An original political cartoon created by Jack Knox, the Nashville Banner editorial cartoonist from the mid-1940s to the early 1970s. In the foreground, Chief Justice Earl Warren and another judge look at a "No Prayer Decree" and look out the...
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 the early 1970s. The two frames depict President Lyndon Baines Johnson with an iron glove ("For North Vietnam Aggression")...
1 map; 58 x 75 cm. The first page of a two-page index to a plat map of downtown Nashville, Tennessee, originally published in 1908 by G.M. Hopkins Company. This index lists the names of all streets appearing on the map with their corresponding...
1 map; 58 x 75 cm. A plat map of downtown Nashville, Tennessee, originally published in 1908 by G. M. Hopkins Company, showing the various buildings, landscapes, acreage, and street routes for several blocks. Original building structures and...
1 map; 58 x 75 cm. A plat map of downtown Nashville, Tennessee and the surrounding area, originally published in 1908 by G. M. Hopkins Company, showing the various buildings, landscapes, acreage, and street routes for several blocks bound by Joseph...
An autographed hand-signed photograph of Joseph T. Macpherson, a Metropolitan Opera Company bass-baritone, from Amqui, Tennessee. This photograph is inscribed to his Nashville voice teacher Signor G. S. de Luca with the notation: "To Signor G. S....
Not sure of the exact location of this lot--only know that this lot exists because of remarks on the cards in the file-- know that it is located in the old yard--about 40' west of Cedar--the people who are buried on this lot are listed on the...
11; East; 19; 20.0x40.0; 281; I; 07/01/1844; Originally the lot sold bordered / on Central Ave, but in April, 1846 Mr. Burton changed the lot to this lot on Oak Ave.; Burton, Chas. 1826-1856; Burton, Fannie M. 1864-65; Burton, Fannie McG....
A photograph of the new air service being demonstrated at the Nashville Airport, Nashville, Tennessee. The following caption accompanied this photograph in the Nashville Banner newspaper on February 3, 1936: "Twenty-one domestic and an...
11; West; 25; 20.0x40.0; *Can't find the deed, but according to the records, this lot belongs to Mrs. Joseph W. Clay (Sarah Fletcher Clay).; Dowell, Sarah Ruth Boyd 1865-1951; Dowell, Willis Bolivar 1855-1934; Fletcher, Patterson 1819-1894;...
(Original lot owner was Moses, Joseph, but he did not pay for the lot so it was sold to Corbitt); 10; 21; 10.0x20.0; 22; 44; III; 10/20/1856; Looks empty--10 spaces
20; West; 11; 10.0x20.0; 151; II; 11/26/1850; Dorris, Joseph 1837-1838; Dorris, Elizabeth M.; Dorris, John Irwin; Dorris, John I. 1830-1848; Dorris, Rebecca 1835-1850; Dorris, Wm. D. 1802-1892; Dorris, Wm. M. 1833-1847; Dorris, Rebecca Shivers...
27; West; 20; 10.0x40.0; *Can't find the deed, but according to the Plat book this lot is owned by a Capt. Duffield); Kleiser, Joseph H. 1845-1882; S.J.C.
A newspaper image of Edward Joseph “Dummy” Dundon, pitcher of the professional baseball team the Nashville Americans. In 1885, the Southern League was formed, and Nashville’s entry into the new league for two seasons was the Nashville...
A photograph of E. Gray Smith, Packard dealership, located at 2400 West End Avenue in Nashville, Tennessee. E. Gray Smith was a longtime Nashville auto dealer whose father was one of the first local car dealers starting around 1902. In this view of...
Pictured: The sturdy “Edgefield” ferry with an unidentified group of people along the Cumberland River. Ferries were an important part of Davidson County Tennessee river history. The ferry was started in 1871 by Joseph and Theodore Clees....
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Joseph R. O'Donnell, conducted on 7 July 2003 by Robert P. Richardson as part of the Nashville Public Library's Veterans History Project. As a Marine photographer, O'Donnell was assigned to overseas...