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...
A photograph of Tabernacle of Faith Church of God in Christ located at 1815 Shelby Avenue in Nashville, Tennessee. Originally Kern Memorial Methodist, this church was erected in the early 1940s. Currently, the church is home to a congregation...
A photograph of Troy Gibson, a Middle Tennessee State University student serving in the Tennessee National Guard, who stands outside a tent surrounded by boxes of water. The photograph was taken by Nashville Banner photographer Larry McCormack on...
A photograph of several Tennessee National Guard soldiers walking across an open area in front of a load of supplies, surrounded by numerous tents serving as living quarters for the troops in the Saudi Arabian desert during Operation Desert Shield....
Excerpts from an oral history interview with Mary Diane Maynard Ross, conducted on 2 Oct. 2006 by Linda Barnickel as part of the Nashville Public Library's Veterans History Project. Ross discusses the difficulty of leaving behind her young...
A portrait photograph of Elizabeth Burgess Buford, a prominent educator and founder of Buford College, a school for young ladies that was first established in Clarksville, Tennessee in the 1880s and subsequently moved to Nashville in 1901. This...
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 photograph of Dinah Shore surrounded by family and friends at the Nashville Airport. This partial text accompanied the photograph appearing in the Nashville Banner newspaper on March 15, 1941: "Dinah Shore, radio and record artist, stopped for...
Excerpt from an oral history interview with Beth and Danny Davenport, conducted on 16 April 2011 by Lexi Koczanski as part of the Flood 2010 Digital History Project. The Davenports received supplies from a helicopter during the May 2010 flood since...
A photograph of the Tennessee Highway Patrol helicopter that brought supplies to the Davenports and their neighborhood during the May 2010 flood when their neighborhood in Ashland City was surrounded by water.
Forms part of the Nashville Room...
A photograph of the Davenports and their neighbors during the May 2010 flood. Their neighborhood in Ashland City was surrounded by water and the residents received emergency supplies from a Tennessee Highway Patrol helicopter.
Forms part of the...
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 mobile homes surrounded by floodwaters and debris near Antioch Pike in South Nashville during the May 2010 Nashville flood.
Forms part of the Nashville Room Flood 2010 Digital History Project.
A photograph of a home surrounded by flood debris at the intersection of Antioch Pike and Goodwin Road in South Nashville during the May 2010 flood.
Forms part of the Nashville Room Flood 2010 Digital History Project.
Colonel Luke Lea, surrounded by a crowd and a brass band at the town square in Lebanon, Tennessee upon his release from prison in 1936. Luke Lea (1879-1945) was born at Lealand, the family’s 1,000-acre farm on the outskirts of Nashville. He was...
Colonel Luke Lea, surrounded by a crowd and a brass band at the town square in Lebanon, Tennessee upon his release from prison in 1936. Luke Lea (1879-1945) was born at Lealand, the family’s 1,000-acre farm on the outskirts of Nashville. He was...
A photograph of Acklen Hall, home of Joseph Hayes Acklen (1850-1938), on Fairmont Street, Nashville, Tennessee. Built in the 1890s, this Victorian-style home was the centerpiece of one of Nashville's first gated communities, Acklen Park. Also...