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...
Excerpts from an oral history interview with retired Nashville Fire Department chief Henry D. Demonbreun, conducted on 5 March 1980 by Diane Cooper as part of the Century III Nashville: Nashville Heritage Project. In these excerpts, Demonbreun...
Excerpts from an oral history interview with Nashvillian Mary Manier Cooper, conducted on 10 November 1980 by Fred Cooper as part of the Century III Nashville: Nashville Heritage Project. In these excerpts, Cooper discusses riding the streetcars;...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nashville veteran James Carlew, conducted on 25 March 2004 by Larry Patterson as part of the Nashville Public Library's Veterans History Project. Carlew, who served in the Navy during World War II and...
1 map; 58 x 75 cm. A plat map of 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 building...
A photograph of a church referred to as the House of God, an African American Pentecostal denomination also known as the Church of the Living God. The full name used on the front entrance signage reads: The House of God Which is the Church of the...
A photograph of New Bethel Baptist Church located at 1080 Old Dickerson Pike in Goodlettsville, Tennessee. The congregation organized in 1794, two years before Tennessee became a state, six miles North of Nashville on White's Creek Pike. The...
An undated photograph of the non-extant Nashville & Decatur Railroad depot building, built in 1868. The original immense Gothic Revival structure was located at the corner of Chestnut Street and Fourth Avenue (Cherry Street) and constructed of...
A slave deed bill of sale for the acquisition of three slaves: "a woman named Betty about twenty one years of age, and her two children Louis-Randolph about four years of age, and William Henry about twelve months old." The document states that...
A slave deed bill of sale, witnessed on April 22, 1848, regarding the transfer of a slave from Robert Glass to William Harrison, Jr., of Williamson County, Tennessee. The document states that Glass sold to William Harrison, Jr. a "man called Sam...
During the years of World War II it was considered your patriotic duty to sacrifice and make do with what you had. There was rationing in food, gas and even fabrics for clothing. One of the ways women could help with the war effort was to be frugal...
Photograph of soldiers in uniform, reading from the Torah at a Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year) service in Karachi, India during World War II. In 1943 (Hebrew year 5704), the holiday began at sundown on Wednesday, September 29 and continued through...
A photograph of Ocean Way Nashville Recording Studios, formerly Church of the Advent, an Episcopal church located at 1200 Seventeenth Avenue South in Nashville, Tennessee. The congregation was formed in 1857 and the church building was erected in...
A photograph of the land where the Old Hamilton Methodist Church used to stand near Murfreesboro Road in Nashville, Tennessee. In its place is a historic marker which reads: "Old Hamilton Methodist Church - 1834-1987 - Established in 1834 and...
A photograph of Old Hickory Church of Christ located at 1001 Hadley Avenue in Old Hickory, Tennessee. This church is situated in the heart of Historic Old Hickory Village. According to the survey the building was constructed in 1940. The...
A photograph of Old Hickory Presbyterian Church located at 801 Jones Street in Old Hickory. This church is situated in the heart of Historic Old Hickory Village. The foundation is made of rough cut stone blocks. The exterior walls are made of...
A photograph of Phillips-Robinson Funeral Home, formerly St. John's Episcopal Church, located at 1700 Hadley Avenue in the Historic Old Hickory Village in Old Hickory, Tennessee. The family-owned and operated business moved into the historic...
An undated photograph of the second governor's mansion located at 2118 West End Avenue, Nashville, Tennessee. The squarish, buff-colored brick structure was originally a residence built by C. T. Cheek, a wealthy wholesale grocer, circa 1910. It was...
A photograph of Saint Ann's Catholic Church located at 5101 Charlotte Avenue in Nashville, Tennessee. The parish was founded in 1917 as Saint Peter's Catholic Mission. In these early days the congregation met once a month for mass in an already...