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Title	William A. Eichbaum, circa 1860
Personal name	Eichbaum, William A., 1787-1873
Topical entry	Capital City Popular Culture Business Booksellers and bookselling--Tennessee--Nashville Artists--Tennessee--Nashville Visiting cards--Tennessee--Nashville Portrait photographs--Tennessee--Nashville
Geographic entry	Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources College Street (Nashville, Tenn.) Third Avenue (Nashville, Tenn.)
Description	A carte-de-visite studio portrait of William A. Eichbaum. Eichbaum was born in 1787 in Dublin, Ireland, the son of German immigrants. He immigrated to the United States around 1820, and came to Nashville, Tennessee around 1821. He married Catherine M. Stearns in Davidson County, Tennessee on Jan. 6, 1825. He was a bookseller and stationer in Nashville from about 1831 to 1848, and owner of the Nashville Bookstore, located next to Yeatman and Woods Bank on College Street (Third Avenue) in 1839. He built the first brick house on Vine Street (Seventh Avenue), on the west corner of the intersection with Cedar Street (Charlotte Avenue). He was very active in civic and religious organizations, serving as an elder and teacher of Bible classes in the Christian Church. Eichbaum served as the first treasurer of the Mt. Olivet Cemetery Company from 1856 to 1865, and was a charter member of the Tennessee Historical Society. He was also an artist of pen-an-ink wash drawings of various Nashville buildings, i.e. the "William A. Eichbaum Sketchbook, ca. 1857." Imprinted on verso of this carte-de-visite image: Metropolitan Gallery J. H. Van Stavoren, College St. 53, Nashville, Tenn." Handwritten notes on verso: "Wm. Eichbaum came from Ireland, buried Mt. Olivet." Forms part of the Nashville Room Historic Photographs Collection. 1 carte de visite : sepia ; 2.5 x 3.875 in.
Creator	Van Stavoren, J. H. (Photographer)
Publisher	Special Collections Division of the Nashville Public Library, 615 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 37219
Date	ca. 1860
Type	Still Image; Photographs; Cartes-de-visite
Format	image/jpeg
Identifier	P-2129
Relation	Nashville Room Historic Photographs Collection
Coverage	1860-1869
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	Closed Stacks P-2129