An original will of William Austin, dated March 25th, 1889. Illustrates the first page of the document. Austin’s will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court on April 8th, 1889. Forms part of Record Group 16, Original Wills,...
A cabinet card portrait photograph of Dr. W. L. Dudley, a distinguished scientist, lecturer, and head of the Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee. Dudley was born in 1859 in Covington, Kentucky. He earned his...
An original will of Bridget Ahearn, dated April 19th, 1889. Illustrates the first page of the document. Ahearn’s will was recorded for probate to the Davidson County Court in “Will Book 30, Page 238” The notation also cites the “inventory...
An original will of Cora Aldrich, dated February 11th, 1887. Illustrates the first page of the document. Akin’s will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court, during August Term of 1889. Forms part of Record Group 16, Original...
An account sales list of personal property of Willie E. Allen, “sold by J. D. Brown, Admr.,” subscribed and sworn on September 2nd, 1889. Illustrates the first page of the document. Notation: “Rec. in Book of Wills, no. 30, pgs. [314?]”...
The building of the Eighth Avenue South Reservoir, located on Kirkpatrick Hill, was begun in 1887 and was completed in 1889. With an outside wall height of 33.75 feet and a perimeter at the top of the outside wall running 1,746 feet, the reservoir...
A multi-page pamphlet outlining the American Bread Company's production of Holsum Bread products at the Nashville plant on Murfreesboro Road. Also included are mini headshots and bios for officers and executive personnel associated with the...
A photograph of Hall Memorial Missionary Baptist Church historically located at 5990 Mt. View Road in Antioch, Tennessee. Although most recently recorded as having a 6005 Mt. View Road address, this church is no longer listed in the Nashville City...
A photograph of Ransom Temple Cumberland Presbyterian Church located at 2210 Buchanan Street in Nashville, Tennessee. This congregation was formed in 1889. The church building was finished in 1968 and remodeled in 1975. The foundation is brick. ...
A postcard showing the front elevation of the Hermitage, home of Andrew Jackson located twelve miles from Nashville in Hermitage, Tennessee. The architecture is colonial, the verandas are wide and long and the rooms inside are large and spacious. ...
A postcard showing the front elevation of the Hermitage, home of Andrew Jackson located twelve miles from Nashville in Hermitage, Tennessee. The architecture is colonial, the verandas are wide and long and the rooms inside are large and spacious. ...
A postcard showing the front elevation of the Hermitage, home of Andrew Jackson located twelve miles from Nashville in Hermitage, Tennessee. The architecture is colonial, the verandas are wide and long and the rooms inside are large and spacious. ...
A postcard of the Duncan Hotel built in 1889 by wealthy Nashville broker William M. Duncan. This massive brick building was trimmed in stone and occupied a fourth of the block on the southeast corner of Cherry and Cedar Street (now Fourth and...
A postcard of the Nashville Reservoir located on Eighth Avenue South. An electric streetcar is pictured on the road. In 1889 the city built the reservoir on top of Kirkpatrick Hill on the site of Fort Casino just south of downtown Nashville. The...
A postcard of Battle Ground Academy and Gymnasium, circa 1909. Established in 1889, the school was named for its original location on the battle ground of the Civil War Battle of Franklin. The first campus was erected at the corner of Columbia...
A view of Nashville landscape and roads as seen from Reservoir Hill, April 8, 1928. The reservoir structure itself is not pictured in this view, though some of the upper hill area is visible. The reservoir, located at 1401 8th Avenue South, was...
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 studio portrait (seated) of a Nashville soldier, Private John Knopp of the 1st Tennessee Volunteers, 1898 at Camp Merritt, California. The card index identifies the soldier as "John Knopp," while the Knopp surname referenced in the regimental...
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. This drawing...
An original will of Mary E. Atchison, of Nashville, Tennessee, dated July 5th, 1889. Illustrates the first page of the document. Includes a notarized document of Warren County, Kentucky, dated Feb. 12th, 1912 and a Davidson County, Tennessee...