An aerial photograph of downtown Nashville, photographed for The Nashville Banner, by photographer John Morgan circa 1954. The view includes the urban landscape from the area adjacent to the Tennessee State Capitol building, south to Demonbreun...
A photograph of the Christmas play and Santa Claus puppets at the Children's Division of the Nashville Public Library, circa 1954. The puppeteers in the performance, pictured from left to right, are Raymond Tichenor, Gwendolyn Seay, and Tom...
A photograph of members of the Hamilton School choir singing at a performance for the benefit of the Fannie Battle Day Home. Shown at the school are, seated, from left, Petie Drumwright, Brenda and Linda West. Standing, from left, are Tim...
A photograph of Mrs. Wilma Folwell, librarian, and the student library assistants on the steps of Bailey School in 1954. Bailey School, built in 1929, is located in the Eastwood neighborhood of East Nashville. The student library assistants were...
Presentation of a check donated by Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to Nashville Mayor Ben West, promoting the Civil Defense program. Forms part of Record Group 3, Metro Davidson County Photographer. 1 photograph negative : b & w ; 4 x 5 in.
The introduction of Civil Defense identification chains in Nashville, Tennessee with Mayor Ben West, December 1954. Forms part of Record Group 3, Metro Davidson County Photographer. 1 photograph negative : b & w ; 4 x 5 in.
Nashville Banner reporter Dick Battle (pictured on right) and two photojournalists on a helicopter flight at the airport, November 1954. Battle came to Nashville from his native St. Louis in 1916. He graduated from Goodlettsville High School in...
Mayor Ben West speaking at the Farmers’ Market, September, 1954. Since its inception on the town square in the early 1800’s, the Farmers’ Market has been a vital part of Nashville life. There have been several venues, for example in the...
Pictured: The sturdy “Edgefield” ferry with an unidentified group of people along the Cumberland River. Ferries were an important part of Davidson County Tennessee river history. The ferry was started in 1871 by Joseph and Theodore Clees....
Front of postcard sending Greetings from Nashville, and showing several buildings of note, with the Parthenon and Lake of Centennial Park pictured in the center panel. The other buildings depicted on the postcard are (from left to right) Andrew...
An original political cartoon created by Jack Knox, the Nashville Banner editorial cartoonist from the mid-1940s to the early 1970s. In the foreground, Chief Justice Earl Warren and another judge look at a "No Prayer Decree" and look out the...
A photograph of Grandview Heights Church of Christ located at 2605 Nolensville Road in Nashville, Tennessee. This congregation was founded in 1892, and the building pictured was erected in 1954. In 2006 the Brentwood Hills Church of Christ...
A photograph of Bill Hudson and Associates, an advertising agency that stands on the lot of the former Immanuel Baptist Church located at 1701 West End Avenue in Nashville, Tennessee. Construction on Immanuel Baptist Church was started in 1911 and...
The buildings of Neuhoff Packing Company were erected between 1906 and 1950. The complex, located along the Cumberland River near downtown, was abandoned in 1977 when the business was closed. 3 x 4 in.
Mayor Ben West and Charlie Nickens are shown in front of the Charlie Nickens restaurant on Jefferson Street at 3rd Avenue North. A longtime Nashville landmark, the restaurant was known for barbeque and drive in service. 3 x 4 in.
A photograph of St. George's Episcopal Church located at 4715 Harding Road in Nashville, Tennessee. The cornerstone was laid in 1949. Donald W. Southgate was the architect for the project, and he designed the building in a Greek Revival style. ...
A photograph of St. Patrick Catholic Church located at 1219 Second Avenue South in Nashville, Tennessee. The church was built in 1890 to serve the mainly Irish neighborhood, and so was named after St. Patrick. The red brick structure was...
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 United Primitive Baptist Church located at 2911 Clifton Road (now Avenue) in Nashville, Tennessee. Now reportedly being used as a duplex home with barbecue smoking equipment in the back, this structure began as St. Phillip's...
Excerpts from an interview with civil rights movement participant King M. Hollands, conducted on 28 June 2006 by Larry Patterson as part of the Nashville Public Library's Civil Rights Oral History Project. Hollands was one of the first students to...