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Portrait of Edward Bushrod Stahlman, ca. between 1885 and 1930

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Portrait of Edward Bushrod Stahlman, ca. between 1885 and 1930

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Title	Portrait of Edward Bushrod Stahlman, ca. between 1885 and 1930
Personal name	Stahlman, Edward Bushrod, 1843-1930--Portraits
Corporate name	Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company--Employees Nashville Banner
Topical entry	Popular Culture Business Printing/Publishing Portraits, American Portraits--Tennessee--Nashville Immigrants--Tennessee--Nashville Publishers and publishing--Tennessee--Nashville Businesspeople--Tennessee--Nashville Railroads--Employees
Geographic entry	Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Description	An elderly Edward Bushrod Stahlman, with grey hair and a receding hairline, seated in a wooden chair and holding a newspaper in his right hand. He is wearing a grey suit with a vest, tie, and collared shirt. Born in 1843 in Germany, Edward Bushrod Stahlman emigrated to the United States with his family in 1853. He began working to support his family after his father's death and had a distinguished career in the railroad and newspaper businesses. His railroad affiliation was primarily with the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, and at the end of his career, from 1885 to 1890, he served as the railroad's third vice president. His newspaper career began in 1885, when he purchased the Nashville Banner. His first wife was Mollie T. Claiborne, who died in 1915. He second wife, whom he married in 1920, was Sarah Shelton. Oil on canvas. Presented to the library in 2002 by Annie Laurie Hunt Berry. The portrait is currently on display in the Nashville Room on the Nashville Public Library's second floor. The library's portraits were photographed as part of the National Society of The Colonial Dames of America in Tennessee's Tennessee Portrait Project (http://www.tnportraits.org/index.htm).
Creator	Hoover, Charles (Artist)
Publisher	Special Collections Division of the Nashville Public Library, 615 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 37219
Contributors	National Society of The Colonial Dames of America in Tennessee
Date	ca. between 1885 and 1930
Type	Still Image; Portraits; Paintings
Format	image/jpeg
Identifier	stahlman-maj-e-b-lg
Relation	Nashville Room Portrait Collection
Coverage	1880-1889; 1890-1899; 1900-1909; 1910-1919; 1920-1929; 1930-1939
Rights	U.S. and international copyright laws protect this digital content, which is provided for educational purposes only and may not be downloaded, reproduced, or distributed for any other purpose without written permission. Please contact the Special Collections Division of the Nashville Public Library, 615 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 37219. Telephone (615) 862-5782.
Location	Open stacks