A cabinet card portrait photograph of Dr. W. L. Dudley, a distinguished scientist, lecturer, and head of the Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee. Dudley was born in 1859 in Covington, Kentucky. He earned his...
The Oak Hill “residence of Mr. and Mrs. Van Leer Kirkman, like many other homes on the Franklin Pike, is situated on a portion of the battle field of Nashville. Many relics of this conflict are here preserved. On the lovely lawn, immediately in...
A photograph showing two of the Nashville Public Library bookmobiles and drivers in Nashville's Centennial Park, circa 1955. The Parthenon, originally built for Tennessee's 1897 Centennial Exposition, is pictured in the background. The bookmobile...
Construction of the Maxwell House Hotel was not completed when Federal troops seized the building for use as a prison for Confederate soldiers. The cornerstone was laid in August of 1860, and the formal opening was in September of 1869. Isaiah...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with retirement home residents Douglas Ginn, Lillian McGlothlin, Ruth McNish, and Lera Moore, conducted on 9 July 1976 by Ann Wells as part of the Historic Nashville, Inc. Tennessee Centennial Project. In...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with retirement home residents Douglas Ginn, Lillian McGlothlin, Ruth McNish, and Lera Moore, conducted on 9 July 1976 by Ann Wells as part of the Historic Nashville, Inc. Tennessee Centennial Project. In...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Ursula Greene, conducted on 12 August 1976 by Jane King as part of the Historic Nashville, Inc. Tennessee Centennial Project. Greene discusses going to the Centennial with her boyfriend and women's...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Ursula Greene, conducted on 12 August 1976 by Jane King as part of the Historic Nashville, Inc. Tennessee Centennial Project. Greene discusses going to the Centennial, including the cost of admission...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Ursula Greene, conducted on 12 August 1976 by Jane King as part of the Historic Nashville, Inc. Tennessee Centennial Project. Greene discusses seeing the animals in the zoo at the Centennial. The...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Mary Le Sueur, conducted on 11 August 1976 by Jane King as part of the Historic Nashville, Inc. Tennessee Centennial Project. Le Sueur discusses taking a picnic lunch to the Centennial. The complete...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Mary Le Sueur, conducted on 11 August 1976 by Jane King as part of the Historic Nashville, Inc. Tennessee Centennial Project. Le Sueur explains that the lake at the Centennial impressed her and...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Mary Le Sueur, conducted on 11 August 1976 by Jane King as part of the Historic Nashville, Inc. Tennessee Centennial Project. Le Sueur compares the Centennial with Opryland. The complete interview is...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Frances Lusky, conducted on 21 July 1976 by Leonard Wood as part of the Historic Nashville, Inc. Tennessee Centennial Project. Lusky discusses the lights, fireworks, and going to hear John Philip...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nashville dentist Walter Morgan, conducted on 16 September 1976 by Ann Wells as part of the Historic Nashville, Inc. Tennessee Centennial Project. Morgan describes the buildings, the lights, the...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nashville dentist Walter Morgan, conducted on 16 September 1976 by Ann Wells as part of the Historic Nashville, Inc. Tennessee Centennial Project. Morgan discusses traveling to the Centennial on...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nashville dentist Walter Morgan, conducted on 16 September 1976 by Ann Wells as part of the Historic Nashville, Inc. Tennessee Centennial Project. Morgan describes riding the Shooting the Chute ride...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Jeanette Acklen Noel, conducted on 25 August 1976 by Jane King as part of the Historic Nashville, Inc. Tennessee Centennial Project. Noel describes riding camels at the Streets of Cairo section of the...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Jeanette Acklen Noel, conducted on 25 August 1976 by Jane King as part of the Historic Nashville, Inc. Tennessee Centennial Project. Noel describes her overall impression of the Centennial. The...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Margaret Thompson, conducted on 10 July 1976 by Ophelia Paine as part of the Historic Nashville, Inc. Tennessee Centennial Project. Thompson describes visiting the Vanity Fair and Streets of Cairo...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Margaret Thompson, conducted on 10 July 1976 by Ophelia Paine as part of the Historic Nashville, Inc. Tennessee Centennial Project. Thompson describes President and First Lady McKinley's visit to the...