A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about the new Elks new dining facility. The caption reads: “Over 200 Elks were present at a dinner session held at the order’s new $15,000 Teak Room and Dining Room on Sixth Avenue, North, last...
A postcard aerial view of downtown Nashville, circa 1940. Leading up to the 1940s, Nashville's importance as a trading center grew steadily, and the city was known to the business world as "The Commercial Capital of the Central South." The...
A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about “three pickets kept vigil before the Andrew Jackson hotel today after 185 employees walked out on strike.” The Andrew Jackson hotel opened in August of 1924 on the east side of Memorial...
Pictured: Hollywood movie star Andrew Vabre “Andy” Devine (1905-1977), an American character actor and comic cowboy sidekick. Photo dated January, 1940. Unidentified man, pictured on the right. It was in April, 1940 when the Devine’s made a...
Pictured: Hollywood movie star Andrew Vabre “Andy” Devine (1905-1977), an American character actor and comic cowboy sidekick. Photo dated January, 1940. Unidentified man, pictured on the right. It was in April, 1940 when the Devine’s made a...
A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about the annual Red Cross roll call. The caption reads: “More than 600 women made the census enumerators look like a bunch of pikers as they started the annual Red Cross roll call today. This...
A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about a new sorority. The caption reads: “Several attractive members of the young school set who recently organized a new junior sorority, Kappa Alpha Phi, are, left to right: Jean Moss, Virginia...
A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about the Kirkwood Heights development. The caption states “the homes pictured above are part of the Kirkwood Heights developments just being completed. Many of these houses are ready for...
A captioned photo, published in the Nashville Times (1940), about the Automobile Electric Service Company, with the caption “Car Trouble?--Then Drive Right In.” The business is cited in the 1941 City Directory at 168 9th Avenue N, Charles C....
A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about the Business and Professional Women’s Club of Nashville, “which has sponsored a vocational guidance program with senior high school girls of Tennessee Industrial School for four years,...
A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about the Jim Reed Chevrolet located on Broadway. The 1941 City Directory cites the address at 1512-1514 Broadway, with J. H. Reed, Jr. President, Edwin E. Reed, V-Pres. and Mgr. Forms part of the...
A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about a basketball game in the tournament. The caption reads: “Leland Blackwood, West forward, shoots at the basket but misses. Felix [Ray?] not shown in the picture, got the rebound. On the...
A postcard of Boscobel College in Nashville, Tennessee. This school for young ladies consisted of an Anna Shelby Williams' old east Nashville mansion and another large brick building atop a tree-covered hill. The ten acre campus was on Sevier...
A published photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about law enforcement destroying barrels of illegal whiskey, known as “moonshine,” or “white lightning” in Franklin County, Tennessee.
Franklin is one of Tennessee's southern tier of...
A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about a spring sale at Peoples Furniture Company. The caption reads: “An expansive remodeling including a new front with three modern display windows has just been completed by Peoples Furniture...
A photograph of the Broadcast Music, Inc. building, located at 710 16th Avenue South in Nashville, Tennessee. Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) was officially declared operational on Feb. 15, 1940 in New York City. The company was established by radio...
The Broadcast Music, Inc. building, located at 710 16th Avenue South in Nashville, Tennessee. Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) was officially declared operational on February 15, 1940 in New York City. The company was established by radio executives in...
A published photo of children in the Buena Vista Band, from the Nashville Times (1940). The school site was located northwest of downtown Nashville. The name “Buena Vista” relates to the home name of John L. Beck and his wife Lavinia, when they...
A published photo of the used car business of Capitol Chevrolet, from the Nashville Times (1940). The automobile dealership is cited in the 1941 City Directory with “C. N. Rolfe, Jr. Pres; W. H. Gourley, V-Pres.; Minos Cox, Sec-Treas, Chevrolet...
A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about the golden wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. John B. Ozborn. The caption reads: “Triune Tenn, Jan. 6 (Spl.)--Mr. and Mrs. Ozborn of Arrington, celebrated their golden wedding anniversary...