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. This drawing...
A snapshot of a group of five soldiers posed casually in the woods outside of a large tent next to a tree serving as a signpost. Two homemade signs reading "5th Ave." and "Church Street," are nailed into the tree as if marking that intersection. ...
1 map; 58 x 75 cm. The first page of a two-page index to a plat map of downtown Nashville, Tennessee, originally published in 1908 by G.M. Hopkins Company. This index lists the names of all streets appearing on the map with their corresponding...
A carte-de-visite studio portrait of William A. Eichbaum. Eichbaum was born in 1787 in Dublin, Ireland, the son of German immigrants. He immigrated to the United States around 1820, and came to Nashville, Tennessee around 1821. He married Catherine...
28; Northeast; 62; 10.0x20.0; *Can't find the deed, but according to the Platt book this lot is owned by a Campbell.; Campbell, A.W. 1848-1850 (inf); Campbell, Ann 1778-1825; Campbell, Robert R. 1846-1850; Woods, Jas. -1827 (inf son of)
A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about a musical program: “McKendree Methodist Church will be the scene Sunday evening at 7 o’clock of a musical program presented by the church choir. Besides Easter hymns, the choir composed...
A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about the Girl Scouts. The caption reads: “Fun all year round is an important part of Girl Scouting. This recreational program for girls believes in laughter as in integral part of normal living....
A photograph of Church of the Assumption, now referred to as Assumption Church located at 1227 Seventh Avenue North in Nashville Tennessee. The original street address was 1225 Seventh Avenue North. Assumption Church is Nashville's second oldest...