A page from a mounted and bound volume of twenty-five pen-and-ink wash drawings, and two pen-and-ink maps of Nashville created by William A. Eichbaum during the 1850s. Eichbaum was a Nashville bookseller and resident for fifty years. The drawing...
29; Northeast; 37; 10.0x20.0; *Can't find the deed,but according to the Plat book this lot was woned by a General James Robertson.; Robertson, Gen. James 1741-1814; Robertson, Charlotte 1755-1843; Robertson, Felix 1781-1865; Robertson, Lydia...
(See McEwen, Robert H.); 4; 1; 40.0x50.0; 268; I; 05/15/1844; A.C.G.; Ramsey, Charlotte P. 1812-1887; Ramsey, Susan A. 1810-1849; Ramsey, Col. William B. 1799-1874; Mary Eliza W. (inf)
(and Trimble, John); 4; ---; 1; 40.0x50.0; 268; I; 05/15/1844; A. C. G.; Ramsey, Charlotte P. 1812-1887; Ramsey, Susan A. 1810-1849; Ramsey, Co. William B. 1799-1874; Mary Eliza W. (Infant)
A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about the death of two men who fell from scaffolding. The caption reads: “Two men traveled the course of this white line to their death when scaffolding gave way as they chinked cracks in the...
A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about Nashville Times carrier boys. The caption reads: “More than 200 Nashville Times carrier boys were guests last night of the Dodson Shows, at Fortieth and Charlotte, when all the...
A color postcard of the Tennessee State Capitol Building. The Capitol was erected between 1845 and 1853 and cost $2,500,000 to build. The architectural idea is that of a Greek Ionic Temple. The building sits 175 feet above the Cumberland River...
A bookplate advertising Setliff & Company, a wholesale bookseller on Church Street. According to Nashville city directories, the Setliff business was started in 1867 by Abraham Setliff in the Commercial Hotel building located at 33 Cedar Street...
A photograph of First Baptist Church Capitol Hill. Originally called First Colored Baptist Church, this African American church was founded by Reverend Nelson Merry in 1865. The church sprang from the First Colored Baptist Mission, a group of...