Excerpts from an interview with Nashville business and civic leader Betty Chiles Nixon conducted on 19 June 2007 by James T. Havron as part of the Nashville Public Library's Nashville Business Leaders Oral History Project. Nixon discusses Cross...
Excerpts from an oral history interview with Angelo Anderson and his daughter Angela Anderson Jones, conducted on 21 Oct. 1986 by John Egerton as part of the Century III Nashville: Nashville Heritage Project. Anderson and Jones discuss Anderson's...
1 map; 58 x 75 cm. A plat map of downtown Nashville, Tennessee, originally published in 1908 by G. M. Hopkins Company, showing the various buildings, landscapes, acreage, and street routes for several blocks in each direction from the County Jail....
26; ---; 25; 40.0x40.0; 26; 40.0x40.0; 27; 40.0x40.0; 28; 40.0 X 40.0; 116; II; 07/25/1850; Looks empty--check back for people probably buried on the lot--family of S. D. Morgan--He's buried in the walls of the Capitol.
A 1941 scene of the razing of the Henry Drive home in Nashville, Tennessee, at 1206 McFerrin Avenue in East Nashville. The original structure was built in 1835. Henry Driver was the brother to Capt. William Driver and the grandfather of Mrs. E....
A cabinet card portrait photograph of an unidentified Drouillard child (male) pictured in a sailor suit, between 1885 and 1904. While it is unknown which Drouillard this is, the young man is probably a direct descendant of the Civil War veteran...
A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about a buffalo fish that two men caught. The caption reads: “Believe it or not it really was THAT LONG. Seen above are Charles Edward Patton … and John W. Patton … with the 25-pound buffalo...
A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about a spring sale at Peoples Furniture Company. The caption reads: “An expansive remodeling including a new front with three modern display windows has just been completed by Peoples Furniture...
A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about Colonial Foods. The caption reads: “This Mack truck, together with three Mack tractors equipped with trailers, recently delivered to the C. B. Ragland Company, wholesale grocers. Dependable...
A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about the Golden Wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Hawkins. The caption reads: “Triune, Tenn., April 13 (Spl.)--Mr. and Mrs. Hawkins recently celebrated their Golden Wedding anniversary with a...
A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about the golden wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. John B. Ozborn. The caption reads: “Triune Tenn, Jan. 6 (Spl.)--Mr. and Mrs. Ozborn of Arrington, celebrated their golden wedding anniversary...
A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about the Hicks-Hill wedding. The caption reads: “Seen at the Edgefield Baptist Church following the marriage of Miss Dorothy J. Hill to John E. Hicks, are members of the bridal party, as...
A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about the Hill-Newsom family reunion. The caption reads: “Seen above are the guests who attended the 27th Easter Hill-Newsom family reunion, which was held March 24th at the Newsom home on...
A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about the Jim Reed Chevrolet located on Broadway. The 1941 City Directory cites the address at 1512-1514 Broadway, with J. H. Reed, Jr. President, Edwin E. Reed, V-Pres. and Mgr. Forms part of the...
A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), of “The Crest,” historic home in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, circa June 22nd, 1940. The caption reads: “Embodying all the charm and culture of the Old South, the stately antebellum home of...
A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940): “An attractive annual affair is the horse show sponsored by the Junior Riding Club, that will be held Friday and Saturday nights at the Tennessee State Fair Grounds, with a special children’s...
A captioned photo, from the Nashville Times (1940), about students of the Robertson Academy. The caption reads: “A novel event Friday evening will be the revue … at Robertson Academy, in which students in the school will impersonate their...
A captioned photo, from the Nashville Times (1940), about the Nashville Iris Association’s president Jesse E. Wills, “whose garden at his home on Belle Meade Boulevard always attracts a large number of visitors during Iris Week. Pictured in the...
A Christmas card of the second “Fairview” home of the Foster family, located on the Hillsboro Road at Abbott Lane in Nashville, Tennessee. After the first home was destroyed by fire circa 1933, this home was built upon the foundation of the...
A close-up photograph of a window structure and porchtop of the Lynnlawn mansion in Nashville, Tennessee, built by Thomas E. Stratton circa 1852. Designed in the Italian Renaissance style, the facade of the architecture has been attributed to...