A letter from Dutch immigrant, William Williamson, to his brother, Peter J. Williamson, during the Civil War. In 1862 Peter J. Williamson enlisted as a Private in the 1st Wisconsin Cavalry, Company F and was ultimately promoted to Full 1st...
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 an unidentified woman standing on the steps of the Cheekwood mansion grounds, in Nashville, Tennessee, between 1932 and 1946. The Cheekwood mansion was built in 1932 in the Colonial Revival style for Leslie and Mabel Cheek. Designed...
An original political cartoon drawing created by Jack Knox, cartoonist with the Memphis Commercial Appeal from the early 1930s to circa 1944. This anti-Nazi cartoon depicts the cloud of "D-Day" in the background, while a fearful Hitler has a heavy...
John Berrien Lindsley in late middle age, with salt-and-pepper hair and full beard and mustache, wearing a grey suit. Nineteenth-century Nashville educator, physician, minister, and author John Berrien Lindsley was born in New Jersey in 1822. His...
The Armistice Day Parade in downtown Nashville, Tennessee on March 18, 1941. The ceremonies and parades were in commemoration of the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany at Compiègne, France, for the cessation of...
The Armistice Day Parade in downtown Nashville, Tennessee on March 18, 1941. The ceremonies and parades were in commemoration of the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany at Compiègne, France, for the cessation of...
The Armistice Day Parade in downtown Nashville, Tennessee on March 18, 1941. The ceremonies and parades were in commemoration of the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany at Compiègne, France, for the cessation of...
The Armistice Day Parade in downtown Nashville, Tennessee on March 18, 1941. The ceremonies and parades were in commemoration of the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany at Compiègne, France, for the cessation of...
The Armistice Day Parade in downtown Nashville, Tennessee on March 18, 1941. The ceremonies and parades were in commemoration of the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany at Compiègne, France, for the cessation of...
The Armistice Day Parade in downtown Nashville, Tennessee on March 18, 1941. The ceremonies and parades were in commemoration of the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany at Compiègne, France, for the cessation of...
The Armistice Day Parade in downtown Nashville, Tennessee on March 18, 1941. The ceremonies and parades were in commemoration of the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany at Compiègne, France, for the cessation of...
The Armistice Day Parade in downtown Nashville, Tennessee on March 18, 1941. The ceremonies and parades were in commemoration of the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany at Compiègne, France, for the cessation of...
The Armistice Day Parade in downtown Nashville, Tennessee on March 18, 1941. The ceremonies and parades were in commemoration of the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany at Compiègne, France, for the cessation of...
The Armistice Day Parade in downtown Nashville, Tennessee on March 18, 1941. The ceremonies and parades were in commemoration of the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany at Compiègne, France, for the cessation of...
The Armistice Day Parade in downtown Nashville, Tennessee on March 18, 1941. The ceremonies and parades were in commemoration of the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany at Compiègne, France, for the cessation of...
The Armistice Day Parade in downtown Nashville, Tennessee on March 18, 1941. The ceremonies and parades were in commemoration of the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany at Compiègne, France, for the cessation of...
The Armistice Day Parade in downtown Nashville, Tennessee on March 18, 1941. The ceremonies and parades were in commemoration of the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany at Compiègne, France, for the cessation of...
The Armistice Day Parade in downtown Nashville, Tennessee on March 18, 1941. The ceremonies and parades were in commemoration of the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany at Compiègne, France, for the cessation of...
The Armistice Day Parade in downtown Nashville, Tennessee on March 18, 1941. The ceremonies and parades were in commemoration of the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany at Compiègne, France, for the cessation of...