A photograph of the American Legion Post 5 clubhouse in Nashville, Tennessee, 1960. This building was located at 120 9th Avenue S. (previously Vauxhall Street.) The post also made use of the house at 118 9th Avenue S, so the official address is...
A photograph of the artwork design of the columns of the American Legion Post 5 clubhouse in Nashville, Tennessee. This building was located at 120 9th Avenue S. (previously Vauxhall Street.) The post also made use of the house at 118 9th Avenue S,...
A photograph of the window and wrought-iron sill of the American Legion Post 5 clubhouse in Nashville, Tennessee. This building was located at 120 9th Avenue S. (previously Vauxhall Street.) The post also made use of the house at 118 9th Avenue S,...
Photograph of a snow scene at a German airstrip near Gosselies, Belgium, that had been taken over by Americans during the Second World War. American GI's lived in the tent on the right with only a heater stove to keep warm. The camouflage nets...
Street scene in Dreiborn, Germany, 1944. Shows battle-scarred buildings, muddy street, many communications wires, and an American jeep and an MP at an intersection. A church steeple, shrouded in mist, was occupied by a German sniper who killed an...
A photograph of two pilots, Richard "Bulgey" Dotterer (left) and Clarence E. Louden, during World War II. This photograph was later used in a tape for national broadcast that set out to show the everyday life of men serving in the war. Dotterer...
Photograph of a group of Joe Thompson's buddies, relaxing on base before they were sent further down the coast of England in preparation for what turned out to be the battle of Normandy. Forms part of the Veterans History Project collection. 1...
Nashville College for Young Ladies was opened in 1880 by Dr. George W.F. Price, and was popularly known as Price's school. At the time of the closing exercises in 1882, the school was located on Spruce Street. It was later located on Broad Street...
A photograph of the Ross Elementary School, located at 1300 Ordway Place (formerly Grove Avenue) in East Nashville, Tennessee. The notation reads: "Anne Hester entered in First Grade and finished 9th Grade, going then to Hume-Fogg where she...
A cabinet card portrait photograph of Captain Pleas A. Smith, a Confederate veteran of the American Civil War. He was born in Nashville, Tennessee on the 10th of November, 1841, and was raised on the "Ewing Farm" six miles south of Nashville. At...
A photograph of Captain James Pierre Drouillard II, the son of Mary Florence Kirkman Drouillard and James Pierre Drouillard. He was born in Nashville in 1874. His great-grandfather was Anthony Wayne Van Leer, the founder of the iron works,...
An original will of Vessie Abernathy, dated April 9th, 1904. Illustrates the first page of the document. Abernathy’s will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court on March 18th, 1905. Forms part of Record Group 16, Original Wills,...
An original will of Samuel A. Abernathy, dated November 9th, 1919. Illustrates the first page of the document. The verso notation reads “filed 31 August, 1936 by Harry Hite.” Forms part of Record Group 16, Original Wills, 1780-1925.
An original will of W. G. Adams, dated May 30th, 1917. Illustrates the first page of the document. Adams’ will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court on August 9th, 1922. Forms part of Record Group 16, Original Wills, 1780-1925.
A captioned photo, published in the Nashville Times (1940), about the Automobile Electric Service Company, with the caption “Car Trouble?--Then Drive Right In.” The business is cited in the 1941 City Directory at 168 9th Avenue N, Charles C....
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,...
Related to the last will and testament and of Alvin F. Ahlum. Illustrates the first page of a form stating “we have examined the records and files in the office of the Surrogate of the County of New York, do find there remaining, a certain...
An original will of J. D. Alexander, dated January 9th, 1917. Illustrates the first page of the document. Alexander’s will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court on February 19th, 1919. Forms part of Record Group 16, Original...
An original will of Felice Ann Allen, dated December 9th, 1905. Illustrates the first page of the document. Allen’s will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court on December 7th, 1908. Forms part of Record Group 16, Original...
An original will of Tennessee E. Allen, dated December 9th, 1905. Illustrates the first page of the document. Allen’s will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court on May 24th, 1922. Forms part of Record Group 16, Original Wills,...