A photograph of Captain James Pierre Drouillard II, the son of Mary Florence Kirkman Drouillard and James Pierre Drouillard. He was born in Nashville in 1874. His great-grandfather was Anthony Wayne Van Leer, the founder of the iron works,...
An undated copy photograph of United States Army Captain James Pierre Drouillard, an 1861 graduate of West Point and an officer of the United States Army who served in the American Civil War. A native of Gallipolis, Ohio, he is pictured wearing his...
A postcard of the Carnegie Library of Nashville. The pubic library building was constructed with a $100,000 grant from philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, and the cornerstone was laid on April 27, 1903. Officially opened to the public on September 19,...
A postcard of the Carnegie Library of Nashville. The pubic library building was constructed with a $100,000 grant from philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, and the cornerstone was laid on April 27, 1903. Officially opened to the public on September 19,...
A postcard of the Carnegie Library of Nashville. The pubic library building was constructed with a $100,000 grant from philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, and the cornerstone was laid on April 27, 1903. Officially opened to the public on September 19,...
Advertisement for the sale of "104 Acres of Land in Davidson County, about twelve miles from Nashville, one mile from the Murfreesborough Turnpike, upon which Seaborn Gay now lives." 8 x 10 in.
A Christmas card of the second “Fairview” home of the Foster family, located on the Hillsboro Road at Abbott Lane in Nashville, Tennessee. After the first home was destroyed by fire circa 1933, this home was built upon the foundation of the...
A Japanese-inspired Christmas bulletin listing the service times for Catholic mass and Protestant services to be held for the 10th Marines, 2nd Marine Division in Kyushu, Japan, 1945. This bulletin was collected by American Marine, Melvin C....
A postcard of Nashville's City Hospital (later known as Nashville General Hospital, 72 Hermitage Avenue) as it appeared circa 1913. This stately edifice was designed by Thompson & Gibel, Architects. It was the first city-owned and operated...
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...
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...
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...
A photograph of the Commerce Building (pictured on left) and Auditorium (pictured on right) at the Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition, circa 1897. These non-extant structures were built for the celebration of Tennessee's 100th year...
A portrait photograph of Elizabeth Burgess Buford, a prominent educator and founder of Buford College, a school for young ladies that was first established in Clarksville, Tennessee in the 1880s and subsequently moved to Nashville in 1901. This...
This attractive seven-room home, located on the Hillsboro Road at Abbott Lane, in Nashville, Tennessee, was built for Mrs. Chauncey C. Foster. The residence was built upon the foundation of the old Foster home, after it was destroyed by fire circa...
This attractive seven-room home, located on the Hillsboro Road at Abbott Lane, in Nashville, Tennessee, was built for Mrs. Chauncey C. Foster. The residence was built upon the foundation of the old Foster home, after it was destroyed by fire circa...
This attractive seven-room home, located on the Hillsboro Road at Abbott Lane, in Nashville, Tennessee, was built for Mrs. Chauncey C. Foster. The residence was built upon the foundation of the old Foster home, after it was destroyed by fire circa...
This attractive seven-room home, located on the Hillsboro Road at Abbott Lane, in Nashville, Tennessee, was built for Mrs. Chauncey C. Foster. The residence was built upon the foundation of the old Foster home, after it was destroyed by fire circa...
This attractive seven-room home, located on the Hillsboro Road at Abbott Lane, in Nashville, Tennessee, was built for Mrs. Chauncey C. Foster. The residence was built upon the foundation of the old Foster home, after it was destroyed by fire circa...
This attractive seven-room home, located on the Hillsboro Road at Abbott Lane, in Nashville, Tennessee, was built for Mrs. Chauncey C. Foster. The residence was built upon the foundation of the old Foster home, after it was destroyed by fire circa...