Downtown Flooding in 1917

Images on the sculpture panels are courtesy of the Bristol Historical Association; the Carter Family Museum; the Charles K. Wolfe Collection; the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum; Goldenseal Magazine; Jesse and Joy McReynolds; the John Edwards Memorial Foundation Records, #20001, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; the Mike Seeger Collection, #20009, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Rev. J. Randall Mays and Rev. W. R. Mays, stepsons of Rev. Ernest Phipps; Malcolm Wilson; and the liner notes by Ted Olson and Tony Russell, The Bristol Sessions, 1927—28: The Big Bang of Country Music, 2011.

Pharmacology lab at S. E. Massengill

Images on the sculpture panels are courtesy of the Bristol Historical Association; the Carter Family Museum; the Charles K. Wolfe Collection; the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum; Goldenseal Magazine; Jesse and Joy McReynolds; the John Edwards Memorial Foundation Records, #20001, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; the Mike Seeger Collection, #20009, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Rev. J. Randall Mays and Rev. W. R. Mays, stepsons of Rev. Ernest Phipps; Malcolm Wilson; and the liner notes by Ted Olson and Tony Russell, The Bristol Sessions, 1927—28: The Big Bang of Country Music, 2011.

Jimmie Rodgers and members of the Tenneva Ramblers

Images on the sculpture panels are courtesy of the Bristol Historical Association; the Carter Family Museum; the Charles K. Wolfe Collection; the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum; Goldenseal Magazine; Jesse and Joy McReynolds; the John Edwards Memorial Foundation Records, #20001, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; the Mike Seeger Collection, #20009, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Rev. J. Randall Mays and Rev. W. R. Mays, stepsons of Rev. Ernest Phipps; Malcolm Wilson; and the liner notes by Ted Olson and Tony Russell, The Bristol Sessions, 1927—28: The Big Bang of Country Music, 2011.

Henry Whitter

Images on the sculpture panels are courtesy of the Bristol Historical Association; the Carter Family Museum; the Charles K. Wolfe Collection; the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum; Goldenseal Magazine; Jesse and Joy McReynolds; the John Edwards Memorial Foundation Records, #20001, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; the Mike Seeger Collection, #20009, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Rev. J. Randall Mays and Rev. W. R. Mays, stepsons of Rev. Ernest Phipps; Malcolm Wilson; and the liner notes by Ted Olson and Tony Russell, The Bristol Sessions, 1927—28: The Big Bang of Country Music, 2011.

West Virginia Coon Hunters

Images on the sculpture panels are courtesy of the Bristol Historical Association; the Carter Family Museum; the Charles K. Wolfe Collection; the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum; Goldenseal Magazine; Jesse and Joy McReynolds; the John Edwards Memorial Foundation Records, #20001, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; the Mike Seeger Collection, #20009, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Rev. J. Randall Mays and Rev. W. R. Mays, stepsons of Rev. Ernest Phipps; Malcolm Wilson; and the liner notes by Ted Olson and Tony Russell, The Bristol Sessions, 1927—28: The Big Bang of Country Music, 2011.

Dixie Mountaineers

Images on the sculpture panels are courtesy of the Bristol Historical Association; the Carter Family Museum; the Charles K. Wolfe Collection; the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum; Goldenseal Magazine; Jesse and Joy McReynolds; the John Edwards Memorial Foundation Records, #20001, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; the Mike Seeger Collection, #20009, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Rev. J. Randall Mays and Rev. W. R. Mays, stepsons of Rev. Ernest Phipps; Malcolm Wilson; and the liner notes by Ted Olson and Tony Russell, The Bristol Sessions, 1927—28: The Big Bang of Country Music, 2011.

Hattie and Ernest V. Stoneman

Images on the sculpture panels are courtesy of the Bristol Historical Association; the Carter Family Museum; the Charles K. Wolfe Collection; the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum; Goldenseal Magazine; Jesse and Joy McReynolds; the John Edwards Memorial Foundation Records, #20001, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; the Mike Seeger Collection, #20009, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Rev. J. Randall Mays and Rev. W. R. Mays, stepsons of Rev. Ernest Phipps; Malcolm Wilson; and the liner notes by Ted Olson and Tony Russell, The Bristol Sessions, 1927—28: The Big Bang of Country Music, 2011.

Dixie Mountaineers, also known as Blue Ridge Corn Shuckers

Images on the sculpture panels are courtesy of the Bristol Historical Association; the Carter Family Museum; the Charles K. Wolfe Collection; the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum; Goldenseal Magazine; Jesse and Joy McReynolds; the John Edwards Memorial Foundation Records, #20001, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; the Mike Seeger Collection, #20009, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Rev. J. Randall Mays and Rev. W. R. Mays, stepsons of Rev. Ernest Phipps; Malcolm Wilson; and the liner notes by Ted Olson and Tony Russell, The Bristol Sessions, 1927—28: The Big Bang of Country Music, 2011.

Additional Members of Shelor Family

Images on the sculpture panels are courtesy of the Bristol Historical Association; the Carter Family Museum; the Charles K. Wolfe Collection; the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum; Goldenseal Magazine; Jesse and Joy McReynolds; the John Edwards Memorial Foundation Records, #20001, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; the Mike Seeger Collection, #20009, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Rev. J. Randall Mays and Rev. W. R. Mays, stepsons of Rev. Ernest Phipps; Malcolm Wilson; and the liner notes by Ted Olson and Tony Russell, The Bristol Sessions, 1927—28: The Big Bang of Country Music, 2011.

B. F. Shelton

Images on the sculpture panels are courtesy of the Bristol Historical Association; the Carter Family Museum; the Charles K. Wolfe Collection; the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum; Goldenseal Magazine; Jesse and Joy McReynolds; the John Edwards Memorial Foundation Records, #20001, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; the Mike Seeger Collection, #20009, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Rev. J. Randall Mays and Rev. W. R. Mays, stepsons of Rev. Ernest Phipps; Malcolm Wilson; and the liner notes by Ted Olson and Tony Russell, The Bristol Sessions, 1927—28: The Big Bang of Country Music, 2011.

Members of The Shelor Family

Images on the sculpture panels are courtesy of the Bristol Historical Association; the Carter Family Museum; the Charles K. Wolfe Collection; the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum; Goldenseal Magazine; Jesse and Joy McReynolds; the John Edwards Memorial Foundation Records, #20001, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; the Mike Seeger Collection, #20009, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Rev. J. Randall Mays and Rev. W. R. Mays, stepsons of Rev. Ernest Phipps; Malcolm Wilson; and the liner notes by Ted Olson and Tony Russell, The Bristol Sessions, 1927—28: The Big Bang of Country Music, 2011.

Ernest Phipps

Images on the sculpture panels are courtesy of the Bristol Historical Association; the Carter Family Museum; the Charles K. Wolfe Collection; the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum; Goldenseal Magazine; Jesse and Joy McReynolds; the John Edwards Memorial Foundation Records, #20001, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; the Mike Seeger Collection, #20009, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Rev. J. Randall Mays and Rev. W. R. Mays, stepsons of Rev. Ernest Phipps; Malcolm Wilson; and the liner notes by Ted Olson and Tony Russell, The Bristol Sessions, 1927—28: The Big Bang of Country Music, 2011.

Blind Alfred Reed

Images on the sculpture panels are courtesy of the Bristol Historical Association; the Carter Family Museum; the Charles K. Wolfe Collection; the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum; Goldenseal Magazine; Jesse and Joy McReynolds; the John Edwards Memorial Foundation Records, #20001, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; the Mike Seeger Collection, #20009, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Rev. J. Randall Mays and Rev. W. R. Mays, stepsons of Rev. Ernest Phipps; Malcolm Wilson; and the liner notes by Ted Olson and Tony Russell, The Bristol Sessions, 1927—28: The Big Bang of Country Music, 2011.

Ralph Peer

Images on the sculpture panels are courtesy of the Bristol Historical Association; the Carter Family Museum; the Charles K. Wolfe Collection; the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum; Goldenseal Magazine; Jesse and Joy McReynolds; the John Edwards Memorial Foundation Records, #20001, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; the Mike Seeger Collection, #20009, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Rev. J. Randall Mays and Rev. W. R. Mays, stepsons of Rev. Ernest Phipps; Malcolm Wilson; and the liner notes by Ted Olson and Tony Russell, The Bristol Sessions, 1927—28: The Big Bang of Country Music, 2011.

Jimmie Rodgers

Images on the sculpture panels are courtesy of the Bristol Historical Association; the Carter Family Museum; the Charles K. Wolfe Collection; the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum; Goldenseal Magazine; Jesse and Joy McReynolds; the John Edwards Memorial Foundation Records, #20001, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; the Mike Seeger Collection, #20009, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Rev. J. Randall Mays and Rev. W. R. Mays, stepsons of Rev. Ernest Phipps; Malcolm Wilson; and the liner notes by Ted Olson and Tony Russell, The Bristol Sessions, 1927—28: The Big Bang of Country Music, 2011.

Uncle Eck Dunford

Images on the sculpture panels are courtesy of the Bristol Historical Association; the Carter Family Museum; the Charles K. Wolfe Collection; the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum; Goldenseal Magazine; Jesse and Joy McReynolds; the John Edwards Memorial Foundation Records, #20001, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; the Mike Seeger Collection, #20009, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Rev. J. Randall Mays and Rev. W. R. Mays, stepsons of Rev. Ernest Phipps; Malcolm Wilson; and the liner notes by Ted Olson and Tony Russell, The Bristol Sessions, 1927—28: The Big Bang of Country Music, 2011.

Alfred G. Karnes

Images on the sculpture panels are courtesy of the Bristol Historical Association; the Carter Family Museum; the Charles K. Wolfe Collection; the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum; Goldenseal Magazine; Jesse and Joy McReynolds; the John Edwards Memorial Foundation Records, #20001, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; the Mike Seeger Collection, #20009, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Rev. J. Randall Mays and Rev. W. R. Mays, stepsons of Rev. Ernest Phipps; Malcolm Wilson; and the liner notes by Ted Olson and Tony Russell, The Bristol Sessions, 1927—28: The Big Bang of Country Music, 2011.

Johnson Brothers

Images on the sculpture panels are courtesy of the Bristol Historical Association; the Carter Family Museum; the Charles K. Wolfe Collection; the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum; Goldenseal Magazine; Jesse and Joy McReynolds; the John Edwards Memorial Foundation Records, #20001, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; the Mike Seeger Collection, #20009, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Rev. J. Randall Mays and Rev. W. R. Mays, stepsons of Rev. Ernest Phipps; Malcolm Wilson; and the liner notes by Ted Olson and Tony Russell, The Bristol Sessions, 1927—28: The Big Bang of Country Music, 2011.

Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Baker and family

Images on the sculpture panels are courtesy of the Bristol Historical Association; the Carter Family Museum; the Charles K. Wolfe Collection; the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum; Goldenseal Magazine; Jesse and Joy McReynolds; the John Edwards Memorial Foundation Records, #20001, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; the Mike Seeger Collection, #20009, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Rev. J. Randall Mays and Rev. W. R. Mays, stepsons of Rev. Ernest Phipps; Malcolm Wilson; and the liner notes by Ted Olson and Tony Russell, The Bristol Sessions, 1927—28: The Big Bang of Country Music, 2011.

The Carter Family

Images on the sculpture panels are courtesy of the Bristol Historical Association; the Carter Family Museum; the Charles K. Wolfe Collection; the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum; Goldenseal Magazine; Jesse and Joy McReynolds; the John Edwards Memorial Foundation Records, #20001, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; the Mike Seeger Collection, #20009, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Rev. J. Randall Mays and Rev. W. R. Mays, stepsons of Rev. Ernest Phipps; Malcolm Wilson; and the liner notes by Ted Olson and Tony Russell, The Bristol Sessions, 1927—28: The Big Bang of Country Music, 2011.

The Bull Mountain Moonshiners

Images on the sculpture panels are courtesy of the Bristol Historical Association; the Carter Family Museum; the Charles K. Wolfe Collection; the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum; Goldenseal Magazine; Jesse and Joy McReynolds; the John Edwards Memorial Foundation Records, #20001, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; the Mike Seeger Collection, #20009, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Rev. J. Randall Mays and Rev. W. R. Mays, stepsons of Rev. Ernest Phipps; Malcolm Wilson; and the liner notes by Ted Olson and Tony Russell, The Bristol Sessions, 1927—28: The Big Bang of Country Music, 2011.

Alcoa Quartet BOOP

Images on the sculpture panels are courtesy of the Bristol Historical Association; the Carter Family Museum; the Charles K. Wolfe Collection; the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum; Goldenseal Magazine; Jesse and Joy McReynolds; the John Edwards Memorial Foundation Records, #20001, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; the Mike Seeger Collection, #20009, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Rev. J. Randall Mays and Rev. W. R. Mays, stepsons of Rev. Ernest Phipps; Malcolm Wilson; and the liner notes by Ted Olson and Tony Russell, The Bristol Sessions, 1927—28: The Big Bang of Country Music, 2011.

Albert Minor in Minor's Drug Store

Images on the sculpture panels are courtesy of the Bristol Historical Association; the Carter Family Museum; the Charles K. Wolfe Collection; the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum; Goldenseal Magazine; Jesse and Joy McReynolds; the John Edwards Memorial Foundation Records, #20001, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; the Mike Seeger Collection, #20009, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Rev. J. Randall Mays and Rev. W. R. Mays, stepsons of Rev. Ernest Phipps; Malcolm Wilson; and the liner notes by Ted Olson and Tony Russell, The Bristol Sessions, 1927—28: The Big Bang of Country Music, 2011.

Central Christian Church

Images on the sculpture panels are courtesy of the Bristol Historical Association; the Carter Family Museum; the Charles K. Wolfe Collection; the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum; Goldenseal Magazine; Jesse and Joy McReynolds; the John Edwards Memorial Foundation Records, #20001, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; the Mike Seeger Collection, #20009, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Rev. J. Randall Mays and Rev. W. R. Mays, stepsons of Rev. Ernest Phipps; Malcolm Wilson; and the liner notes by Ted Olson and Tony Russell, The Bristol Sessions, 1927—28: The Big Bang of Country Music, 2011.

First Presbyterian Church

Images on the sculpture panels are courtesy of the Bristol Historical Association; the Carter Family Museum; the Charles K. Wolfe Collection; the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum; Goldenseal Magazine; Jesse and Joy McReynolds; the John Edwards Memorial Foundation Records, #20001, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; the Mike Seeger Collection, #20009, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Rev. J. Randall Mays and Rev. W. R. Mays, stepsons of Rev. Ernest Phipps; Malcolm Wilson; and the liner notes by Ted Olson and Tony Russell, The Bristol Sessions, 1927—28: The Big Bang of Country Music, 2011.

People's Drug Store

Images on the sculpture panels are courtesy of the Bristol Historical Association; the Carter Family Museum; the Charles K. Wolfe Collection; the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum; Goldenseal Magazine; Jesse and Joy McReynolds; the John Edwards Memorial Foundation Records, #20001, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; the Mike Seeger Collection, #20009, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Rev. J. Randall Mays and Rev. W. R. Mays, stepsons of Rev. Ernest Phipps; Malcolm Wilson; and the liner notes by Ted Olson and Tony Russell, The Bristol Sessions, 1927—28: The Big Bang of Country Music, 2011.

Joseph Rhea Anderson

Images on the sculpture panels are courtesy of the Bristol Historical Association; the Carter Family Museum; the Charles K. Wolfe Collection; the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum; Goldenseal Magazine; Jesse and Joy McReynolds; the John Edwards Memorial Foundation Records, #20001, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; the Mike Seeger Collection, #20009, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Rev. J. Randall Mays and Rev. W. R. Mays, stepsons of Rev. Ernest Phipps; Malcolm Wilson; and the liner notes by Ted Olson and Tony Russell, The Bristol Sessions, 1927—28: The Big Bang of Country Music, 2011.

Train at Bristol Train Station

Images on the sculpture panels are courtesy of the Bristol Historical Association; the Carter Family Museum; the Charles K. Wolfe Collection; the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum; Goldenseal Magazine; Jesse and Joy McReynolds; the John Edwards Memorial Foundation Records, #20001, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; the Mike Seeger Collection, #20009, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Rev. J. Randall Mays and Rev. W. R. Mays, stepsons of Rev. Ernest Phipps; Malcolm Wilson; and the liner notes by Ted Olson and Tony Russell, The Bristol Sessions, 1927—28: The Big Bang of Country Music, 2011.

Bristol Train Station

Images on the sculpture panels are courtesy of the Bristol Historical Association; the Carter Family Museum; the Charles K. Wolfe Collection; the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum; Goldenseal Magazine; Jesse and Joy McReynolds; the John Edwards Memorial Foundation Records, #20001, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; the Mike Seeger Collection, #20009, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Rev. J. Randall Mays and Rev. W. R. Mays, stepsons of Rev. Ernest Phipps; Malcolm Wilson; and the liner notes by Ted Olson and Tony Russell, The Bristol Sessions, 1927—28: The Big Bang of Country Music, 2011.

WOPI Station Building

Images on the sculpture panels are courtesy of the Bristol Historical Association; the Carter Family Museum; the Charles K. Wolfe Collection; the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum; Goldenseal Magazine; Jesse and Joy McReynolds; the John Edwards Memorial Foundation Records, #20001, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; the Mike Seeger Collection, #20009, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Rev. J. Randall Mays and Rev. W. R. Mays, stepsons of Rev. Ernest Phipps; Malcolm Wilson; and the liner notes by Ted Olson and Tony Russell, The Bristol Sessions, 1927—28: The Big Bang of Country Music, 2011.

WOPI Promotional Postcard

Images on the sculpture panels are courtesy of the Bristol Historical Association; the Carter Family Museum; the Charles K. Wolfe Collection; the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum; Goldenseal Magazine; Jesse and Joy McReynolds; the John Edwards Memorial Foundation Records, #20001, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; the Mike Seeger Collection, #20009, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Rev. J. Randall Mays and Rev. W. R. Mays, stepsons of Rev. Ernest Phipps; Malcolm Wilson; and the liner notes by Ted Olson and Tony Russell, The Bristol Sessions, 1927—28: The Big Bang of Country Music, 2011.

Newspaper Clipping about first car in Bristol

Images on the sculpture panels are courtesy of the Bristol Historical Association; the Carter Family Museum; the Charles K. Wolfe Collection; the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum; Goldenseal Magazine; Jesse and Joy McReynolds; the John Edwards Memorial Foundation Records, #20001, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; the Mike Seeger Collection, #20009, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Rev. J. Randall Mays and Rev. W. R. Mays, stepsons of Rev. Ernest Phipps; Malcolm Wilson; and the liner notes by Ted Olson and Tony Russell, The Bristol Sessions, 1927—28: The Big Bang of Country Music, 2011.

John R. Dickey Drug Company buggy

Images on the sculpture panels are courtesy of the Bristol Historical Association; the Carter Family Museum; the Charles K. Wolfe Collection; the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum; Goldenseal Magazine; Jesse and Joy McReynolds; the John Edwards Memorial Foundation Records, #20001, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; the Mike Seeger Collection, #20009, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Rev. J. Randall Mays and Rev. W. R. Mays, stepsons of Rev. Ernest Phipps; Malcolm Wilson; and the liner notes by Ted Olson and Tony Russell, The Bristol Sessions, 1927—28: The Big Bang of Country Music, 2011.

Paramount Theater

Images on the sculpture panels are courtesy of the Bristol Historical Association; the Carter Family Museum; the Charles K. Wolfe Collection; the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum; Goldenseal Magazine; Jesse and Joy McReynolds; the John Edwards Memorial Foundation Records, #20001, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; the Mike Seeger Collection, #20009, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Rev. J. Randall Mays and Rev. W. R. Mays, stepsons of Rev. Ernest Phipps; Malcolm Wilson; and the liner notes by Ted Olson and Tony Russell, The Bristol Sessions, 1927—28: The Big Bang of Country Music, 2011.

Red Cross canteen in World War I

Images on the sculpture panels are courtesy of the Bristol Historical Association; the Carter Family Museum; the Charles K. Wolfe Collection; the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum; Goldenseal Magazine; Jesse and Joy McReynolds; the John Edwards Memorial Foundation Records, #20001, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; the Mike Seeger Collection, #20009, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Rev. J. Randall Mays and Rev. W. R. Mays, stepsons of Rev. Ernest Phipps; Malcolm Wilson; and the liner notes by Ted Olson and Tony Russell, The Bristol Sessions, 1927—28: The Big Bang of Country Music, 2011.

Home Furniture Co. van

Images on the sculpture panels are courtesy of the Bristol Historical Association; the Carter Family Museum; the Charles K. Wolfe Collection; the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum; Goldenseal Magazine; Jesse and Joy McReynolds; the John Edwards Memorial Foundation Records, #20001, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; the Mike Seeger Collection, #20009, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Rev. J. Randall Mays and Rev. W. R. Mays, stepsons of Rev. Ernest Phipps; Malcolm Wilson; and the liner notes by Ted Olson and Tony Russell, The Bristol Sessions, 1927—28: The Big Bang of Country Music, 2011.

Lee Street Baptist Church

Images on the sculpture panels are courtesy of the Bristol Historical Association; the Carter Family Museum; the Charles K. Wolfe Collection; the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum; Goldenseal Magazine; Jesse and Joy McReynolds; the John Edwards Memorial Foundation Records, #20001, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; the Mike Seeger Collection, #20009, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Rev. J. Randall Mays and Rev. W. R. Mays, stepsons of Rev. Ernest Phipps; Malcolm Wilson; and the liner notes by Ted Olson and Tony Russell, The Bristol Sessions, 1927—28: The Big Bang of Country Music, 2011.

Hotel Bristol

Images on the sculpture panels are courtesy of the Bristol Historical Association; the Carter Family Museum; the Charles K. Wolfe Collection; the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum; Goldenseal Magazine; Jesse and Joy McReynolds; the John Edwards Memorial Foundation Records, #20001, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; the Mike Seeger Collection, #20009, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Rev. J. Randall Mays and Rev. W. R. Mays, stepsons of Rev. Ernest Phipps; Malcolm Wilson; and the liner notes by Ted Olson and Tony Russell, The Bristol Sessions, 1927—28: The Big Bang of Country Music, 2011.

Minor's Drug Store

Images on the sculpture panels are courtesy of the Bristol Historical Association; the Carter Family Museum; the Charles K. Wolfe Collection; the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum; Goldenseal Magazine; Jesse and Joy McReynolds; the John Edwards Memorial Foundation Records, #20001, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; the Mike Seeger Collection, #20009, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Rev. J. Randall Mays and Rev. W. R. Mays, stepsons of Rev. Ernest Phipps; Malcolm Wilson; and the liner notes by Ted Olson and Tony Russell, The Bristol Sessions, 1927—28: The Big Bang of Country Music, 2011.

Goodpasture building

Images on the sculpture panels are courtesy of the Bristol Historical Association; the Carter Family Museum; the Charles K. Wolfe Collection; the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum; Goldenseal Magazine; Jesse and Joy McReynolds; the John Edwards Memorial Foundation Records, #20001, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; the Mike Seeger Collection, #20009, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Rev. J. Randall Mays and Rev. W. R. Mays, stepsons of Rev. Ernest Phipps; Malcolm Wilson; and the liner notes by Ted Olson and Tony Russell, The Bristol Sessions, 1927—28: The Big Bang of Country Music, 2011.