A captioned photo, from the Nashville Times (1940), about students of the Robertson Academy. The caption reads: “A novel event Friday evening will be the revue … at Robertson Academy, in which students in the school will impersonate their...
A passport was issued to Sarah Alice Lowe on May 8, 1909. Good for two years from the date of issuance, an in depth physical description was provided because no picture was shown. 11 x 17 in.
A photograph of a volunteer approaching a pile of debris in her kayak during a river cleanup with the Harpeth River Watershed Association after the May 2010 flood.
Photo provided courtesy of the Harpeth River Watershed Association.
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A photograph of Danny Davenport with the National Guard captain who provided emergency supplies when the Davenports’ neighborhood in Ashland City was surrounded by water during the May 2010 flood.
Forms part of the Nashville Room Flood 2010...
A photograph of Lockeland Baptist Church located at 1601 Holly Street, Nashville, Tennessee. The Lockeland Baptist congregation was founded in 1903, and according to the Sacred Sites Project survey form, the main church was built in 1929. A...
A photograph of Michael Cain pulling a canoe of debris with his kayak during a river cleanup with the Harpeth River Watershed Association after the May 2010 flood.
Photo provided courtesy of the Harpeth River Watershed Association.
Forms part of...
A photograph of Michael Cain pulling a load of debris by kayak during a river cleanup with the Harpeth River Watershed Association after the May 2010 flood.Photo provided courtesy of the Harpeth River Watershed Association.Forms part of the...
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 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 of the demolition of the Maxwell House Hotel in 1962, after it was gutted by fire. The five story hotel was begun by John Overton in 1859, but the Civil War delayed its completion. It was used for barracks for both Union soldiers and...
A photograph of the Maxwell House Hotel in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. This five-story hotel was begun by John Overton in 1859, but the Civil War delayed its completion. It was used for barracks for both Union soldiers and Confederate prisoners...
A photograph of volunteers gathering debris during a river cleanup with the Harpeth River Watershed Association after the May 2010 flood. Photo provided courtesy of the Harpeth River Watershed Association. Forms part of the Nashville Room Flood...
A photograph of volunteers loading debris into a boat during a river cleanup with the Harpeth River Watershed Association after the May 2010 flood.
A photograph of Michael Cain pulling a canoe of debris with his kayak during a river cleanup with...
A postcard of Furman Hall on the campus of Vanderbilt University. When Furman Hall opened in 1907, it was called the most modern chemistry/pharmacy building in the United States. Its name honors Francis Furman, a Nashville merchant, whose widow...
A stock certificate of the antebellum period issued to William Harrison, Sr. certifying capital stock in the Franklin and Columbia Turnpike Company, as witnessed on Dec. 2, 1850. Historically, the turnpikes started with local ownership in the form...
An edited excerpt with transcript and photograph from an interview with Aaron Michael Miles, conducted on 13 October 2007 by his wife, Raquel Bueno Miles, at the Nashville StoryCorps StoryBooth, located in the Nashville Room of the Nashville Public...
An edited excerpt with transcript and photograph from an interview with Bebbie Minter, conducted on 3 October 2007 by her friend Heather Gardner at the Nashville StoryCorps StoryBooth, located in the Nashville Room of the Nashville Public Library. ...
An edited excerpt with transcript and photograph from an interview with Cathie Buckner, conducted on 10 October 2007 by student Amearah Elsamadicy at the Nashville StoryCorps StoryBooth, located in the Nashville Room of the Nashville Public...
An edited excerpt with transcript and photograph from an interview with Cheri Silverstein, conducted on 6 October 2007 by her friend Andrea Rodriguez at the Nashville StoryCorps StoryBooth, located in the Nashville Room of the Nashville Public...
An edited excerpt with transcript and photograph from an interview with Christopher Hathaway, conducted on 20 October 2007 by StoryCorps Facilitator Cynthia Murphy at the Nashville StoryCorps StoryBooth, located in the Nashville Room of the...