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Carte-de-visite of Captain William Driver
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shades_tsm_0018.JPG
Title
Carte-de-visite
of
Captain
William
Driver
Alternate Title
Driver, William
Genre
Photographs
Material/Technique
carte-de-visite
Description
Studio
photograph
of a
man
seated
in
ornate
carved
chair
. "
Old
Glory
"
inscribed
in
border
below
.
Historical note
William
Driver
,
retired
New
England
sea
captain
,
owned
the
U.S
.
flag
now
known
as "
Old
Glory.
"
It
was
raised
over
the
state
capitol
in
February
1862
soon
after
Union
soldiers
entered
Nashville
.
Captain
William
Driver
(1804-1886)
was
noted
as a
sea
captain
for
having
saved
the
descendents
of the
Bounty
mutineers
in in
1831
,
transporting
them
back
to their
home
on
Pitcairn's
Island
from
Tahiti
,
where
they had been
living
temporarily
for
six
months
because
of a
drought
.
Driver's
family
had
made
a
flag
for him to
fly
on the
first
ship
he
captained
in
1824
. He
named
it
"
Old
Glory.
"
After
he
retired
from the
sea
and
moved
to
Nashville
,
about
1837
, he
flew
the
flag
regularly
once
or
twice
a
year
.
During
the
Civil
War
,
it
was
sewn
into a
quilt
to
hide
it
from the
Confederate
army
.
After
the
war
,
Driver
continued
to
fly
the
flag
on
special
occasions
and
earned
himself
the
nickname
of '
Old
Glory
Driver.
' This
is
probably
what the
inscription
on the
carte-de-visite
refers
to.
Subject
Driver
,
William
,
1804-1886
Theme
Capturing the Flag
Story
Susan Brownlow
Geographic Location
United
States--Tennessee--Nashville
Time period
1860-69
Language
eng
Type
Still
image
Contributing Institution
Tennessee State Museum
Digital Publisher
Digital Initiatives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University
Reference URL
http://content.mtsu.edu/u?/shades,120
Archival file
shades12/shades_tsm_0018.JPG
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