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Villa “La Colombaia,” Florence, Italy, circa 1930
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Villa “La Colombaia,” Florence, Italy, circa 1930
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Object Description
Title
Villa
“La
Colombaia,”
Florence
,
Italy
,
circa
1930
Personal name
Foster
family
;
Foster
,
Ernest
H.
,
1865-1949
Topical entry
Architecture, Domestic--Italy--Florence
Dwellings--Italy--Florence
Historic buildings--Italy--Florence
Buildings--Italy--Florence
Interior architecture--Italy--Florence
Geographic entry
Nashville and Davidson County (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Description
Interior
and
exterior
views
of the
Villa
“La
Colombaia,”
located
in
Florence
,
Italy
. This
villa
was the
home
of
Mr
. and
Mrs
.
Ernest
H
.
Foster
,
where
they
lived
until
the
breakout
of
World
War
II
.
Prior
to their
ownership
,
it
was the
birthplace
home
of
Florence
Nightingale
, the
famous
nurse
who
organized
the
Red
Cross
nursing
service
. At the
beginning
of the
1400s
the
Villa
belonged
to the
Serragli
Family
, then
others
. As of
2012
, the
Villa
is
a
tourist
attraction
. These
digital
reproductions
were
scanned
from the
scrapbook
of
Mrs
.
Frank
A.
Wilk
(Alva
Herbert
Wilk)
.
1
digital
photograph
.
Publisher
Metropolitan
Nashville/Davidson
County
Archives
,
Nashville
Public
Library
Date
ca.
1930
Type
Still
Image
;
Photographs
Format
image/jpeg
Identifier
Wilk scrapbook pg 011 Foster La Colombaia villa; Wilk scrapbook pg 011 La Colombaia fountain; Wilk scrapbook pg 011 La Colombaia info; Wilk scrapbook pg 011 Villa Colombaia interior
Language
English
Relation
Mrs
.
Frank
A.
Wilk
Digital
Photographs
Collection
Coverage
1930-1939
Rights
U.S
. and
international
copyright
laws
protect
this
digital
content
,
which
is
provided
for
educational
purposes
only
and
may
not be
downloaded
,
reproduced
, or
distributed
for any
other
purpose
without
written
permission
.
Please
contact
the
Metro
Archives
,
Nashville
Public
Library
,
615
Church
Street
,
Nashville
,
Tennessee
,
37219
.
Telephone
(615)
862-5880
.
Location
Closed Stacks, Metro Archives-digital images
Description
Title
Villa
“La
Colombaia,”
Florence
,
Italy
,
circa
1930
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Villa “La Colombaia,” Florence, Italy, circa 1930
Wilk scrapbook pg 011 Foster La...
Wilk scrapbook pg 011 La...
Wilk scrapbook pg 011 La...
Wilk scrapbook pg 011 Villa...
Villa “La Colombaia,” Florence, Italy, circa 1930
Wilk scrapbook pg 011 Foster La Colombaia villa
Wilk scrapbook pg 011 La Colombaia fountain
Wilk scrapbook pg 011 La Colombaia info
Wilk scrapbook pg 011 Villa Colombaia interior
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