1 map; 58 x 75 cm. A plat map of downtown Nashville, Tennessee and the surrounding area, originally published in 1908 by G. M. Hopkins Company, showing the various buildings, landscapes, acreage, and street routes for several blocks. Original...
A photograph of St. Paul Primitive Baptist Church located at 1625 Patterson Street in Nashville, Tennessee. According to the cornerstone, the building was erected in 1948. In 1979 the interior was heavily damaged by a fire that was suspected to...
A postcard featuring two Nashville scenes. The top section is of the Parthenon in Centennial Park. The view shows the annual Christmas display which attracted thousands of visitors each year from 1954 to 1967. In 1968 the oversized nativity...
A photograph of the Senior Class of the 1934 Y.M.C.A. Night Law School of Nashville, Tennessee. The law school operated over many decades at Nashville's Downtown Y.M.C.A. (226 7th Avenue North) from circa 1911 until 1986. It was opened by recent...
A photograph of Mrs. Eleanor Hankins (Hank) Fort, a Nashville native and prominent singer-songwriter. Popularly known by the stage name of Hank Fort, her music included songs with a Southern flavor, such as: "Put Your Shoes on Lucy," "Nashville's...
A photograph of the Nashville City Reservoir, in Nashville, Tennessee, as it was being constructed in 1877. An accompanying article describes the completed structure, as quoted: "The City Reservoir, which was built in 1887, cost the city of...
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 map on...
A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about the Hoover Motor Express Softball Team. The caption reads: “Here is a softball team that should be ready to roll when it enters one of the regular leagues next week. It’s the recently...
This elevated view of the American Trust Building, on the corner of Third Avenue and Union Streets, taken from the window of a building across the street, highlights architect Henry C. Hibbs' design of an addition of ten stories to the top and...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nashville veteran James Carlew, conducted on 25 March 2004 by Larry Patterson as part of the Nashville Public Library's Veterans History Project. Carlew, who served in the Navy during World War II and...
A photograph of the Andrew Price Memorial United Methodist Church located at 2846 Lebanon Road in Nashville, Tennessee. The roots of the church started around 1850. At that time a group of Methodists organized the Donelson Methodist Episcopal...
A photograph of a filling station called Uncle Bob Gary's Place on Trinity Lane and Dickerson Pike in Nashville, Tennessee. Advertisements for automotive oil and Coco-Cola products are posted outside of the store. A chalkboard with a hand-written...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Ophelia and Walter Stokes, conducted on 29 August 1976 by Ophelia Paine as part of the Historic Nashville, Inc. Tennessee Centennial Project. Mr. and Mrs. Stokes describe the Shooting the Chute ride...