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The Tennessee State Capitol, Nashville, Tenn.
Antique postcard published by Raphael Tuck & Sons circa 1905. Printed in England.

The setting for this capitol is Capitol Hill. It is surrounded by park-like grounds accented with statues. This postcard depicts the drama of the huge hill and the tranquility of the grounds.

 
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Tennessee State Capitol, Nashville, Tenn.
Embossed, antique postcard published circa 1910
by S. Langsdorf & Co. Publishing, New York, N.Y.
Made in Germany.

There are definite similarities between this card and the Tuck above. The trees and bushes only differ in color, with the Tuck card showing fall oranges and browns. The pedestrian is the same. The state seals in the red and blue medallions are widely recognized as a Tuck feature, but this series was published by S. Langsdorf & Co.

 
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State Capitol, Nashville, Tenn.
Antique postcard published circa 1910.

A view from the same angle, but from closer than most others of this state capitol.

 
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Sepia Photograph
From "Photographic Views of Sherman's Campaign" by George N. Barnard, Photographer, compiled 1862 - 1865.

The building looks complete, but the landscaping certainly is not. The first landscaping work was started in 1860.

 
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Daisy, Tennessee State Flower
State Capitol, Nashville, Tenn.

Antique postcard published circa 1910.

The verse reads:

Fair sunny Tennessee,
Thou land of chivalry,
Modest daisy is thy flower,
Pride and worth thy state-hood dower.

 
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State Capitol, Nashville, Tenn.
Embossed, antique postcard published circa 1910.

The view of the capitol on this card is very similar to that in the card above. They might have been created from the same photograph, or they might be from two photos taken from the same, popular vantage point.

 

  Gold embossed postcard of the Tennessee capitol
 
  Tennessee's first state capitol

Knoxville, Tenn. First State Capitol
Antique, Undivided Back postcard published circa 1905 by Raphael Tuck & Sons. Printed in Germany.

This is certainly a humble building to have the honor of being a state capitol.

 

 
 
 

State Capitol, Nashville, Tenn.
Pre-linen postcard published circa 1920.

The Tennessee capitol was built on a hill, and many of the postcard views are from street level. This view gives an idea of the surroundings.

 

  Eye-level view of the Tennessee capitol
 
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Nashville, Tenn. State Capitol
Antique postcard published circa 1905 by Raphael Tuck & Sons.

This publisher, Tuck, is known for postcards with exceptional artwork. This ColloType view has no added color or figures.

 
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Nashville, Tenn. State Capitol
Antique, Undivided Back postcard published circa 1905 by Raphael Tuck & Sons.

This view was published by the same publisher, from the same photograph, at about the same time as the postcard above. This one is labelled on the reverse as a RaphoType while the un-colored one above is a ColloType.

 

  Color version of the card above
 


More on Tennessee:
Telling Them Apart, General Impressions
What's On Top, Cupola Towers
Capital & Capitol History
Old & New Capitol Timeline


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