A photograph of a terra cotta design on the south side of the Elks Lodge building at 310 6th Avenue North. The building was the home to Lodge no. 72 of the Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks (BPOE) beginning in 1904, serving various...
A photograph of puppeteer and stage designer Tom Tichenor at the Nashville Public Library's Children's Division storytelling display on July 22, 1963. Tichenor began his career as a puppeteer when he was an elementary school student at Tarbox...
A photograph of Tom Tichenor and marionette (string) puppeteers Mark Ketterson and Emma Hayes Wade (pictured left to right), performing in the Children's Division of the Nashville Public Library, circa 1973. Tom Tichenor began his career as a...
A photograph of the Christmas play and Santa Claus puppets at the Children's Division of the Nashville Public Library, circa 1954. The puppeteers in the performance, pictured from left to right, are Raymond Tichenor, Gwendolyn Seay, and Tom...
A photograph of puppeteer and stage designer Tom Tichenor, of the Nashville Public Library's Children's Division, shown with his puppets Marco Polo Bear and Witchie, circa March 26, 1962. Tom Tichenor began his career as a puppeteer when he was an...
This booklet was published for new employees at the Nashville Bridge Company during the time of World War II. The beginning includes a brief history of the company during which it is explained that although the normal operations include...
Dewey Grantham, with dark hair and wearing a brown suit and black tie. He is leaning and seems as if in conversation. Born in 1921 in Georgia, Dewey W. Grantham was a Vanderbilt University professor and scholar of twentieth-century southern...
A photograph of the boys' choir seen in concert attire, in preparation to sing carols on Christmas Eve 1940 for the benefit of the Fannie Battle Day Home. Beginning at the top of the stairs and reading from left to right, they are: Arthur...
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 postcard of the Tulane Hotel, located at the intersection of Eighth Avenue North and Church Street in downtown Nashville. This hotel was erected in 1894 as the Nicholson Hotel on the site of the old Nicholson House (a fancy boarding house...
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 captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about the new Elks new dining facility. The caption reads: “Over 200 Elks were present at a dinner session held at the order’s new $15,000 Teak Room and Dining Room on Sixth Avenue, North, last...
The residence known as “Bonnie Brae,” once rested on twenty-two acres along the hillside of the present-day southwestern corner of Woodlawn Drive and I-440. The Villager Condominiums stand there now. “Bonnie Brae” derives its name from the...
The residence known as “Bonnie Brae,” once rested on twenty-two acres along the hillside of the present-day southwestern corner of Woodlawn Drive and I-440. The Villager Condominiums stand there now. “Bonnie Brae” derives its name from the...
The residence known as “Bonnie Brae,” once rested on twenty-two acres along the hillside of the present-day southwestern corner of Woodlawn Drive and I-440. The Villager Condominiums stand there now. “Bonnie Brae” derives its name from the...
The residence known as “Bonnie Brae,” once rested on twenty-two acres along the hillside of the present-day southwestern corner of Woodlawn Drive and I-440. The Villager Condominiums stand there now. “Bonnie Brae” derives its name from the...
The residence known as “Bonnie Brae,” once rested on twenty-two acres along the hillside of the present-day southwestern corner of Woodlawn Drive and I-440. The Villager Condominiums stand there now. “Bonnie Brae” derives its name from the...
The residence known as “Bonnie Brae,” once rested on twenty-two acres along the hillside of the present-day southwestern corner of Woodlawn Drive and I-440. The Villager Condominiums stand there now. “Bonnie Brae” derives its name from the...
The residence known as “Bonnie Brae,” once rested on twenty-two acres along the hillside of the present-day southwestern corner of Woodlawn Drive and I-440. The Villager Condominiums stand there now. “Bonnie Brae” derives its name from the...
The residence known as “Bonnie Brae,” once rested on twenty-two acres along the hillside of the present-day southwestern corner of Woodlawn Drive and I-440. The Villager Condominiums stand there now. “Bonnie Brae” derives its name from the...