A photograph of a residential street in the Hillsboro/Belmont area during the record breaking snow and ice storm of 1951. Bone chilling weather brought sub-zero temperatures to most of Tennessee during a winter storm spanning January 31st through...
A photograph of the Tennessee Teachers Credit Union located at 1400 Eighth Avenue South in Nashville, Tenn. The building originally was constructed as a church for the South End Methodist Episcopal congregation in 1910. An education wing was...
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, to his wife, Eunice, in the years following 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. ...
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, to his wife, Eunice, in the years following 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. ...
Back cover of Official Report of the Board of Health for the City of Nashville, February 1905, giving meteorological observations in Nashville for the month. Data includes maximum, minimum, and mean of temperature, the amount of precipitation, and...
Photograph of a snow scene at a German airstrip near Gosselies, Belgium, that had been taken over by Americans during the Second World War. American GI's lived in the tent on the right with only a heater stove to keep warm. The camouflage nets...
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...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Gilbert S. Fox, conducted on 1 March 2004 by Robert P. Richardson as part of the Nashville Public Library's Veterans History Project. Fox, an Executive Officer on board LSM-80 in the US Navy during...
A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about golfers in Nashville. The caption reads: “When Old Sol comes out golfers can’t be far behind … pictures above were taken at Richland Golf Club when the divot-diggers emerged in...
A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about a student folk dance. The caption reads: “With Parent-Teacher Association groups everywhere observing Founders’ Day at their February meetings, the local associations have cooperated by...
A porte-cochere is a “coach gate,” a porch-like structure at a main or secondary entrance to a building through which a horse and carriage (or motor vehicle) can pass in order for the occupants to alight under cover, protected from the weather....
A porte-cochere is a “coach gate,” a porch-like structure at a main or secondary entrance to a building through which a horse and carriage (or motor vehicle) can pass in order for the occupants to alight under cover, protected from the weather....
An aerial view of the Lockheed “Hudson” bombers at the Nashville Municipal Airport, April 29th, 1941. A published article from the “Nashville Banner” newspaper the following day: “Bombers for Britain concentrated at Airport: With...
An aerial view of the Lockheed “Hudson” bombers at the Nashville Municipal Airport, April 29th, 1941. A published article from the “Nashville Banner” newspaper the following day: “Bombers for Britain concentrated at Airport: With...
An aerial view of the Lockheed “Hudson” bombers at the Nashville Municipal Airport, April 29th, 1941. A published article from the “Nashville Banner” newspaper the following day: “Bombers for Britain concentrated at Airport: With...
An aerial view of the Lockheed “Hudson” bombers at the Nashville Municipal Airport, April 29th, 1941. A published article from the “Nashville Banner” newspaper the following day: “Bombers for Britain concentrated at Airport: With...