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- Belle Meade Booketeria, circa 1953 March
- A photograph of one of the Nashville Public Library's Booketerias, located in a Logan supermarket in Belle Meade, Tennessee, circa March 1953. Dr. Robert Alvarez, Director, is pictured assisting a patron with method of taking out a book from the...
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- Blue Triangle Branch of the YWCA participates in camp show series, Nashville, Tennessee, 1952 November 08
- A photograph of "The Business and Professional Women's Club of the Blue Triangle Branch of the YWCA, in cooperation with the local USO, Friday night opened what is planned to be a series of camp show entertainments for airmen at Sewart Air Force...
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- Carol funds provide equipment at Day Home, circa 1951 December 14
- A photograph taken at the Fannie Battle Day Home, circa 14 December 1951. Pictured left to right, is Mrs. Drowota, president of the Fannie Battle Social Workers, Mrs. Corinne Pilcher, director of the home, Mrs. T. Graham Hall and Mrs. Avery...
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- Excerpt 1 from oral history interview with Wilbur Foster Creighton, Jr., 1976 August 18
- An excerpt from an oral history interview with Wilbur Foster Creighton, Jr., conducted on 18 August 1976 by Ann Wells as part of the Historic Nashville, Inc. Tennessee Centennial Project: Oral History . Creighton discusses how the idea for...
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- Excerpt 1 from Scott Potter Oral History Interview, 2011 February 04
- Excerpt from an oral history interview with Scott Potter conducted on February 04, 2011 by Andrea Blackman as part of the Flood 2010 Digital History Project. Scott Potter, director of Metro Water Services, discusses the severity of losing the K.R....
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- Excerpt from Kevin Penney Oral History Interview, 2011 February 03
- Excerpt from an oral history interview with Kevin Penney, Office of Emergency Management Deputy Director, conducted on February 03, 2011 by Andrea Blackman as part of the Flood 2010 Digital History Project. Kevin Penney discusses emergency response...
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- Excerpt from Monette Rebecca Oral History Interview, 2011 July 08
- Excerpt from an oral history interview with Monette Rebecca conducted on July 08, 2011 by Susannah Gibbons as part of the Flood 2010 Digital History Project. Monette Rebecca, Executive Director of the Richland Creek Watershed Alliance, discusses...
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- Hermes and Vasso Pan visit Nashville, Tennessee, 1939 February 10
- A photograph of Vasso and Hermes Pan, sister and brother who were visiting Nashville. An article titled "Noted Hollywood Dance Director Visits Nashville," ran in the 10 February 1939 edition of the Nashville Banner newspaper. "Hermes Pan, native...
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- Joe Torrence and United Way, 1974 August
- Joe E. Torrence (pictured on the right) with an unidentified man at an August 1974 United Way event. It was in 1954 when Nashville business leaders established the United Givers Fund (UGF), replacing the Community Chest, soliciting funds within...
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- Mid-state business women meet here, from the Nashville Times, 1940
- A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about a semi-annual meeting of the Middle Tennessee District of the Tennessee Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs. They gathered in Nashville and “among those at the...
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- Oral history interview with Douglas B. Havron, 2007 April 04
- Sixteen excerpts from an oral history interview with Nashville businessman Douglas B. Havron, conducted on 4 April 2007 by James T. Havron as part of the Nashville Public Library's Nashville Business Leaders Oral History Project. In these clips...
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- Photograph of Reverend James Morris Lawson, Jr., Nashville, Tennessee, 1960 March 01
- A photograph of Reverend James Morris Lawson, Jr., at First Baptist Church, 8th Avenue North, Nashville, Tennessee, March 1, 1960. Having served as field representative for the Fellowship of Reconciliation, Reverend Lawson was the key organizer and...
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- Photograph of the circulation desk of the Nashville Public Library, circa 1955
- A photograph showing the circulation desk and staff of the Nashville Public Library, assisting the community patrons, circa 1955. Originally established as the Carnegie Library of Nashville, the building was located at 8th Avenue North and Union...
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- Program for "Meet The Wife," a play presented by The Little Theatre Guild, 1928 May
- The Little Theatre Guild, under the direction of Ramon Savich, presented the play "Meet The Wife" by Lynn Starling on May 23-26, 1928, at the Hillsboro Theatre, 2101 Belcourt Avenue, Nashville, Tennessee. It was the last offering by the company for...
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- Sister Cities board members Doug Berry and Burkley Allen present a flood relief check, from donations gathered at a concert in Nashville’s sister city Magdeburg, Germany, to Mayor Karl Dean and Executive Director of Hands on Nashville Brian...
- Sister Cities board members Doug Berry and Burkley Allen present a flood relief check, from donations gathered at a concert in Nashville’s sister city Magdeburg, Germany, to Mayor Karl Dean and Executive Director of Hands on Nashville Brian...
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- Talking over crime situation, from the Nashville Times, 1940
- A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about Chief of Police John Griffin. The caption reads: “Chief of Police John Griffin and James Merritt Hepbron, well known criminologist, discussed local crime problems in the chief’s office...
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- Tennessee Theatre exterior, marquee and neon sign on opening night, 1952 February 28
- A photograph of the grand opening of the million-dollar Tennessee Theatre (built on the first floor of the 1930's Sudekum building) on February 28, 1952, featured appearances by state and local politicians, celebrities and the cast of the movie...
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- Walter Seigenthaler, 1940
- Pictured: Walter Seigenthaler, Circulation Director for the Newspaper Printing Corporation, which served both The Banner and The Tennessean newspapers of Nashville, Tennessee. Photo dated 1940. Forms part of Record Group 412, Photographs...
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