtown Knoxville, 1979. They were torn down to build the Hilton Hotel.
View from the top of the Andrew Johnson Hotel in Knoxville.
November 16, 2024 at 1:37 AM
View from the top of the Andrew Johnson Hotel in Knoxville.
Dr. John Edward Reinhardt was born to Edward Reinhardt and Alice Miller Reinhardt in Glade Spring, Virginia, on March 8, 1920. The family moved to Knoxville by 1927. John graduated from Austin High before matriculating at Knoxville College in 1939, where he was class president.
November 9, 2024 at 1:48 AM
Dr. John Edward Reinhardt was born to Edward Reinhardt and Alice Miller Reinhardt in Glade Spring, Virginia, on March 8, 1920. The family moved to Knoxville by 1927. John graduated from Austin High before matriculating at Knoxville College in 1939, where he was class president.
Knoxville’s Sunsphere under construction in early 1982.
October 24, 2024 at 3:20 PM
Knoxville’s Sunsphere under construction in early 1982.
Knoxville’s Four Seasons Park was built in 1974 to decorate the hillside by the new Hyatt Regency, denuded by the Mountain View Urban Renewal Project. Named by Mrs. Glen Watts in a contest, it pumped 6000 gallons of water over decorative concrete circles.
October 20, 2024 at 2:52 PM
Knoxville’s Four Seasons Park was built in 1974 to decorate the hillside by the new Hyatt Regency, denuded by the Mountain View Urban Renewal Project. Named by Mrs. Glen Watts in a contest, it pumped 6000 gallons of water over decorative concrete circles.
Architectural models of Knoxville’s City-County Building and TVA Towers.
October 19, 2024 at 2:53 PM
Architectural models of Knoxville’s City-County Building and TVA Towers.
Knoxville’s Old City, corner of Jackson and Central, 1974
October 18, 2024 at 3:42 PM
Knoxville’s Old City, corner of Jackson and Central, 1974
Knoxville’s Market Square, 1974
October 17, 2024 at 12:23 PM
Knoxville’s Market Square, 1974