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 bound by...
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...
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. Original building structures are...
A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about “three pickets kept vigil before the Andrew Jackson hotel today after 185 employees walked out on strike.” The Andrew Jackson hotel opened in August of 1924 on the east side of Memorial...
A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about a young student’s tea party. The caption reads: “An attractive school girl tea was given recently by Miss Carolyn Montgomery at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Montgomery, on...
A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about Chief of Police John Griffin. The caption reads: “Chief of Police John Griffin and James Merritt Hepbron, well known criminologist, discussed local crime problems in the chief’s office...
A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about the food stamp plan in Davidson County, Tennessee. The caption is: “When the food stamp plan began operation at 9 a.m. Thursday, the clerks in charge were busy from the first …....
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...
A circa 1996 photograph of President Andrew Jackson's Tomb at the Hermitage, the handsome old estate of "Old Hickory," the seventh President of the United States. Andrew Jackson died in 1845 at the Hermitage reaching the age of 77. His burial was...
A collision of mobile homes due to flooding near Antioch Pike during the May 2010 flood in Nashville.
Forms part of the Nashville Room Flood 2010 Digital History Project.
A color postcard of the First National Bank Building on the corner of Third Avenue and Union Street in downtown Nashville. The First National Bank of Nashville was originally organized in 1863. Forms part of the Nashville Room Postcard...
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 line of volunteers sandbag by the Metro Center levee during the May 2010 flood in Nashville.
Forms part of the Nashville Room Flood 2010 Digital History Project.
A pamphlet advertising life insurance for soldiers during World War II. The cover graphic portrays a fatherless family standing with Uncle Sam juxtaposed against a mass gathering of soldiers in the background. The inside pages use persuasive...
A photograph looking at the Cumberland River and the flooded First Avenue North in Nashville from the Shelby Street Bridge during the May 2010 flood.
Forms part of the Nashville Room Flood 2010 Digital History Project.
A photograph of a car sandwiched between mobile homes during the May 2010 flood in South Nashville.
Forms part of the Nashville Room Flood 2010 Digital History Project.
A photograph of a car wedged under a mobile home during the May 2010 flood in Antioch. The mobile home park was located on Antioch Pike.
Forms part of the Nashville Room Flood 2010 Digital History Project.
A photograph of a collapsed mobile home along Antioch Pike during the May 2010 Nashville flood in South Nashville.
Forms part of the Nashville Room Flood 2010 Digital History Project.