A photograph of fire fighters standing by the ruins of the O’Leary home in the Fieldstone Farms neighborhood of Franklin after the May 2010 flood. The electrical fire was caused by the flood and completely destroyed the home.
Forms part of the...
A photograph of the O’Leary’s home in the Fieldstone Farms neighborhood of Franklin after the May 2010 flood. The electrical fire was caused by the flood and completely destroyed the home.
Forms part of the Nashville Room Flood 2010 Digital...
A photograph of a chimney amid the ruins of Lesli Bills’s home in Pennington Bend after flooding caused an explosion during the May 2010 flood in Nashville.Lesli Bills and her friend Billy Heldenberg were rescued by a man on a jetski shortly...
A photograph of the ruins of Lesli Bills’s Pennington Bend home after flooding caused an explosion during the May 2010 flood. Lesli Bills and her friend Billy Heldenberg were rescued by a man on a jetski shortly before Lesli's home...
A photograph of Lesli Bills’s car after flooding caused an explosion in her Pennington Bend home during the May 2010 flood in Nashville. Lesli Bills and her friend Billy Heldenberg were rescued by a man on a jetski shortly before Lesli's home...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nashville businessman David Swett, Jr., conducted on 17 July 2006 by John Egerton as part of a cooperative effort between the Nashville Public Library's Nashville Business Leaders Oral History Project...
A photograph of Monroe Street United Methodist Church located at 700 Monroe Street in Nashville, Tennessee. This church was built in 1906 as indicated on its cornerstone; however, the congregation was first founded in 1868. This brick church is...
A photograph of the former Second Presbyterian Church located at 3511 Belmont Boulevard in Nashville, Tennessee. The founding of the Second Presbyterian congregation dates back to 1843, but this structure was not erected in this Green Hills...
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 photograph of the Hippodrome arena, located across from Centennial Park at 2613 West End Avenue in Nashville, Tennessee. Advertised as "the South's largest, finest roller rink," this multi-purpose facility served as a roller skating rink, ball...
A Real Photo postcard of the Tarbox School, originally belonging to Sara Webb, a student who was in the fifth or sixth grade around 1932. This view shows the front exterior of the three-story school building prior to the structural damage caused by...
Excerpt from an oral history interview with John and Nancy O’Leary, conducted on October 31, 2011 by Susannah Gibbons as part of the Flood 2010 Digital History Project. John and Nancy O’Leary’s Franklin home caught fire during the flood and...
A photograph of firemen fighting the flames at the O’Leary home in the Fieldstone Farms neighborhood of Franklin during the May 2010 flood. The electrical fire was caused by the flood and completely destroyed the home.
Forms part of the...
A photograph of a fireman facing the fire at the O’Leary home in the Fieldstone Farms neighborhood of Franklin during the May 2010 flood. The electrical fire was caused by the flood and completely destroyed the home.
Forms part of the Nashville...
A photograph of John and Nancy O’Leary’s home in the Fieldstone Farms neighborhood of Franklin after the May 2010 flood. The electrical fire was caused by the flood and completely destroyed the home.
Forms part of the Nashville Room Flood 2010...
A photograph of contractors working to rebuild Lesli Bills’s Pennington Bend home after flooding caused a gas explosion during the May 2010 flood. Lesli Bills and her friend Billy Heldenberg were rescued by a man on a jetski shortly before...
A scene from the Maxwell House hotel fire in downtown Nashville, Tennessee on June 4th, 1958. This grand hotel was located at the corner of Fourth and Church, completed in 1859. This was the first of two fires, occurring in 1958. No injuries...
A scene from the Maxwell House hotel fire in downtown Nashville, Tennessee on June 4th, 1958. This grand hotel was located at the corner of Fourth and Church, completed in 1859. This was the first of two fires, occurring in 1958. No injuries...
A scene from the Maxwell House hotel fire in downtown Nashville, Tennessee on June 4th, 1958. This grand hotel was located at the corner of Fourth and Church, completed in 1859. This was the first of two fires, occurring in 1958. No injuries...