A color postcard showing a bird's eye view of Nashville from Polk Flats. Polk Flats was an apartment building in Nashville, situated in between seventh and eighth avenues in the heart of downtown. The complex was built in the 1890s to take the...
Cover of photograph album compiled by Loraine O'Connor while her husband, Edward, was serving in the Army Air Forces during World War II. Edward E. O'Connor Jr. was born on Jan. 14, 1915 in Nashville to Edward Earl O'Connor and his wife, Kate. He...
A postcard of the Davidson County Court House as it appeared around 1910. The courthouse was designed in 1857 by Francis Strickland, son of William Strickland, who built the State Capitol. Construction on the building started in 1859 and finished...
(Transferred from Berry, A.D.); 17; 5; 20.0x36.5; 426; I; 03/13/1879; Ellison, Ella 1878-1925; Ellison, Ella T.H. 1845-1899; Ellison, J.M. 1909 (inf of J.M.); Ellison, James M. 1844-1880; Ellison, James M. 1876-1929; Ellison, Katie 1877-78 (inf);...
A postcard of Fifth Avenue looking north from Church Street in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. This intersection was one of the busiest retail sections of town during the time. Automobiles line both sides of the street, while pedestrians walk the...
A postcard of Jubilee Hall at Fisk University. Completed in 1876, this was the first permanent building erected for the higher education of African Americans in the United States. The six story structure was designed by architect Steven D. Hatch...
A portrait of an unidentified Meharry Medical College graduate, circa 1900. The school was founded in 1876 as the Medical Department of Central Tennessee College and the first medical school in the South for African Americans. It was chartered...
A piece of commercial advertising correspondence created by Edgar M. Foster, business manager of the Nashville Banner from 1891 to at least 1915. In this letter, Foster urges advertisers to consider placing ads with the Nashville Banner because of...
A postcard of the Church Street viaduct right after completion between 1915 and 1930. This structure was built to carry car traffic over the railroad tracks. A new viaduct was built to replace this one in the 1990s. Forms part of the Norton...
A color postcard depicting the Tennessee State Capitol at night. Situated in the center of the city at Charlotte Avenue and Sixth Avenue, the capitol building rests 197 feet above the level of the Cumberland River. The building draws on elements...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Catherine Berry Pilcher Avery, conducted on the 09 February 1981 and the 13 February 1981 by Leanne Thornton as part of the Historic Nashville, Inc. Oral History Project. Avery, the...
An original will of Callie P. Abbott. Illustrates the first page of the document. Abbott’s will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court on January 27th, 1915. Forms part of Record Group 16, Original Wills, 1780-1925.
An original will of John C. Adamson, dated April 14th, 1913. Illustrates the first page of the document. Adamson’s will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court on August 12th, 1915. Forms part of Record Group 16, Original Wills,...
An original will of E. A. Alexander, dated August 12th, 1905. Illustrates the first page of the document. Alexander’s will was presented for probate to the DeKalb County Court on August 21st, 1915. Forms part of Record Group 16, Original...
An original will of James M. Alexander, dated August 12th, 1905. Illustrates the first page of the document. Alexander’s will was presented for probate to the DeKalb County Court on August 21st, 1915. Forms part of Record Group 16, Original...
An original will of Matilda C. Alloway, dated May 26th, 1900, a citizen of Franklin County, Tennessee, “formerly of New York City.” Illustrates the first page of the document. Alloway’s will was presented for probate to the Davidson County...
An original will of T. K. Armstrong, dated January 10th, 1915. Illustrates the first page of the document, written on stationery of Coleman, Tompkins & Co., No. 3, Cummins Station, Wholesale Grocers, Nashville, Tenn.” Armstrong’s will was...
An original will of Frances R. Autin, “widow of William T. Autin,” dated October 21st, 1915. Illustrates the first page of the document. Autin’s will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court on November 15th, 1918. Forms part...
An original will of Joseph A. Ayers, dated June 3rd, 1915. Illustrates the first page of the document. Ayers’ will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court on October 5th, 1915. Forms part of Record Group 16, Original Wills,...
Original will of Thornton Bains, dated April 14th, 1900. Illustrates the first page of the document. Bains’ will was probated in Davidson County on January 21st, 1915. Forms part of Record Group 16, Original Wills, 1780-1925.