A souvenir program from a concert performed by Lucrezia Bori, a celebrated Spanish operatic singer. The show was at the Ryman Auditorium on November 26, 1926, presented by the Board of the Martha O'Bryan Settlement. The Ryman Auditorium is...
A postcard of the Cumberland River Wharf in downtown Nashville. Several boats are visible near the river bank. The thriving businesses of First and Second Avenues are also noticeable, with advertisements visible for H.G. Lipscomb & Co. and...
A photograph of Joseph Avenue Church of Christ located at 1201 Joseph Avenue in Nashville, Tennessee. The church first appears in the city directory in 1926. In 1977 the name changed to New Joseph Avenue Church of Christ. In 1980 the name...
A photograph of Pleasant Green Baptist Church, also referred to as Pleasant Green Missionary Baptist. This historically African American church is located at 1410 Jefferson Street in Nashville, Tennessee. The architect for the project was L....
A photograph of St. Luke African Methodist Episcopal Church located at 901 Fortieth Avenue North in Nashville, Tennessee. According to the cornerstone the church was erected in 1926. The one-story church has a rough cut stone block foundation. ...
A photograph of Swift Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church, formerly Clay Street Christian Church, located at 1926 Tenth Avenue North in Nashville, Tennessee. The foundation is rough cut stone blocks. The exterior walls are red brick. The roof...
An autographed hand-signed photograph of Joseph T. Macpherson, a Metropolitan Opera Company bass-baritone, from Amqui, Tennessee. This photograph is inscribed to his Nashville voice teacher Signor G. S. de Luca with the notation: "To Signor G. S....
American boxer Jack Dempsey with Nashville Mayor Ben West and businessman Kermit C. Stengel, Sr., with an unidentified man smoking a cigar, circa 1953. William Harrison “Jack” Dempsey was an American professional boxer and cultural icon of the...
A postcard showing drawings of the Parthenon and the First American National Bank Building. The Parthenon, located in Centennial Park, is a reproduction of the Greek Athenian Temple. This full scale replica was originally constructed out of wood,...
A photograph of Belmont Heights Baptist Church, located at 2100 Belmont Boulevard, on the southern edge of Belmont University's campus in Nashville, Tennessee. The church has had two sanctuaries. The first sanctuary has a foundation made of...
A photograph of the former Craig Memorial Methodist Church located at 530 Twenty-sixth Avenue North, Nashville, Tennessee. This building has seen many uses over time since its construction in 1926. Originally the structure served as the church...
William T. Lowe may have been Nashville's first motorcycle police officer. He was a member of the Nashville police force from 1918 through 1926. 8 x 10 in.
The front cover of a twenty-fifth anniversary booklet celebrating the quarter century of achievements for the National Life and Accident Insurance Company. The front cover shows a rough sketch of an oak tree and a detailed drawing of the stone...