A copy photograph of the Fogg High School Juniors, Class of 1892 outside of Fogg High School. Named for attorney Francis B. Fogg, Fogg High School opened in 1875 becoming the second public high school in Nashville, Tennessee. The building 3 stories...
A postcard of Hume-Fogg High School, a public high school located at 700 Broadway in Nashville, Tennessee. In 1912 Hume High School and Fogg High School merged into Hume-Fogg at the school's current site on Broadway. The building was constructed...
A front view of the old Father Ryan High School, located at 2300 Elliston Place in Nashville, Tennessee. This school building was originally constructed circa 1928-29 on land that was once a part of the Elliston family plantation. The Roman...
A photograph of the starting five on the 1969 18th District Champs Basketball Team from Hume-Fogg High School. From left to right: Gail Gillespie, Antonion Williams, Dale Stacey, George Carothers, Raymond Petway. In 1964, Hume-Fogg was the first...
Washington Junior High opened in September of 1928 for students in grades seven through nine. It was named for George E. Washington, a prominent Nashville educator and former principal of Pearl High School. J.A. Galloway was the school's first...
A photograph of a performance given by the Nashville Symphony for students of Pearl and Haynes High Schools at Pearl on Dec. 10, 1951. Students from Pearl and Haynes packed the auditorium for one of the final 1951 Student Concerts by the Nashville...
A photograph showing some of the high school attendees at the 1950 Christmas dinner held at the Fannie Battle Day Home. The dinner was "given in honor of the tiny tots at the Fannie Battle Day Home by members of the Fannie Battle Social Workers...
A Spring of 1937 photograph of the East Nashville High School baseball squad, Nashville, Tennessee. The verso lists the names of the players and coach: (sitting) Weaver, Tanksley, Cothern, Gonzales, Bohan, Voorhies, Martin; (standing) Demrick,...
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...
Announcement of a dance to be held at the close of commencement for the class of 1919. Established in 1883 as a grammar school, Pearl became a high school in the 1897 - 1898 school year. In 1919, Pearl High School was located on 16th Avenue No. at...
1 map; 58 x 75 cm. A plat map of downtown Nashville, Tennessee and the surrounding area, originally published in 1908 by G. M. Hopkins Company, showing the various buildings, landscapes, acreage, and street routes for several blocks. Original...
A photograph of Mrs. Wilma Folwell, librarian, and the student library assistants on the steps of Bailey School in 1954. Bailey School, built in 1929, is located in the Eastwood neighborhood of East Nashville. The student library assistants were...
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. The map on...
A captioned photo, published in the Nashville Times (1940), about the operetta presented by du Pont students. The text reads: “The ‘Fanfare’ chorus pictured above participated in a du Pont High School operetta entitled ‘Hollywood Bound,’...
The 1955 Central High School baseball team and starting lineup. The school was established in 1917 at 161 Rains Avenue at the corner of Wedgewood Avenue. Central High School was closed in 1971 and the building demolished in 1973. 8 x 10 in.
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nell Barnes, conducted on 7 August 1982 by Ophelia Paine as part of the Historic Nashville, Inc. Oral History Project. Barnes discusses attending Hume-Fogg High school but having to quit school...
Cavert School opened in September of 1928 for students in grades one through nine. The school was named for Dr. A.J. Cavert who served as principal at Howard, Fogg, Hume, Fall and Warner schools among others. Cavert became a junior high in 1936...
A photograph of Peach Blossom, the family home of Joseph Erwin, located at 215 Craighead Avenue, circa 1960. The original structure was constructed in a Georgian architectural style, built circa 1803, and subsequent owners of the property made new...
Pictured: Students of East Nashville Junior High School, with their teacher, at their scrap collection, circa 1942. During World War II Americans were active with scrap drives to help the war effort. Local communities were salvaging raw materials...
Pictured: “Antioch High School ‘Scrap’ for Victory: approximately 30 tons of scrap metal have already been piled up at Antioch High School by its 200 students under the direction of the Future Farmers Club and M. D. Capps sponsor. The area...