Excerpts from an oral history interview with Marion F. "Sonny" Smith, conducted on 25 Sept. 2007 by Larry Patterson as part of the Nashville Public Library's Veterans History Project. Smith served with the 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment of the...
Property was acquired by the City of Nashville on the north side of the Public Square as a building site for a new City Market House in September of 1935. Plans for the new building were submitted by architect Henry C. Hibbs. Upon approval of...
28; Northeast; 45; 10.0x47.0; *Can't find this deed, but according to the Plat book this lot is owned by a William Hume.; Hume, Rev. Jesse W. 1822-1854; Hume, Joseph (under 2 yrs.); Hume, Rebecca (under 2 yrs.); Hume, Rachel Jackson 1827-1910;...
A cabinet card portrait photograph of Captain Pleas A. Smith, a Confederate veteran of the American Civil War. He was born in Nashville, Tennessee on the 10th of November, 1841, and was raised on the "Ewing Farm" six miles south of Nashville. At...
A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about a basketball game in the tournament. The caption reads: “Leland Blackwood, West forward, shoots at the basket but misses. Felix [Ray?] not shown in the picture, got the rebound. On the...
A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about night classes at Jennings Grocery. The caption reads: “The above group of Nashville grocers and grocery clerks were photographed as they attended evening classes at Jennings Grocery at 913...
A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about the Kirkwood Heights development. The caption states “the homes pictured above are part of the Kirkwood Heights developments just being completed. Many of these houses are ready for...
A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940). It cites that “A group from Division Four of the Commercial-Industrial committee of the Red Cross are shown above. Left to right, seated, are Charles L. Cornelius, Balie Gross and Ruben Seay;...
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 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 page 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 years. The drawing...
A page 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 years. The drawing...
A photograph of a car wedged under a mobile home during the May 2010 flood in Antioch. The mobile home park was located on Antioch Pike.
Forms part of the Nashville Room Flood 2010 Digital History Project.
A photograph of a church referred to as the House of God, an African American Pentecostal denomination also known as the Church of the Living God. The full name used on the front entrance signage reads: The House of God Which is the Church of the...
A photograph of a single African American standing in a long line of voters at Clinton, Tennessee's fire hall precinct. Segregationist candidates were defeated in this election. Earlier that year, on August 27, twelve African American students...
A photograph of Clark Memorial Methodist Church, Nashville's oldest African American Church. Located now at 1015 Fourteenth Avenue North, Clark Memorial has had several name and location changes throughout the years. The congregation came into...
A photograph of Cleveland Street Baptist Church located at 608 Cleveland Street in Nashville, Tennessee. This church was founded in 1889 as a small mission known as North Street Baptist Church. It was started by the Reverend William Bailey in a...
A photograph of East End Methodist Church located at 1212 Holly Street in Nashville, Tennessee, in the East Nashville neighborhood. While the congregation was established in 1889, the current church was completed in 1907. Built of red brick, the...
A photograph of Gordon Memorial United Methodist Church, historically located at 2336 Herman Street in Nashville, Tennessee. The current city directory lists the address as 2334 Herman Street. With the congregation originally founded in 1903,...