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 New Hope Baptist Church, now called New Hope Missionary Baptist Church, located at 1303 Hawkins Street in Nashville, Tennessee. The church was founded by J.C. Harding in 1885 and rebuilt on the same location in 1973 as indicated on...
An original political cartoon drawing created by Jack Knox, the Nashville Banner editorial cartoonist from the mid-1940s to early 1970s. This cartoon pertains to the growth of the Federal bureaucracy. The cartoon shows a man with tree pruners in...
An undated photograph of the second governor's mansion located at 2118 West End Avenue, Nashville, Tennessee. The squarish, buff-colored brick structure was originally a residence built by C. T. Cheek, a wealthy wholesale grocer, circa 1910. It was...
Named after Alonzo Napier, brother of J.C. Napier, this original Napier school building, seen here from the side, opened mid way through the 1897-1898 school year. It was located at the corner of Robinson and Fairfield. Completion of the school...
Opened in January of 1940, Carter-Lawrence Elementary was a combination of two previously separate schools. Carter Elementary, containing grades one through six, was located just north of the present site on 12th Avenue South. Lawrence Elementary,...
A photograph of West End United Methodist Church located at 2200 West End Avenue in the West End neighborhood of Nashville, Tennessee. This church was the third building for the congregation that organized in 1869. Donald W. Southgate was the...
On March 10, 1887, the first permanent house of worship for Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist Church was dedicated at 908 Cedar Street. The church was first conceived by Reverend R. T. Huffman and a number of his followers. Succeeding Reverend Huffman...
A postcard of the Davidson County Court House and Public Square showing the wagon market. Also referred to as Court House Square, this area was located right in the center of the city. The square with the county courthouse, city hall and market...
A photograph of Sgt. K. C. Henry of Lafayette, Tenn. who prepares to take down the Tennessee state flag from its makeshift but sturdy flagpole at a campsite in Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Shield. The campsite, nicknamed "Hotel California"...
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 postcard of the Duncan Hotel built in 1889 by wealthy Nashville broker William M. Duncan. This massive brick building was trimmed in stone and occupied a fourth of the block on the southeast corner of Cherry and Cedar Street (now Fourth and...
A postcard of the Nashville Reservoir located on Eighth Avenue South. An electric streetcar is pictured on the road. In 1889 the city built the reservoir on top of Kirkpatrick Hill on the site of Fort Casino just south of downtown Nashville. The...
Mary Frances "Fannie" Battle in her later years, with grey hair, light blue or grey eyes, and wearing glasses and a white shirt. Mary Francis "Fannie" Battle (1842-1924) was a Nashville humanitarian and social worker who was known during her...
A photograph of Fannie Battle Day Home territorial chairmen seen at the home of Mrs. Howard Adkins, circa 4 December 1951, where she displays the symbol of the Fannie Battle carol singers, "A candle in the window; a carol at the door." Seen from...
A photograph of the Stagecrafters theater group. Formed in 1906, the Stagecrafters were the earliest of Nashville's local theater groups. Their membership was limited to 50 drama devotees. The purpose was to "develop talent among amateurs and to...
A postcard of the Andrew Jackson Hotel. This hotel opened in August of 1925 on the east side of Memorial Plaza on the corner of Sixth Avenue and Deaderick Street. The massive brick structure boasted 400 guest rooms. During the years it was in...
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 A. Z. Kelley and some of the legal team from Kelley v. Board of Education of Nashville in September 1955. Following the Brown v. Board of Education ruling, the Supreme Court issued Brown II, ordering that schools to desegregate...
A photograph of the Madison Street United Methodist Church located at 319 Madison Street in downtown Clarksville, Tennessee circa 2 June 1975. Originally built in 1882, the church was designed by architect C. G. Rosenplanter in the Gothic Revival...