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- Oral history interview with Wilbur Foster Creighton, Jr., 1980 December 13
- Excerpts from an oral history interview with Nashville engineer Wilbur Foster Creighton, Jr., conducted on 13 December 1980 by Susan Cox as part of the Century III Nashville: Nashville Heritage Project. In these excerpts, Creighton discusses the...
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- Oak Hill residence of Mr. and Mrs. Van Leer Kirkman, between 1907 and 1914
- A postcard of the Oak Hill mansion, the grand 19th century residence of Mr. and Mrs. Van Leer Kirkman, located approximately seven miles south of Nashville on Franklin Pike in Davidson County, Tennessee. Oak Hill, which suggests a French chateau...
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- Glen Leven home in Nashville, Tennessee, circa 1973
- A photograph of the historic Glen Leven home, located in Nashville, Tennessee at 4000 Franklin Road, as it appeared circa 1973. This ancestral home of the Thompson family was built in 1857 by John Thompson, son of Thomas Thompson, the pioneer...
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- Historic home residence Glen Leven, Nashville, Tennessee, 1911
- The historic Glen Leven home of the Thompson family built in 1857 by John Thompson, son of Thomas Thompson, the pioneer settler who signed the 1780 Cumberland Compact at Fort Nashborough and as a Revolutionary War soldier received a land grant...
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- Historic home residence Travellers Rest, Nashville, Tennessee, 1911
- Travellers Rest gained its name from the fact of the many guests it has entertained. John Overton, afterward Justice of the Supreme Court, came from Virginia in 1793 and built a two-room log house on the site of the present building. He was one of...
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- Pat Boone, King of Fire Prevention Week, 1953 October
- Entertainer Pat Boone at the Florsheim shoe store being fitted for some new shoes. Boone was elected the King of the Fire Prevention Week in Nashville, Tennessee, held October 4th - 10th, 1953. Charles Eugene “Pat” Boone (born June 1, 1934)...
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- Colonel Luke Lea at Lebanon, Tennessee, just out of prison, 1936 April 03
- Colonel Luke Lea, surrounded by a crowd and a brass band at the town square in Lebanon, Tennessee upon his release from prison in 1936. Luke Lea (1879-1945) was born at Lealand, the family’s 1,000-acre farm on the outskirts of Nashville. He was...
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- Colonel Luke Lea at Lebanon, Tennessee, just out of prison, 1936 April 03
- Colonel Luke Lea, surrounded by a crowd and a brass band at the town square in Lebanon, Tennessee upon his release from prison in 1936. Luke Lea (1879-1945) was born at Lealand, the family’s 1,000-acre farm on the outskirts of Nashville. He was...
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- James Robertson Apartment Hotel, Nashville Tenn., circa 1940
- A postcard of the James Robertson Apartment Hotel located on Seventh Avenue North and Commerce Street in downtown Nashville. Also pictured is a reproduction of Fort Nashboro, the log fort built by James Robertson, founder of Nashville, in 1779. ...
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