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- Word of Faith Christian Center, circa 2001
- A photograph of Word of Faith Christian Center located at 2635 Nolensville Pike in Nashville, Tennessee. Formerly Grandview Baptist Church, the address was originally listed in the city directory as 2641 Nolensville Road. Grandview Baptist was...
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- Tulane Hotel, between 1930 and 1940
- A photograph of the Tulane Hotel as it appeared circa the 1930s, located at the intersection of Eighth Avenue North and Church Street in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. This hotel was erected in 1894 as the Nicholson Hotel on the site of the old...
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- The Tower, Scarritt College, Nashville, Tennessee, between 1928 and 1947
- A postcard of the Tower at the Scarritt Bennett College for Christian Workers in Nashville, Tennessee. The original conference, retreat and educational center was originally Scarritt Bible and Training School for young women missionaries in Kansas...
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- Photograph of two Nashville Public Library bookmobiles in Centennial Park in front of the Parthenon, circa 1955
- A photograph showing two of the Nashville Public Library bookmobiles and drivers in Nashville's Centennial Park, circa 1955. The Parthenon, originally built for Tennessee's 1897 Centennial Exposition, is pictured in the background. The bookmobile...
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- Photograph of the Nashville Public Library bookmobile, circa 1957
- A photograph of eager young readers boarding the "traveling branch" bookmobile of the Nashville Public Library, circa 1957. The bookmobile service in Davidson County, Tennessee originally began in the 1940's, when the State Library Project...
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- Photograph of the Nashville Public Library bookmobile, circa 1941
- A photograph showing young people greeting the arrival of the Nashville Public Library bookmobile, circa July, 1941, at Stewart's Cash Grocery in Davidson County, Tennessee. Mrs. Frances Parkes and Mrs. Leah Rose, employees of the Nashville Public...
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- Photograph of the Nashville Public Library bookmobile in the Nashville Christmas parade, 1955
- A photograph of the Nashville Public Library bookmobile featured in the Christmas parade of 1955. The bookmobile service in Davidson County, Tennessee originally began in the 1940's, when the State Library Project furnished a bookmobile which made...
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- Photograph of the interior of the Nashville Public Library bookmobile, circa 1957
- A photograph of the interior of the "traveling branch" bookmobile of the Nashville Public Library, depicting the librarian and the young readers, circa 1957. The bookmobile service in Davidson County, Tennessee originally began in the 1940's, when...
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- Photograph of staff members in front of a Nashville Public Library bookmobile, circa 1955
- A photograph of staff members pictured in front of a "library-on-wheels" bookmobile of the Nashville Public Library in Nashville, Tennessee, circa 1955. This particular bookmobile was in service from 1954-1973, with approximately 3000 volumes...
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- Photograph of Nashville Public Library staff members shelving books in the bookmobile, circa 1955
- A photograph of Nashville Public Library staff members placing books on the shelves of the Nashville Public Library bookmobile, circa April 1955. This particular bookmobile was in service from 1954-1973, with approximately 3000 volumes aboard the...
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- Orange Blossom and Flying Pansy Butterfly
- Fine Worcester porcelain sculpture of a flying pansy butterfly perched on orange blossoms. 8"x8"
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- Orange Blossom and Flying Pansy Butterfly
- This fine Worcester porcelain sculpture shows a small pansy butterfly clutching onto an orange blossom. 8"x8"
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- Oral history interview with John S. Bransford, Sr., 1980 July 09, excerpt 09
- An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nashville investor John S. Bransford, Sr., conducted on 9 July 1980 by Leanne Thornton as part of the Historic Nashville, Inc. Oral History Project. Bransford discusses his mother's refusal to move to...
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- Judge Cornelius’ Court, 1969 May 02
- Judge Allen Robinson Cornelius’ Court, May 2nd, 1969. Nashville native, Allen Cornelius was born on December 27, 1920, and graduated from West End High School in 1938. A 1947 graduate of Cumberland Law School, he began his career working as an...
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- Job advisor Mrs. Elizabeth Gregg MacGibbon, from the Nashville Times, 1940
- A published photo of Mrs. Elizabeth Gregg MacGibbon from the Nashville Times (1940), the head caption reads “Job Advisor.” Mrs. MacGibbon was known as the “Emily Post of Business.” In addition to being an automobile editor, an advertising...
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- Inglewood Church of the Nazarene, 2001 December
- A photograph of Inglewood Church of the Nazarene located at 3934 Gallatin Pike in Nashville, Tennessee. Historically the name of the road was Gallatin Road, but the location of the church has not changed. According to the cornerstone, the...
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- Inglewood Church of God, 2001 January
- A photograph of the former Inglewood Church of God located at 1085 Zophi Street in Nashville, Tennessee. When this photograph was taken in 2001, the name of the church had changed to Full Gospel Pentecostal Church. The address first appears in...
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- Hotel Tulane, Nashville, Tenn., circa 1917
- A postcard of the Tulane Hotel, located at the intersection of Eighth Avenue North and Church Street in downtown Nashville. This hotel was erected in 1894 as the Nicholson Hotel on the site of the old Nicholson House (a fancy boarding house...
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- Go ahead with your future plant in Nashville Tennessee, 1947
- An informational pamphlet put out by the Nashville Chamber of Commerce urging manufacturers to consider locating their future plants in Nashville, Tennessee. Content includes maps showing Nashville's central location, an explanation of available...
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