A young Randal McGavock is standing in front of a column and red drape, right hand (complete with pinky ring) on hip and left hand holding a book. He is wearing a dark suit with a white vest. The frame is massive and elaborate. Randal William...
An original political cartoon drawing created by Jack Knox, the Nashville Banner editorial cartoonist from the mid-1940s to early 1970s. This cartoon is a caricature of the Democratic presidential balloting and supporters in the national election...
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...
A photograph of Tulip Street United Methodist Church located at 522 Russell Street in the Edgefield Historic District in Nashville, Tennessee. The church sits at the corner of South Fifth Street, which was originally named Tulip Street in the...
Mary Hannah Johnson shown standing in front of a large painting. She is wearing a floor-length burgundy dress trimmed with lace at the neckline and sleeves. She is also wearing a very large hat with burgundy feathers. Her right hand is holding...
An elderly Edward Bushrod Stahlman, with grey hair and a receding hairline, seated in a wooden chair and holding a newspaper in his right hand. He is wearing a grey suit with a vest, tie, and collared shirt. Born in 1843 in Germany, Edward...
An edited excerpt with transcript and photograph from an interview with the Nashville Public Library's Wishing Chair Productions staff Mary Bailey (as Mary Mary and J.J.) and Pete Carden (as Tommy Dog and Library Pete), conducted on 14 November...
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 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 a winding drive in Warner Park, Nashville, Tennessee, dated between 1907 and 1914. The verso reads: "Warner Park, just beyond the city limits, contains 2,550 acres and many miles of beautiful drives and enchanting bridle paths and...
The inside front cover from a mounted and bound volume of twenty-five pen-and-ink wash drawings, and two pen-and-ink maps of Nashville created by William A. Eichbaum during the 1850s. Eichbaum was a Nashville bookseller and resident for fifty...
A typescript copy of an original will of Mrs. E. S. Bailey, dated June 12th, 1896, Sharon, Tennessee, Weakley County, citing that she is “revoking two others … one the 10 of June 1895, the other the 15 of September, 1895.” Certified by C. H....
This monument features a statue by George Julian Zolnay of the Confederate boy hero, Sam Davis. The statue dressed in a Confederate uniform is seated on a rock and holding his rifle in one hand with its butt resting on the ground. The base of the...
This monument features a statue by George Julian Zolnay of the Confederate boy hero, Sam Davis. The statue dressed in a Confederate uniform is seated on a rock and holding his rifle in one hand with its butt resting on the ground. The base of the...
This monument features a statue by George Julian Zolnay of the Confederate boy hero, Sam Davis. The statue dressed in a Confederate uniform is seated on a rock and holding his rifle in one hand with its butt resting on the ground. The base of the...
This monument features a statue by George Julian Zolnay of the Confederate boy hero, Sam Davis. The statue dressed in a Confederate uniform is seated on a rock and holding his rifle in one hand with its butt resting on the ground. The base of the...
This monument features a statue by George Julian Zolnay of the Confederate boy hero, Sam Davis. The statue dressed in a Confederate uniform is seated on a rock and holding his rifle in one hand with its butt resting on the ground. The base of the...
This monument features a statue by George Julian Zolnay of the Confederate boy hero, Sam Davis. The statue dressed in a Confederate uniform is seated on a rock and holding his rifle in one hand with its butt resting on the ground. The base of the...
This monument features a statue by George Julian Zolnay of the Confederate boy hero, Sam Davis. The statue dressed in a Confederate uniform is seated on a rock and holding his rifle in one hand with its butt resting on the ground. The base of the...
This monument features a statue by George Julian Zolnay of the Confederate boy hero, Sam Davis. The statue dressed in a Confederate uniform is seated on a rock and holding his rifle in one hand with its butt resting on the ground. The base of the...