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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
.
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