A copy photograph of an 1890's gymnastics class of young female students at Ward's Seminary for Young Ladies in Nashville, Tennessee. The photograph shows Mary Louise and Sadie Warner (later Mrs. William Mallison and Mrs. George Frazier) on the gym...
A photograph of Mary Florence Kirkman Drouillard, between 1890 and 1905. She was born in Nashville on August 23, 1843, the daughter of Hugh Kirkman and Eleanora C. Van Leer. She was educated in local private schools and completed her education in...
An original will of Isabel Baggarly, “of the 16 District of Davidson County and State of Tennessee,” dated March 15, 1890. Illustrates the first page of the document. Baggarly’s will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court...
Opened in January of 1940, Carter-Lawrence Elementary was a combination of two previously separate schools. Carter Elementary, containing grades one through six, was located just north of the present site on 12th Avenue South. Lawrence Elementary,...
A photograph of St. Patrick Catholic Church located at 1219 Second Avenue South in Nashville, Tennessee. The church was built in 1890 to serve the mainly Irish neighborhood, and so was named after St. Patrick. The red brick structure was...
A photograph of Trinity African Methodist Episcopal Church located at 1264 Third Avenue South in Nashville, Tennessee. The Trinity AME congregation was established in 1890, while the building was erected in 1919. The foundation is concrete. The...
A photograph of Woodland Street Presbyterian Church located at 211 North Eleventh Street in the East Nashville neighborhood of Nashville, Tennessee. Woodland Presbyterian Church was organized in 1858 as the First Presbyterian Church of Edgefield...
First Baptist Church, Capitol Hill, was organized in the 1840's when African American members of the First Baptist Church decided to start their own separate church under the leadership of Pastor Nelson Merry. The first meeting house, erected in...
An elderly Edward Bushrod Stahlman, with grey hair and a receding hairline, seated in a wooden chair and holding a newspaper in his right hand. He is wearing a grey suit with a vest, tie, and collared shirt. Born in 1843 in Germany, Edward...
A postcard of Nashville's City Hospital (later known as Nashville General Hospital, 72 Hermitage Avenue) as it appeared circa 1913. This stately edifice was designed by Thompson & Gibel, Architects. It was the first city-owned and operated...
16; South; 23; 10.0x10.0; 224; III; 04/26/1864; (The lot was originally 10x30 but in 1873 10x20 was sold to Mr. R.P. Brown and then transferred same part of the lot to Mrs. V.C. Reeves in 1890.); Looks empty.
An original will of Elisabeth Adcock, dated July 9th, 1887. Illustrates the first page of the document. Adcock’s will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court on April 16th, 1890. Forms part of Record Group 16, Original Wills,...
A typescript copy of an original will of H. C. Bailey, dated August 20, 1890, Weakley County, Tennessee. Certified by C. H. Hilliard, County court clerk for Weakley County, that “the above is a true copy of the will of H. C. Bailey, dec’d”...
A photograph of a stone carving of the face of a woman over the archway of one entrance to the 5th Avenue side of Saint Cloud Corner, 500 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee. Part of the building occupies the former site of the Saint Cloud Hotel, a...
The home of Captain John Bradford, named “Woodstock,” located on Granny White Pike, Nashville, Tennessee. The original home, according to a note in the scrapbook, was located at approximately 4510 Granny White Pike. Lizzie Nichol “was...
Pictured: A big crowd welcoming the arrival of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and other dignitaries at the train station, in Nashville, Tennessee, for the funeral of Congressman Joseph Wellington “Jo” Byrns, Sr. in Nashville, Tennessee. Bryns...
Pictured: Dignitaries arriving with President Franklin D. Roosevelt for the funeral service of Congressman Joseph Wellington “Jo” Byrns, Sr. in Nashville, Tennessee. Bryns (July 20, 1869-June 4, 1936) was a U.S. politician, born in Cedar Hill,...
Pictured: A big crowd welcoming the arrival of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and other dignitaries, for the funeral of Congressman Joseph Wellington “Jo” Byrns, Sr. in Nashville, Tennessee. Bryns (July 20, 1869-June 4, 1936) was a U.S....
Pictured: A big crowd welcoming the arrival of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and other dignitaries, for the funeral of Congressman Joseph Wellington “Jo” Byrns, Sr. in Nashville, Tennessee. Bryns (July 20, 1869-June 4, 1936) was a U.S....
Pictured: The Pallbearers with the casket of Congressman Joseph Wellington “Jo” Byrns, Sr. in Nashville, Tennessee. Bryns (July 20, 1869-June 4, 1936) was a U.S. politician, born in Cedar Hill, Robertson County. He displayed a strong early...