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Kingsport: “Just keep pinning. Just keep pinning.”
I’ve expanded the Archives of the City of Kingsport’s HistoryPin channel to 41 pins!
Kingsport: Found in the Archives
Today, while I was searching the archives’ collections for photographs of a historic Kingsport neighborhood called The Fifties, I came across something even better in the Huffaker Family Collection (KCMC 75).
Kingsport: Pin-up Girls
No, not THAT kind of pin-up girl! HistoryPin! It’s a great way to share archival photographs online while connecting people, buildings, and events to a time and place in history. The Archives of the City of Kingsport now has its … Continue reading
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Kingsport: There’s an App for That!
Here is a little update about the FunFest activity we are preparing. Today, I stepped into a nearby supply closet where Kari–Archivist Intern became Kari–Intrepid Reporter. That is to say, I grabbed my camera, walked the Rediscover Kingsport: A Self-Guided Tour Through Time trail … Continue reading
Kingsport: The Sink Hole
Last fall, as I was processing the last of the Spoden Collection (KCMC 516), which included maps and other over-sized materials, I noticed that on several maps of the old Boatyard district (1800-1840) a certain lot was often labeled “the … Continue reading
Kingsport: FunFest Preparations
This year’s FunFest is July 12-20 and the Archives of the City of Kingsport is hosting an awesome activity. REDISCOVER KINGSPORT: A SELF-GUIDED TOUR THROUGH TIME. Participants will head to the library for a walking tour map. From the library they … Continue reading
Field Trip: Netherland Inn Bank Barn Tour
Today was a special day. John Scott of the Netherland Inn Association (NIA) gave me a personal tour of the newly reconstructed Bank Barn. As far as we know, the bank barn was on the Netherland Inn premises until about … Continue reading
Kingsport: Boatyard Flooding
Overnight, Kingsport reached a saturation point and there was no place left for the rain to go. I grabbed my camera and headed down to the historic Boatyard area this morning to see the damage. Following is a photo essay … Continue reading
Kingsport: Historic Photos
Processing the Spoden Collection, a collection that focuses on historic preservation, has made me look around at the Boat Yard district I live so close to with different eyes. Yesterday, I jogged up and down the greenbelt, a riverside trail … Continue reading
Kingsport: Local History
I finished the Genealogy Series, this week. There are two series left. I am halfway through Audio-Visual Materials and then that leaves Series IV, Journals and Ledgers. Yes, folks, we left the scariest series for last. It’s full of dusty, … Continue reading
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