A view of the construction of the Sparkman Street Bridge, later renamed Shelby Street Bridge, built along the Cumberland River in downtown Nashville. The original official name of the bridge was the Broadway Bridge. The bridge was completed in...
Mayor Ben West, with Mr. Ogden and Mr. Borum and the new Constellation plane model of Eastern Airlines, circa 1953. The first Constellation flight at the Nashville Airport was on April 26th, 1953. The airliner was manufactured by Lockheed and...
An original will of John D. Anderson, dated April 22nd, 1914. Illustrates the first page of the document. Anderson’s will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court on June 19th, 1914. Forms part of Record Group 16, Original Wills,...
An original will of Julia W. Andrews, dated April 21st, 1917. Illustrates the first page of the document. Andrews’ will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court on May 28th, 1923. Forms part of Record Group 16, Original Wills,...
An original will of William Van Roy Andrews, dated April 17th, 1922. Illustrates the first page of the document. Andrews’ will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court on June 7th, 1923. Forms part of Record Group 16, Original...
An original will of Eugene Arnell, dated April 5th, 1918, with reference to Herbert, Tennessee. The document was witnessed by Jno. H. Fey and C. F. Hutchinson. Illustrates the first page of the document. Arnold’s will was presented for probate...
An original will of Thomas A. Atchison, dated April 16th, 1900. Illustrates the first page of the document. Atchison’s will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court on October 8th, 1900. Forms part of Record Group 16, Original...
In 1970, in response to President Nixon’s widening of the Vietnam War into Cambodia, students throughout the nation protested with anti-war demonstrations. Nixon ordered U. S. troops into Cambodia on April 30th, 1970, and protests against 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...
Greeting card from Susie Agee, Edward O'Connor's sister, sent to him sometime during World War II. She writes a personal note to "Bud" on the back of the card, telling Edward that her husband, Malcolm, "really did enjoy reading about all those...
Original wills of W. L. (William L.) Bainbridge (will dated March 16th, 1905, probated in Davidson County Court on November 4th, 1905) and his wife Valeria E. Bainbridge (will dated April 5th, 1906, probated in Davidson County on September 17th,...
This beautiful covered shopping arcade, located between Fourth and Fifth Avenues N, in downtown Nashville, was built in 1903 and was modeled after the Galleria Vittorio Emmanuele II arcade in Milan, Italy. The City Beautiful Award ribbon was...
Original wills of husband and wife, Mrs. Emily C. B. Baird and A. J. Baird, of Davidson County, Tennessee. Illustrates the first page of the document (Mrs. Emily C. B. Baird’s will of April 26, 1899). Mrs. Baird’s will was probated in Davidson...
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.
An original will of Henry Baker, “of the County of Davidson, State of Tennessee,” dated September 26th, 1893, that was probated in the Davidson County Court on April 12th, 1894, recorded in “Will Book 32, Page 313.” Illustrates the first...
An original will of Lucy M. Baker, “of Nashville, in the County of Davidson and State of Tennessee,” dated April 21st, 1910. Illustrates the first page of the document. Baker’s will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court on...
An original will of Theodore Baker, dated April 2nd, 1892. Illustrates the first page of the document. Baker’s will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court on August 6th, 1892 according to the notation written on the envelope:...
Colonel Luke Lea, surrounded by a crowd and a brass band at the town square in Lebanon, Tennessee upon his release from prison in 1936. Luke Lea (1879-1945) was born at Lealand, the family’s 1,000-acre farm on the outskirts of Nashville. He was...
Colonel Luke Lea, surrounded by a crowd and a brass band at the town square in Lebanon, Tennessee upon his release from prison in 1936. Luke Lea (1879-1945) was born at Lealand, the family’s 1,000-acre farm on the outskirts of Nashville. He was...
An original will of W. B. Ballard, dated April 3rd, 1923. Illustrates a page of the document. Ballard’s will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court on August 2nd, 1923. Includes an envelope with the address of “W. B. Ballard,...