Rugby Overview | Detailed History | Images & Documents
Images & Documents
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Interior view of the Thomas Hughes Public Library, Tennessee Postcard Collection, no date |
Postcard picturing early colonists in Rugby, with Madam Hughes (the mother of Rugby founder Thomas Hughes) in the center, Tennessee Postcard Collection, no date |
Photograph of Rugby colony founder Thomas Hughes, Library Photograph Collection, no date |
View of the first Tabard Inn, built in 1880, Rugby Papers, circa 1898 |
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View of the second Tabard Inn, Rugby Papers, no date |
First tent settler of Rugby, Rugby Papers, 1880 |
Christ Church Episcopal at Rugby, Rugby Papers, Addition 1, no date |
Robert Walton reading a newspaper, Rugby Papers, Addition 1, no date |
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Robert Walton with family, Rugby Papers, Addition 1, no date |
Walton family on the porch of Walton Court at Rugby, Rugby Papers, Addition 1, circa 1900 | A young Thomas Walton with his mule, Rugby Papers, Addition 1, no date |
A group – probably early Rugby settlers - pictured outdoors next to a rocky cliff, Rugby Papers, Addition 1, no date |
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A group of Rugby’s first settlers, Rugby Papers, Addition 1, 1890 |
Two women – probably early Rugby settlers – and a dog on a porch, Rugby Papers, Addition 1, no date | A group – probably early Rugby settlers – dressed in costume, Rugby Papers, Addition 1, no date | A group – probably early Rugby setters – having a laugh during a picnic at the Meeting of the Waters near Rugby, Rugby Papers, Addition 1, no date |
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Rugby settlers, with their dogs by their sides, pose for a photograph with tennis rackets and half-eaten watermelon rinds in their hands, Rugby Papers, Addition 1, no date |
An unidentified gentleman holding a “Rugby Brand” Canning Company label in his hands, Rugby Papers, Addition 1, no date | Caricature of Robert Hughes from Vanity Fair, private collection | Rugby Lawn Tennis Club Minute Book, Rugby Papers, 1880 |
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By-Laws of the Rugby Canning Company, revised draft, Rugby Papers, Addition 2 |
Arnold School for Boys in Rugby, Rugby Papers, circa 1885 |
Board of Aid to Land Ownership for Rugby, transportation pass for opening day, Rugby Papers, circa 1880 |
Receipt given to the Board of Aid for supplies, Rugby, Rugby Papers, Addition 2, 1887 |
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Receipt given to the Board of Aid for supplies, Rugby, Rugby Papers, Addition 2, 1886 |
Business letter to Robert Walton from Cooper & Co., Rugby, Rugby Papers, Addition 2, 1886 | Itemized receipt given to the Board of Aid from the Rugby Commissary, Rugby Papers, Addition 2, 1883 |