It’s always fascinating to see where we’ve come from, where our families have been. Tennessee has seen the good and the bad, with our people rising above no matter the situation. We’ve found some amazing photographs (some we bet you’ve never seen!) from the Volunteer State during the Great Depression. It’s a sobering, beautiful thing to have a window to the past, isn’t it?

17) A decade of waiting
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A photo of our Tennessee men, waiting for work.
16) A typical street scene
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On the streets of Nashville, these men wait for a new beginning.
15) The ladies of Camden
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Bonnets were still a legit thing in the 20th century!
14) Rock quarry workers
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Building the future, one little bit at a time.
13) Reading, once upon a time
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We bet her grandchildren ended up at Vanderbilt!
12) Fall Creek Falls inhabitant, near Pikeville
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That's quite the beard, there - but it was kind of expected back then.
11) Working on a new beginning in Lexington, TN
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So many were fighting to begin anew in the 1930's.
10) The sweet little face of Natchez-Trace
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The face of the future.

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9) A Lebanon, Tennessee rough hewn smoke house
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You don't see things like this anymore, do you?
8) Again with the waiting game
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There are so many photographs like these but seeing people from our home state is so powerful.
7) Watching a medicine show in Huntingdon
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Come one, come all!
6) Maynardville, Tennessee
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It looks a little bit different now, surprisingly enough.
5) Women waiting on the streets of Nashville
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Wouldn't it be interesting if you recognized one of these Tennesseans?
4) A 1935 religious meeting
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The folks of yesteryear, together for a religious rendezvous.
3) A smile from Huntingdon
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The face of a generation.
2) Aboard the Delta Queen in Memphis
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Taking a smoke break, so many years ago.
1) Waiting. Forever waiting.
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It's a humbling thing, to see photos like this.

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