[2nd Lieutenant Valentine Koehler, Union officer in the 32nd Indiana R...
Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Nashville, Tenn., from Fort Negley looking northeast]
The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy surface to h... More
Choir and organ of Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn.
Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Reportedly displayed as part of the American Negro exhibit at the Paris Exposition of 1900.
Original Nashville Students combined with Gideon's Big Minstrel Carniv...
73924 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: Me and my baby. Created and "copyright 1899 by The U.S. Printing Co., Russell-Morgan Print, Cincinnati & New York." Direction of Rusco & Holland. No. 4209. Forms part of: Mi... More
Roger Williams University--Nashville, Tenn.--Normal class
Group portrait of African American students, facing front. Public domain photograph - group portrait, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Court House and public square, Nashville, Tenn.
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a historic courthouse building, court, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn., Panoramic Photograph
H121214 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Haines Photo Co.; January 4, 1909. Copyright claimant's address: Conneaut, O.
Mrs. McMillin in Greek Play, Nashville
A black and white photo of a group of people. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
9-year-old Sol, A Nashville newsie, selling Sunday morning. Location:...
Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Religious meeting, Nashville, Tennessee
Public domain photograph of Tennessee, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Torries Tavern, Nashville vic., Nash County, North Carolina
Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural landscape with a watermill, water, decayed building, 18th, 19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Religious meeting, Nashville, Tennessee
Public domain photograph of Tennessee, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Sorghum cane mill situated on a well-travelled highway near Nashville,...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a damaged, burned, or destroyed building, natural disaster, war destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Great Depression: A horse pulling a wagon with a man standing next to ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a tractor, farming equipment, agriculture, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Trailer camp for defense workers of the Vultee Aircraft Plant. Nashvil...
Public domain photograph of Tennessee, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Nashville, Tennessee. "Vengeance" bomber on the field
Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Vultee Aircraft Corporation plant
Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s industrial development, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Vultee Aircraft Corporation plant
Public domain photograph of building construction site, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Nashville, Tennessee. Vultee Aircraft Company. In the engine installat...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial equipment, workshop, assembly line, factory, power engine, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Nashville, Tennessee. In the machine shop section. Vultee Aircraft Cor...
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
Vultee Aircraft Corporation plant
Picryl description: Public domain image of a military aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Nashville, Tennessee. In the machine shop section. Vultee Aircraft Cor...
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Nashville, Tennessee. In the wing assembly section
Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Vultee Aircraft Corporation plant
Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Nashville, Tennessee. Vultee Aircraft Company. Final assembly of the V...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Nashville, Tennessee. Women operating a giant stamping machine. Vultee...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Nashville, Tennessee. Stamping out parts for bombers. Vultee Aircraft ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Pre-flight check-up. Here...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Tail cone sub-assembly. I...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
A Greyhound bus trip from Louisville, Kentucky, to Memphis, Tennessee,...
Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
San Bernardino, California. Data on a freight car of the Louisville an...
Public domain photograph - California, United States, World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Lunch time. Here's a grou...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a uniform, costume design, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Landing gear installation...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Hearing room at the Tennessee Capitol in Nashville, Tennessee
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More
The First Union dress parade in Nashville. The 51st Regiment Ohio volu...
Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Nashville, Tenn. Fortified railroad bridge across Cumberland River
Photograph of the War in the West. These photographs are of Hood before Nashville. Continuing his policy of the offensive at any cost, Gen. John B. Hood brought his reduced army before the defenses of Nashville... More
Belmont, Belmont Boulevard & Wedgewood, Nashville, Davidson County, TN
Significance: Built in 1850 by Col. J.A.S. Acklen and his wife, Adelicia, Belmont was considered at that time to be one of the finest private residences in the south. Designed in the manner of an Italian Renai... More
Belmont, Belmont Boulevard & Wedgewood, Nashville, Davidson County, TN
Significance: Built in 1850 by Col. J.A.S. Acklen and his wife, Adelicia, Belmont was considered at that time to be one of the finest private residences in the south. Designed in the manner of an Italian Renai... More
Sparkman Street Bridge, Spanning Cumberland River, Nashville, Davidson...
Significance: The bridge possesses state level engineering significance as an example of the through Parker and camelback truss types for its uncommon concrete trusses. The bridge possesses local significance a... More
[Harry Bay, Nashville Team, baseball card portrait]
Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.
Windsor, Nashville, Davidson County, TN during American Civil War
Significance: Wall construction: Brick, front elevation in Flemish bond with stone lintels including moulded keystones. Size and form: Rectangular, two stories with two-story rear ell. Exterior openings, door... More
[Nashville, Tenn. Federal outer line; another view]
Photograph of the War in the West. These photographs are of Hood before Nashville. Continuing his policy of the offensive at any cost, Gen. John B. Hood brought his reduced army before the defenses of Nashvill... More
Public Square Commercial Area, 212, 214, 216 Public Square, Nashville,...
Significance: These three three-story commercial buildings adjoin the Morgan-Reeves Building (see HABS No. TN-16) and face south into the Public Square. The cornice of 212 reads "A.G. Adams, 1875" while the ne... More
Tennessee State Penitentiary, Main Prison, West End, Centennial Avenue...
Picryl description: Public domain image of park architecture, palace, chateau, open space, 18th, and 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Vanderbilt University, Gymnasium, Twenty-third Avenue, South & West En...
Significance: Completed in 1880, the Vanderbilt facility, with its considerable gymnastic equipment and indoor running track, was one of the earliest and best equipped gymnasiums in the South. Though the inter... More
St. Mary's Cathedral, 328 Fifth Avenue, North, Nashville, Davidson Cou...
Significance: Begun in 1844, St. Mary's Cathedral was designed by the famed architect, William Strickland, soon after his arrival in Nashville, Tennessee. A simple, well-proportioned Greek Revival edifice, it ... More
Second Avenue North, Commercial District, Second Avenue North between ...
Significance: Initially known as Market Street, Second Avenue from Broadway to the Public Square was probably the most important business street in Nashville in the last half of the nineteenth century. The blo... More
Second Avenue North, Commercial District, Second Avenue North between ...
Significance: Initially known as Market Street, Second Avenue from Broadway to the Public Square was probably the most important business street in Nashville in the last half of the nineteenth century. The blo... More
Union Station, 1001 Broadway, Nashville, Davidson County, TN
Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, warehouse, depot, train station, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Newsom's Mill Bridge, Spanning Harpeth River, Newsom's Station Road, N...
Significance: The bridge is significant for its role in local industry and railroading. The bridge derives additional significance as a representative example of the pony Warren truss type for its association w... More
Newsom's Mill Bridge, Spanning Harpeth River, Newsom's Station Road, N...
Significance: The bridge is significant for its role in local industry and railroading. The bridge derives additional significance as a representative example of the pony Warren truss type for its association w... More
Belair, Nashville, Davidson County, TN
Picryl description: Public domain image of a small palace, chateau, villa, residential historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Theodore Roosevelt's arrival at the Hermitage at Nashville, Tenn. / H....
Theodore Roosevelt, seated in front seat of an open automobile, arriving at the former home of Andrew Jackson. H101868 U.S. Copyright Office Title taken item.
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, 615 Sixth Avenue, South, Nashville, Dav...
Significance: The design for the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church has been attributed to the architectural firm of Wills and Dudley of New York. Begun in 1852, Holy Trinity was modeled after an English parish chu... More
Vanderbilt University, West Side Row, West End Avenue & Twenty-fourth ...
Significance: These five buildings were erected as dormitories for Vanderbilt University in 1886 and 1887. They represent an early venture in student housing, when campus residence by students was less common t... More
Morgan-Reeves Building, 208-210 Public Square, Nashville, Davidson Cou...
Significance: This building, among the earliest to be erected on Public Square following the fires of 1856, is a fine example of the richly decorated Italianate storefront in Nashville and may offer the first s... More
Morgan-Reeves Building, 208-210 Public Square, Nashville, Davidson Cou...
Significance: This building, among the earliest to be erected on Public Square following the fires of 1856, is a fine example of the richly decorated Italianate storefront in Nashville and may offer the first s... More
Fisk University, Jubilee Hall, Seventeenth Avenue, North, Nashville, D...
Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Davidson County Courthouse & Public Building, Public Square, Nashville...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a historic courthouse building, court, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Davidson County Courthouse & Public Building, Public Square, Nashville...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a statue, monument, sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Davidson County Courthouse & Public Building, Public Square, Nashville...
Public domain photograph of Tennessee, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
State Capitol, State Capitol Boulevard & Cedar Street, Nashville, Davi...
Significance: The Tennessee State Capitol is owned and occupied by the State of Tennessee, possession was taken by the State Legislature on October 7th 1843. The Legislature accepted from the citizens of Nashv... More
State Capitol, State Capitol Boulevard & Cedar Street, Nashville, Davi...
Significance: The Tennessee State Capitol is owned and occupied by the State of Tennessee, possession was taken by the State Legislature on October 7th 1843. The Legislature accepted from the citizens of Nashv... More
State Capitol, State Capitol Boulevard & Cedar Street, Nashville, Davi...
Significance: The Tennessee State Capitol is owned and occupied by the State of Tennessee, possession was taken by the State Legislature on October 7th 1843. The Legislature accepted from the citizens of Nashv... More
State Capitol, State Capitol Boulevard & Cedar Street, Nashville, Davi...
Significance: The Tennessee State Capitol is owned and occupied by the State of Tennessee, possession was taken by the State Legislature on October 7th 1843. The Legislature accepted from the citizens of Nashv... More
Union Gospel Tabernacle, 116 Fifth Avenue, North, Nashville, Davidson ...
Significance: The Ryman Auditorium was built at a time when religious revivalism was attracting such a following in Nashville that Thomas Green Ryman, a recent convert himself, decided in 188 to provide the cit... More
Union Gospel Tabernacle, 116 Fifth Avenue, North, Nashville, Davidson ...
Significance: The Ryman Auditorium was built at a time when religious revivalism was attracting such a following in Nashville that Thomas Green Ryman, a recent convert himself, decided in 188 to provide the cit... More
Union Gospel Tabernacle, 116 Fifth Avenue, North, Nashville, Davidson ...
Significance: The Ryman Auditorium was built at a time when religious revivalism was attracting such a following in Nashville that Thomas Green Ryman, a recent convert himself, decided in 188 to provide the cit... More
Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tu...
Significance: A regional Good Roads movement championed by the Natchez Trace Military Highway Association in 1916 continued an effort initiated by the Mississippi Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) to c... More
Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tu...
Significance: A regional Good Roads movement championed by the Natchez Trace Military Highway Association in 1916 continued an effort initiated by the Mississippi Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) to c... More
Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tu...
Significance: A regional Good Roads movement championed by the Natchez Trace Military Highway Association in 1916 continued an effort initiated by the Mississippi Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) to c... More
Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tu...
Significance: A regional Good Roads movement championed by the Natchez Trace Military Highway Association in 1916 continued an effort initiated by the Mississippi Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) to c... More
Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tu...
Significance: A regional Good Roads movement championed by the Natchez Trace Military Highway Association in 1916 continued an effort initiated by the Mississippi Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) to c... More
Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tu...
Significance: A regional Good Roads movement championed by the Natchez Trace Military Highway Association in 1916 continued an effort initiated by the Mississippi Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) to c... More
Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tu...
Significance: A regional Good Roads movement championed by the Natchez Trace Military Highway Association in 1916 continued an effort initiated by the Mississippi Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) to c... More
Natchez Trace Parkway, Located between Natchez, MS & Nashville, TN, Tu...
Significance: A regional Good Roads movement championed by the Natchez Trace Military Highway Association in 1916 continued an effort initiated by the Mississippi Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) to c... More
The Hermitage, U.S. Highway 70 North (4580 Rachel's Lane), Nashville, ...
Significance: The Hermitage and five hundred acres of adjoining land were bought by the State in 1856. It is believed that the brick building was begun in 1818. There is no record of the architect. ... Much f... More
The Hermitage, U.S. Highway 70 North (4580 Rachel's Lane), Nashville, ...
Significance: The Hermitage and five hundred acres of adjoining land were bought by the State in 1856. It is believed that the brick building was begun in 1818. There is no record of the architect. ... Much f... More
The Hermitage, U.S. Highway 70 North (4580 Rachel's Lane), Nashville, ...
Significance: The Hermitage and five hundred acres of adjoining land were bought by the State in 1856. It is believed that the brick building was begun in 1818. There is no record of the architect. ... Much f... More
The Hermitage, U.S. Highway 70 North (4580 Rachel's Lane), Nashville, ...
Significance: The Hermitage and five hundred acres of adjoining land were bought by the State in 1856. It is believed that the brick building was begun in 1818. There is no record of the architect. ... Much f... More
The Hermitage, U.S. Highway 70 North (4580 Rachel's Lane), Nashville, ...
Significance: The Hermitage and five hundred acres of adjoining land were bought by the State in 1856. It is believed that the brick building was begun in 1818. There is no record of the architect. ... Much f... More
The Hermitage, U.S. Highway 70 North (4580 Rachel's Lane), Nashville, ...
Significance: The Hermitage and five hundred acres of adjoining land were bought by the State in 1856. It is believed that the brick building was begun in 1818. There is no record of the architect. ... Much f... More
The Hermitage, U.S. Highway 70 North (4580 Rachel's Lane), Nashville, ...
Significance: The Hermitage and five hundred acres of adjoining land were bought by the State in 1856. It is believed that the brick building was begun in 1818. There is no record of the architect. ... Much f... More
The Hermitage, U.S. Highway 70 North (4580 Rachel's Lane), Nashville, ...
Significance: The Hermitage and five hundred acres of adjoining land were bought by the State in 1856. It is believed that the brick building was begun in 1818. There is no record of the architect. ... Much f... More
The Hermitage, U.S. Highway 70 North (4580 Rachel's Lane), Nashville, ...
Significance: The Hermitage and five hundred acres of adjoining land were bought by the State in 1856. It is believed that the brick building was begun in 1818. There is no record of the architect. ... Much f... More
Gen'l Persifor F. Smith's march, Confederate States of America
Music associated with the Confederate side
Sir John Frizzell / C. C. Giers, 43 & 45 Union St., Nashville, Tenn.
Photograph shows Frizzell in Masonic regalia including gauntlets, belt, and sash standing next to table with hat on top. Negative no. 13965. Originally in album belonging to Joel B. Clough, Civilian Engineer, ... More
Map of Nashville, Tennessee. - Public domain old map
Detailed city map showing streets, railroads, all buildings (major ones identified), larger land tracts with owners' names, and streams. Relief shown by fold lines. Pen-and-ink (black) and lead pencil. Signed i... More
[Captain Frederick Ludwig (Lodewig), Union officer in the 32nd Indiana...
In: Adolph Metzner photograph album ..., no. 37. Color laser copy reference surrogate, showing front and back of photo, filed with finding aids for LOT 8751 in P&P Reading Room.
Charles A. Fuller / Landy, photographer, 68 & 70 [West Fourth Street, ...
Originally in album belonging to Joel B. Clough, Civilian Engineer, United States Military Railroad, 1863 and 1864. Signed on recto: Respectfully, Charles A. Fuller. Signed on verso: J. B. Clough and annotated ... More
Courthouse and Market - Public Square, Nashville, Tenn.
Photogravure copyrighted by A. Wittemann (The Albertype Co.). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.
Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn., 1900 - library interior
Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Reportedly displayed as part of the American Negro exhibit at the Paris Exposition of 1900. Caption card tracings: Architecture; African Americans; Lib... More
Public Arcade, Fourth & Fifth Streets, Nashville, Davidson County, TN
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: An alley converted to commercial use by the construction of this building, the Public Arcade is constructed of steel and glass. David C. Buntin, a prominent real... More
Roger Williams University, Nashville, Tennessee, A. M. Townsend, Pres.
J212335 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Haines Photo Co.; March 27, 1916. Copyright claimant's address: Conneaut, O.
National Woman's Party Headquarters in Nashville, Tenn., in which the ...
Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of group of women and men posing under "National Woman's Party" banner.
House, Nashville, El Dorado County, CA
Survey number: HABS CA-1353 Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Sorghum mill located on a well-travelled highway near Nashville, India...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Indiana, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Farm buildings of a well-to-do farmer on the outskirts of Nashville, B...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural countryside landscape, farmhouse, farm field, pasture free to use, no copyright restrictions.
A horse pulling a wagon with a man standing next to it, possibly relat...
Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More