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- The Insane Asylum of Tenn., circa 1859
- 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. This page...
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- Photograph of the Doctors' Building, between 1916 and 1921
- A photograph of the Doctors' Building located on the corner of Church Street and Polk Street. The steel frame structure was built in two stages. The first three stories were built in 1916 and the second three stories were built in 1921. ...
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- Photograph of the American Trust Building, corner of Third Avenue and Union Streets, Nashville, Tennessee, circa 1925
- This elevated view of the American Trust Building, on the corner of Third Avenue and Union Streets, taken from the window of a building across the street, highlights architect Henry C. Hibbs' design of an addition of ten stories to the top and...
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- Nashville City Schools, Tarbox School
- Tarbox School opened in 1880 on 17th Avenue between Hayes Street and West End Avenue. It was named for L.G. Tarbox who served as principal of Hume school. In 1886, a new three story, brick building with a six story bell tower was constructed and...
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- Oral history interview with Charles Tony Moorman, 2007 August 09
- Excerpts from an interview with civil rights leader Charles Tony Moorman on 09 August 2007 by Larry Patterson as part of the Civil Rights Oral History Project. In the excerpts Moorman discusses when the Washington Junior High School basketball...
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- Monroe Street United Methodist Church
- Dedicated in July of 1906, Monroe Street United Methodist Church began as an offspring of the North High Street Methodist Church. The building was designed by Reverend James E. Woodward, and Reverend E. M. Harrell served as the first pastor in the...
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- Christopher Hathaway remembers his parents, 2007 October 20
- 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...
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- Post Office, Nashville, Tenn., 1929
- A postcard of the Post Office and Custom House located on Broadway, between Seventh and Eighth Avenues. The original building, which can be identified by its tower, was started in 1875 and completed in 1882. An addition which doubled the amount of...
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- Tarbox School in Nashville, Tennessee, circa 1932
- A Real Photo postcard of the Tarbox School, originally belonging to Sara Webb, a student who was in the fifth or sixth grade around 1932. This view shows the front exterior of the three-story school building prior to the structural damage caused by...
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- Photograph of Goodies buildings, after the 1985 fire, front view showing upper stories.
- A photograph of the buildings at 200 and 210 Second Ave. North, after they were gutted by fire on October 12, 1985. This view is from the west, across Second Avenue. The buildings had been connected for some time and had been the site of a variety...
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- Class photograph of Fogg High School Juniors, 1892 May 03
- A copy photograph of the Fogg High School Juniors, Class of 1892 outside of Fogg High School. Named for attorney Francis B. Fogg, Fogg High School opened in 1875 becoming the second public high school in Nashville, Tennessee. The building 3 stories...
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- Droll Stories
- Limited edition book. Please contact the Main Library Reference Department to make an appointment to view this item. 3 v : ill ; 20 cm
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- Photograph of the Goodies buildings, showing front view of upper stories, after the fire, circa 1985
- A photograph of the buildings at 200 and 210 Second Avenue North, after they were gutted by fire on October 12, 1985. This view is from the west, across Second Avenue. The buildings had been connected for some time and had been the site of a...
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- Oral history interview with Judge Alfred Thompson Adams, 1980 September 16, excerpt 04
- An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nashville lawyer and judge Alfred Thompson Adams, conducted on 16 September 1980 by Leanne Thornton as part of the Historic Nashville, Inc. Oral History Project. Adams, who served Nashville as...
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- Post Office and Custom House, Nashville, 1916
- A postcard of the Post Office and Custom House located on Broadway, between Seventh and Eighth Avenues. The original building, which can be identified by its tower, was started in 1875 and completed in 1882. An addition which doubled the amount...
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- Post Office and Custom House. Nashville, Tenn., 1907
- A postcard of the Post Office and Custom House located on Broadway, between Seventh and Eighth Avenues. The original building, which can be identified by its tower, was started in 1875 and completed in 1882. An addition which doubled the amount of...
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- Postoffice - Custom House, Nashville, 1907
- A postcard of the Post Office and Custom House located on Broadway, between Seventh and Eighth Avenues. The original building, which can be identified by its tower, was started in 1875 and completed in 1882. An addition which doubled the amount of...
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- Railroad workers' strike ends, 1955 May 09
- A photograph of picketers holding the Nashville Banner newspaper's morning extra announcing the settlement of the 57-day-old strike of Louisville & Nashville and Nashville Chattanooga & Saint Louis railway workers. They were picketing at Eleventh...
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