A Japanese-inspired Christmas bulletin listing the service times for Catholic mass and Protestant services to be held for the 10th Marines, 2nd Marine Division in Kyushu, Japan, 1945. This bulletin was collected by American Marine, Melvin C....
Front of Japanese-inspired Christmas card issued by the 2nd Marine Division during World War II, collected by American Marine, Melvin C. Dodson. Dodson enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1940. He reached the rank of Captain and served in the...
A photograph of the James Geddes Engine Company No. 6, a two-story architectural structure located at 629 2nd Avenue, South, in Nashville, Tennessee. This building's address at the time of the photograph was 627 2nd Avenue, South, as listed in the...
A photograph of a residential street in the Hillsboro/Belmont area during the record breaking snow and ice storm of 1951. Bone chilling weather brought sub-zero temperatures to most of Tennessee during a winter storm spanning January 31st through...
Nashville firefighters check billboards announcing Fire Prevention Week atop the Patent Button Company, on the north side of the Nashville Public Square. The adjacent building at the corner of the public square and 2nd Avenue North is home to the...
Harris-Davis and Company, J. L. Turner and Son, and J. S. Reeves and Company were among the buildings that once delineated the outer perimeter of the public square in Nashville. The square, with the county courthouse, city hall and market center,...
A letter from Dutch immigrant, Peter J. Williamson back home to his wife, Eunice, during the Civil War. In 1862, Williamson enlisted as a Private in the 1st Wisconsin Cavalry, Company F and was ultimately promoted to Full 1st Lieutenant. During...
A letter from Dutch immigrant, Peter J. Williamson, back home to his wife, Eunice, during the Civil War. In 1862 Williamson enlisted as a Private in the 1st Wisconsin Cavalry, Company F and was ultimately promoted to Full 1st Lieutenant. During...
A letter from Dutch immigrant, Peter J. Williamson, back home to his wife, Eunice, during the Civil War. In 1862 Williamson enlisted as a Private in the 1st Wisconsin Cavalry, Company F and was ultimately promoted to Full 1st Lieutenant. During...
A photograph of the Gerst House restaurant, located at 315 2nd Avenue North, near the Courthouse and Public Square in downtown Nashville. This building and others were demolished during the urban renewal. The sign advertises “German food” at...
An original will of Laban Abernathy, dated July 2nd, 1833. Illustrates the first page of the document. The notation reads “recorded in book No. 10, pages 183 and 184 of examined,” in Davidson County Probate. Forms part of Record Group 16,...
An original will of Warren Abernathy, dated May 2nd, 1909. Illustrates the first page of the document. Abernathy’s will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court on May 11th, 1909. Forms part of Record Group 16, Original Wills,...
An original will of A. G. Adams, dated January 8th, 1913. Illustrates the first page of the document. Adams’ will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court on March 2nd, 1920. Forms part of Record Group 16, Original Wills,...
An original will of R. C. Adams, dated May 2nd, 1905. Illustrates the first page of the document. Adams’ will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court on August 29th, 1916. Forms part of Record Group 16, Original Wills, 1780-1925.
A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about Colonial Foods. The caption reads: “This Mack truck, together with three Mack tractors equipped with trailers, recently delivered to the C. B. Ragland Company, wholesale grocers. Dependable...
An original will of Constantino Alessio, dated February 2nd, 1898. Illustrates the first page of the document, showing a translation of the will in English, by Eugene Gazzo. Includes the original will by Alessio written in Italian, at a place known...
An original will of Mrs. Terry Alexander, dated February 4th, 1913. Illustrates the first page of the document. Alexander’s will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court on March 2nd, 1914. Forms part of Record Group 16, Original...
An original will of Alethia B. Allen, dated July 27th, 1845. She was the daughter of the late Hon. Robert Allen and a member of 2nd Presbyterian Church. Her will was written via “word of mouth July 5th, one thousand eight hundred fifty-four,”...
An original will of Robert O. Allen, Lawyer, dated April 24th, 1902, with a codicil dated November 2nd, 1914. Illustrates the first page of the document. Allen’s will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court on September 12th,...
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?]”...