During the fall of 1933, WSM radio presented a radio "newsreel" of outstanding colleges in the nation. They broadcasted a total of 28 shows on Mondays and Fridays. The broadcasts recreated college life and sports events, complete with legitimate...
A photograph of The Wallace University School baseball squad, Nashville, Tennessee, between 1914 and 1933. This university preparatory school was founded in 1886 by headmaster Clarence B. Wallace, who had earned his M. A. at the University of...
A photograph of the façade of the Carnegie Library of Nashville, circa 1933. The pubic library building was constructed with a $100,000 grant from philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, and the cornerstone was laid on April 27, 1903. Officially opened to...
An original political cartoon drawing created by Jack Knox, the Nashville Banner editorial cartoonist from the mid-1940s to early 1970s. This cartoon relates to President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal strategy and governmental intervention in...
A photograph of the Ross Elementary School, located at 1300 Ordway Place (formerly Grove Avenue) in East Nashville, Tennessee. The notation reads: "Anne Hester entered in First Grade and finished 9th Grade, going then to Hume-Fogg where she...
A Christmas card of the second “Fairview” home of the Foster family, located on the Hillsboro Road at Abbott Lane in Nashville, Tennessee. After the first home was destroyed by fire circa 1933, this home was built upon the foundation of the...
This attractive seven-room home, located on the Hillsboro Road at Abbott Lane, in Nashville, Tennessee, was built for Mrs. Chauncey C. Foster. The residence was built upon the foundation of the old Foster home, after it was destroyed by fire circa...
This attractive seven-room home, located on the Hillsboro Road at Abbott Lane, in Nashville, Tennessee, was built for Mrs. Chauncey C. Foster. The residence was built upon the foundation of the old Foster home, after it was destroyed by fire circa...
This attractive seven-room home, located on the Hillsboro Road at Abbott Lane, in Nashville, Tennessee, was built for Mrs. Chauncey C. Foster. The residence was built upon the foundation of the old Foster home, after it was destroyed by fire circa...
This attractive seven-room home, located on the Hillsboro Road at Abbott Lane, in Nashville, Tennessee, was built for Mrs. Chauncey C. Foster. The residence was built upon the foundation of the old Foster home, after it was destroyed by fire circa...
This attractive seven-room home, located on the Hillsboro Road at Abbott Lane, in Nashville, Tennessee, was built for Mrs. Chauncey C. Foster. The residence was built upon the foundation of the old Foster home, after it was destroyed by fire circa...
This attractive seven-room home, located on the Hillsboro Road at Abbott Lane, in Nashville, Tennessee, was built for Mrs. Chauncey C. Foster. The residence was built upon the foundation of the old Foster home, after it was destroyed by fire circa...
This attractive seven-room home, located on the Hillsboro Road at Abbott Lane, in Nashville, Tennessee, was built for Mrs. Chauncey C. Foster. The residence was built upon the foundation of the old Foster home, after it was destroyed by fire circa...
A photograph of New Hall Intermediaries, an insurance office, located at 1230 Second Avenue South in Nashville, Tennessee. This building was constructed in 1873 by Morton Howell after he purchased the lot on Market Street (now Second Avenue). ...
Excerpts from an interview with Madison businessman Douglas G. Odom, Jr., conducted on 05 June 2007 by James T. Havron as part of the Nashville Business Leaders Oral History Project. In the excerpts, Odom discusses his family's business, Odom's...
Located on Grove Avenue, which later became Ordway Place, Ross School was erected in 1907. The school was named for Marcus M. Ross who worked as a teacher and principal for Nashville city schools. In 1933, a tornado that swept through East...
A photograph of Shelby Avenue Church of Christ located at 1700 Shelby Avenue in the East Nashville neighborhood of Nashville, Tennessee. According to the cornerstone, the original building was erected in 1933, while the congregation was organized...
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...