A postcard of the Confederate Soldiers' Home. The Confederate Soldiers' Home was built on the original Hermitage properties in 1892 and served as a retirement home for civil war soldiers. On land southwest of the Hermitage mansion, the soldiers'...
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 photograph of some of the Fannie Battle children at the 1950 Christmas dinner at the Fannie Battle Day Home. The children attending the party numbered fifty, some of them seen in the photograph opening their favors, which were red Santa Claus...
A photograph taken at the Fannie Battle Day Home, circa 14 December 1951. Pictured left to right, is Mrs. Drowota, president of the Fannie Battle Social Workers, Mrs. Corinne Pilcher, director of the home, Mrs. T. Graham Hall and Mrs. Avery...
This photograph, published in the Nashville Banner circa the Yuletide season of 1955, relates to a Nashville family's long and meaningful participation in the Christmas carol program of the Fannie Battle Day Home. The caption from an undated...
A postcard of the Sam Davis Home, located in Smyrna, Tennessee. This two-story home is the site where Sam Davis (1842-1863), "the Boy Hero of the Confederacy" grew up, he being the oldest son of Charles Lewis and Jane Simmons Davis. The home was...
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 Central Church of Christ Girls' Home, located at the corner of Fifth Avenue and Commerce Street in Nashville, Tennessee, prior to its razing in 1972. The Girls Home was established in 1927, by the Central Church of Christ,...
A postcard of the Masonic Widows and Orphans Home in Nashville Tennessee. The home was located on White's Creek Pike, six miles north of Nashville. It was established around 1892. Today several surviving historic structures stand at the former...
A photograph of a group of junior choir members at Shelby Avenue Baptist Church, circa 12 December 1951, seen practicing for singing carols on Christmas Eve for benefit of the Fannie Battle Day Home. Their designated area was the East Nashville...
A photograph of members of the Hamilton School choir singing at a performance for the benefit of the Fannie Battle Day Home. Shown at the school are, seated, from left, Petie Drumwright, Brenda and Linda West. Standing, from left, are Tim...
A photograph of The Confederate Soldiers Home, on the grounds of The Hermitage, home of President Andrew Jackson. The home opened on 12 May 1892 and provided shelter, comfort and medical attention to almost 700 veterans during its 41 years of...
A photograph showing several additional carol chairmen announced by Mrs. Ernest Jones, Jr., 1948 carol chairman for the Fannie Battle Social Workers, in preparations for Christmas Eve caroling in 1949. Pictured here, seated left to right, are Mrs....
Mary Frances "Fannie" Battle in her later years, with grey hair, light blue or grey eyes, and wearing glasses and a white shirt. Mary Francis "Fannie" Battle (1842-1924) was a Nashville humanitarian and social worker who was known during her...
A photograph of Fannie Battle Day Home territorial chairmen seen at the home of Mrs. Howard Adkins, circa 4 December 1951, where she displays the symbol of the Fannie Battle carol singers, "A candle in the window; a carol at the door." Seen from...
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...
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 photograph depicting Dr. Prentice A. Pugh, rector of the Church of the Advent, Episcopal, saying the blessing at the annual Christmas dinner for the children of Fannie Battle Day Home and their mothers. This photograph shows several of the...
A photograph of Mrs. T.M. Harris, in charge of the purchase of children's toys with the Fannie Battle Social Workers, for the 1950 Christmas tree and presents for the children at the Fannie Battle Day Home. This photograph illustrated the...
This photograph by Nashville Banner photographer Bill Goodman is hand-titled "Fire engine riders" and depicts a scene in front of the Fannie Battle Day Home located at 911 Shelby Avenue in East Nashville. The horse-drawn fire wagon has a driver and...