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 drawing...
A photograph of "some of the larger number of factory workers who participated in the mile-long parade, which was one of the main features." This photo and text appeared in the Nashville Banner newspaper with article titled: "Over 5,000 Hail TVA at...
A photograph of a collection of a portion of the original columns and capitals from the Tennessee State Capitol Building in Nashville, Tennessee. The building was designed by architect William Strickland (1788-1854) and built between 1845 and 1859,...
A photograph of a massive crowd of silent marchers at the Court House Square, Davidson County Courthouse, James Robertson Parkway, Nashville, Tennessee, April 19, 1960. A crowd of over 3000 participants marched in silence from the campus of...
A photograph of a stone carving of the face of a woman over the archway of one entrance to the 5th Avenue side of Saint Cloud Corner, 500 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee. Part of the building occupies the former site of the Saint Cloud Hotel, a...
A photograph of a woman seated at a kiosk inside an unidentified building in Nashville, selling Defense Savings Stamps and Bonds. A large Minute Man poster encouraging people to buy bonds is to the left, and several women and a man are lined up to...
A photograph of an aerial view of the Nashville Bridge Company with the Shelby Street Bridge and downtown Nashville, Tennessee, in the background. The company was started in 1902 by Arthur J. Dyer, who graduated from Vanderbilt with a degree in...
A photograph of Belmont Baptist Church located on the corner of 12th Avenue South and Beechwood Avenue. Two men stand outside of the entrance. The church was built in 1906 as Belmont Baptist Church. In 1921 the church was sold and became Waverly...
A photograph of Blakemore Primitive Baptist Church. According to the survey form completed for the Sacred Sites Survey Project, this church is located at 2411 Blakemore Avenue, Nashville, Tennessee, and was constructed in 1941. The foundation is...
A photograph of Calvary United Methodist Church located at 3701 Hillsboro Road. This church was built in the 1940s. The exterior walls are red brick with cross gables near the rear of the building. There is a low gabled roof made of copper sheet...
A photograph of Clark Memorial Methodist Church, Nashville's oldest African American Church. Located now at 1015 Fourteenth Avenue North, Clark Memorial has had several name and location changes throughout the years. The congregation came into...
A photograph of Cleveland Street Baptist Church located at 608 Cleveland Street in Nashville, Tennessee. This church was founded in 1889 as a small mission known as North Street Baptist Church. It was started by the Reverend William Bailey in a...
A photograph of coupled Ionic columns and archway of the Hermitage Hotel, 231 Sixth Avenue North, Nashville, Tennessee. The building was designed by Tennessee architect J. Edwin Carpenter (1867-1932) in the Beaux Arts style and built between 1908...
A photograph of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Reverend Kelly Miller Smith at Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee, April 21, 1960, preparing to speak to an audience of over 4000 following the bombing of the home of prominent civil rights...
A photograph of First lady Eleanor Roosevelt exiting a plane at the Nashville Airport (Berry Field), 6 March 1938, Nashville, Tennessee. Nashville Banner newspaper headline ran on March 7, 1938: "First Lady Stops Here To Tell Husband 'All's Well'...
A photograph of Gospel Tabernacle Church of God in Christ located at 1101 Jackson Street in Nashville, Tennessee. According to the cornerstone the church was built in 1916 as Jackson Street Baptist Church, and remodeled in 1941 by Reverend William...
A photograph of Hall Memorial Missionary Baptist Church historically located at 5990 Mt. View Road in Antioch, Tennessee. Although most recently recorded as having a 6005 Mt. View Road address, this church is no longer listed in the Nashville City...
A photograph of Ivy Memorial Baptist Church located at 425 Trinity Lane in Nashville, Tennessee. This church first appeared in the 1950 city directory as Ivy Chapel Baptist Church. Today it still stands at the same address. The foundation is...
A photograph of Lawrence Avenue Church of Christ located at 904 Lawrence Avenue in Nashville, Tennessee. The church building was constructed in approximately 1912 as the Lawrence Avenue Christian Church, and has seen many different congregations...
A photograph of McKendree Methodist Church located at 523 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee. The church was named for Bishop William McKendree, the first American Methodist bishop. This is the fourth McKendree Methodist Church building to occupy...