Charles M. Morris appeared before the Circuit Court Clerk to declare his intention to become a citizen of the Confederate States of America and to renounce forever all allegiance to Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States of America.
An original political cartoon drawing created by Jack Knox, the Nashville Banner editorial cartoonist from the mid-1940s to early 1970s. This cartoon is a caricature of the Democratic presidential balloting and supporters in the national election...
A photograph of Ivy Memorial Baptist Church located at 425 Trinity Lane in Nashville, Tennessee. This church first appeared in the 1950 city directory as Ivy Chapel Baptist Church. Today it still stands at the same address. The foundation is...
A slave deed bill of sale from Williamson County, Tennessee, for the transfer of a "girl slave named Mary" for the sum of three hundred and fifty dollars, from Joshua Reams to William Harrison, Jr. dated Feb. 2, 1841. The verso of this document...
A photograph of St. Paul's Lutheran Church located at 1628 Eighth Avenue North in Nashville, Tennessee. The church was built in 1936 and appeared in city directories with an original address of 1630 Eighth Avenue North. The foundation is made of...
A photograph of United Primitive Baptist Church located at 2911 Clifton Road (now Avenue) in Nashville, Tennessee. Now reportedly being used as a duplex home with barbecue smoking equipment in the back, this structure began as St. Phillip's...
A photograph of a man contemplating gas prices at two local service stations. This photo appeared on the front page of the 8 September 1955 edition of the Nashville Banner. The caption states, "Confusion in the gas war - John W. Thomas scratches...
A posed photograph of five young girls and one boy looking into a window from the outside at night. This image was used as a promotion for the upcoming Fannie Battle Day Home annual caroling event to raise money for the home. This photograph...
This photograph of Librarian F. K. W. Drury and staff of the Nashville Public Library, Main (originally named the Carnegie Library of Nashville) appeared in the Nashville Banner 14 January 1942 issue illustrating the article "Library Completes 40...
A photograph of Printer's Alley, located between Church and Union Streets and Third and Fourth Avenues, in Nashville, Tennessee, as it appeared circa September 1973. Pictured are some of the popular nightlife places in the alley: The Brass Rail...
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 the historic Glen Leven home, located in Nashville, Tennessee at 4000 Franklin Road, as it appeared circa 1973. This ancestral home of the Thompson family was built in 1857 by John Thompson, son of Thomas Thompson, the pioneer...
A photograph of the Culbert Construction Company building, located at 39 Lindsley Avenue in Nashville, Tennessee, as it appeared circa 1973. This former Victorian Town House residence was remodeled by the Culbert Construction Company. The two-story...
A photograph of the Two Rivers Mansion, located at 3130 McGavock Pike, approximately 11 miles from downtown Nashville, Tennessee, as it appeared circa 1978. Two Rivers Mansion was constructed in 1859 for David H. McGavock and his wife William...
A photograph of the Tulane Hotel as it appeared circa the 1930s, located at the intersection of Eighth Avenue North and Church Street in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. This hotel was erected in 1894 as the Nicholson Hotel on the site of the old...
A photograph of the Free Will Baptist Bible College Welch Library, located at 3606 West End Avenue in Nashville, Tennessee, as it appeared in 1973. This structure was originally built in 1907 as the residential home of Edward M. Neal. Free Will...
A photograph of the Ellington Agricultural Center at 440 Hogan Road, Nashville, Tennessee, as it appeared circa 1972. Originally part of the Brentwood Hall estate of financier Rogers Caldwell (1890-1968), the state-owned complex is now headquarters...
A photograph of four women in costume selling tickets to the Italian Street Fair. An article about the event appeared in the Nashville Banner newspaper on October 8, 1956, citing: "Pizza, pepperoni and puppets abounded Saturday afternoon and...
A photograph of Middle Tennessee food industry businessmen racing turtles at the Colemere Club in Nashville, Tennessee. A photograph similar to this one appeared in the May 27, 1959 Nashville Banner newspaper with the following caption: "H. G....
A photograph of six young women sitting on the ground in front of Nashville's Parthenon at Centennial Park, West End Avenue at 25th Avenue North, which is an exact replica of Athen's Parthenon. This photograph appeared in the Nashville Banner...