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 postcard of the Hermitage Club in Nashville, Tennessee. The Hermitage Club building was first a downtown residence in between Church and Union Streets at 233 Sixth Avenue North, then called High Street. The builder of the house was Confederate...
An original political cartoon drawing created by Jack Knox, the Nashville Banner editorial cartoonist from the mid-1940s to early 1970s. A cartoon portrait of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who served as the thirty-fourth President of the United...
Pictured: An unidentified man at the podium of the stadium program at Middle Tennessee State College on the occasion of the MacArthur family honorary ceremony in 1951. General MacArthur and his wife Jean Faircloth MacArthur are seated at center...
Pictured: Arthur MacArthur (the son of Gen. Douglas and Jean Faircloth MacArthur) with a wrapped present, seated next to his military father, with others at the stadium program at Middle Tennessee State College on the occasion of the MacArthur...
Pictured: Arthur MacArthur standing on the platform with his mother Jean Faircloth MacArthur (wife of Gen. Douglas MacArthur), smiling and waving to the crowd, during the stadium program at Middle Tennessee State College on the occasion of the...
Pictured: Arthur MacArthur, young son of Gen. Douglas MacArthur and Jean Faircloth MacArthur standing with his parents at the stadium program at Middle Tennessee State College on the occasion of the MacArthur family honorary ceremony in 1951. The...
Pictured: Gen. Douglas MacArthur (left) standing next to an unidentified man in a suit (middle), and a military officer (right), at the stadium program at Middle Tennessee State College on the occasion of the MacArthur family honorary ceremony in...
Pictured: Gen. Douglas MacArthur and wife Jean Faircloth MacArthur and young son (Arthur) among a group of military officers and civilians, upon their arrival to speak at Middle Tennessee State College in 1951. Both General MacArthur and his wife...
Pictured: Gen. Douglas MacArthur holding the gloved hand of his wife Jean Faircloth MacArthur (wearing corsage), at the stadium program at Middle Tennessee State College on the occasion of the MacArthur family honorary ceremony in 1951. The city...
Pictured: Gen. Douglas MacArthur saluting with other military officers, on the stage with his wife and son and others at the stadium program at Middle Tennessee State College on the occasion of the MacArthur family honorary ceremony in 1951. The...
Pictured: Gen. Douglas MacArthur speaking from the podium at the Middle Tennessee State College program honoring the MacArthur family in 1951. The city of Murfreesboro welcomed the couple with a parade and celebration in honor of the couples’...
Pictured: General Douglas MacArthur at the podium presenting an address at Middle Tennessee State College on the occasion of the MacArthur family honorary ceremony in 1951. General MacArthur and his wife Jean Faircloth MacArthur are seated at...
Pictured: Jean Faircloth MacArthur (wearing corsage), wife of Gen. Douglas MacArthur, on the platform at the Middle Tennessee State College program honoring the MacArthur family in 1951. The city of Murfreesboro welcomed the couple with a parade...
Pictured: Jean Faircloth MacArthur holding a fishing rod, seated next to son Arthur on the platform among military officials and townspeople, at Middle Tennessee State College on the occasion of an honorary ceremony in 1951. Both General MacArthur...
Pictured: Jean Faircloth MacArthur speaking with an unidentified man at the stadium program at Middle Tennessee State College on the occasion of the MacArthur family honorary ceremony in 1951. The city of Murfreesboro welcomed the couple with a...
Pictured: Jean Faircloth MacArthur, at the speakers’ podium, as her husband Gen. Douglas MacArthur smiles: he is standing behind her next to a man holding a silver tray. This event was at the stadium program at Middle Tennessee State College on...
Pictured: Jean Faircloth MacArthur, holding a floral bouquet, standing upon the platform with her young son Arthur and husband Gen. Douglas MacArthur, alongside a few others, relating to the stadium program at Middle Tennessee State College on the...
Pictured: Jean Faircloth MacArthur, next to son Arthur (wearing sunglasses) and General Douglas MacArthur, seated on the front row of the stadium program at Middle Tennessee State College on the occasion of the MacArthur family honorary ceremony in...
Pictured: Jean Faircloth MacArthur, next to son Arthur, and Gen. Douglas MacArthur, on the platform among military officials and townspeople, at Middle Tennessee State College on the occasion of an honorary ceremony in 1951. Both General MacArthur...