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    Historic Photos of Nashville
    Historic Photos of Nashville
    Historic Photos of Nashville
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    Historic Photos of Nashville

    By Jan Duke

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    By the mid-nineteenth century, the city of Nashville was a vibrant cultural center of the South. Through the Civil War reconstruction, two world wars, and into a modern era, Nashville has continued to grow and prosper by overcoming adversity and maintaining the strong independent culture of its citizens.

    This volume, Historic Photos of Nashville, captures this journey through still photography from the finest archives of the city, state and private collections. From the Civil War, Exposition and the great fire of 1916, Historic Photos of Nashville follows life, government, education, and disasters throughout Nashville's history. The book captures unique and rare scenes and events through the original lens of hundreds of historic photographs. Published in striking duo tone these images communicate historic events and everyday life of two centuries of people building a unique and prosperous city.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTurner Publishing Company
    Release dateSep 22, 2005
    ISBN9781618586575
    Historic Photos of Nashville
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    Jan Duke

    Jan Duke has published numerous articles on Nashville. She is the editor of the award-winning website, nashville.about.com, and a lifetime member of the Cheatham County Historical Society, as well as the First Families of Tennessee, a project of the East Tennessee Historical Society that documents, honors, and identifies the state’s first residents prior to Tennessee’s statehood in 1796. Jan has also written extensively for other publications, including La Campana del Sur (Nashville’s Spanish newspaper), Ireland’s Own magazine, and for the University of Regensburg, Germany. Jan and her husband Phillip have two wonderful sons. They live in Cheatham County outside of Nashville.

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      Book preview

      Historic Photos of Nashville - Jan Duke

      HISTORIC PHOTOS OF

      NASHVILLE

      TEXT AND CAPTIONS BY JAN DUKE

      Union Station and the railroad yard, circa 1930. The eight-story building on the left held the offices of the N.C. & St.L. Railroad.

      HISTORIC PHOTOS OF

      NASHVILLE

      Turner Publishing Company

      200 4th Avenue North • Suite 950

      Nashville, Tennessee 37219

      (615) 255-2665

      www.turnerpublishing.com

      Historic Photos of Nashville

      Copyright © 2005 Turner Publishing Company

      All rights reserved.

      This book or any part thereof may not be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2005926683

      ISBN-13: 978-1-59652-184-1

      ISBN: 1-59652-184-8

      Printed in China

      09  10  11  12  13  14  15  16—0  9  8  7  6  5  4  3

      CONTENTS

      ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

      PREFACE

      PRE-CIVIL WAR TO THE CENTENNIAL (1850–1899)

      A CITY AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY (1900–1916)

      THE FIRST WORLD WAR AND A DEVELOPING METROPOLIS (1917–1939)

      A MODERN CITY EMERGES (1940–1979)

      NOTES ON THE PHOTOGRAPHS

      This photograph captures shadows of the Parthenon columns.

      ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

      This volume, Historic Photos of Nashville, is the result of the cooperation and efforts of many individuals, organizations, and corporations. It is with great thanks that we acknowledge the valuable contribution of the following for their generous support:

      AmSouth Bank

      First Tennessee

      KraftCPAs PLLC

      LBMC

      Pinnacle Financial Partners

      Tennessee State Library and Archives

      US Bank

      Bass, Berry & Sims

      FirstBank

      LifeWay

      The Nashville Room—Nashville Public Library

      Southern Baptist Historical Library and Archives

      Tennessee Historical Society

      Vanderbilt University Library and University Archives

      We would also like to express our gratitude to Phil Duke for providing research, assisting the author, and contributing in all ways possible.

      Finally, we would like to thank the following individuals for their valuable contribution and assistance in making this work possible:

      Steven Gateley, Research Service Librarian, LifeWay

      Susan Gordon, Archivist, Tennessee State Library and Archives

      Lyle Lankford, Public Affairs Office, Vanderbilt University

      Beth Odle, Special Collections Division, Nashville Public Library

      Henry Shipman, Photographic Assistant, Vanderbilt University Library

      Bill Sumners, Director, Southern Baptist Historical Library and Archives

      Ridley Wills II, Historian

      PREFACE

      Nashville has thousands of historic photographs that reside in archives, both locally and nationally. This book began with the observation that, while those photographs are of great interest to many, they are not easily accessible. During a time when Nashville is looking ahead and evaluating its future course, many people are asking, How do we treat the past? These decisions affect every aspect of the city—architecture, public spaces, commerce, and infrastructure—and these, in turn, affect the way that people live their lives. This book seeks to provide easy access to a valuable, objective look into the history of Nashville.

      The power of photographs is that they are less subjective than words in their treatment of history. Although the photographer can make subjective decisions regarding subject matter and how to capture and present it, photographs seldom interpret the past to the extent textual histories can. For this reason, photography is uniquely positioned to offer an original, untainted look at the past, allowing the viewer to learn for himself what the world was like a century or more ago.

      This project represents countless hours of review and research. The researchers and writer have reviewed many hundreds of photographs in numerous archives. We greatly appreciate the generous assistance of the individuals and organizations listed in the acknowledgments of this work, without whom this project could not have been completed.

      The goal in publishing this work is to provide broader access to this set of extraordinary photographs, as well as to inspire, provide perspective, and evoke insight that might assist citizens as they work to plan the city’s future. In addition, the book seeks to preserve the past with adequate respect and reverence.

      With the exception of touching up imperfections that

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