Wharton School was named for Arthur Dickson Wharton who served as principal and professor at various Nashville schools. According to Annual Reports of the Public Schools of Nashville, Tennessee, Wharton school had been occupied for one year at the...
Third Baptist Church was organized in 1876. In 1877 the membership erected a building on a Jefferson Street site given to the congregation by First Baptist Church. In 1899 the congregation purchased a lot on Monroe Street and in 1904, using brick...
This photograph by Nashville Banner photographer Bill Goodman is hand-titled "Fire engine riders" and depicts a scene in front of the Fannie Battle Day Home located at 911 Shelby Avenue in East Nashville. The horse-drawn fire wagon has a driver and...
A photograph, circa April 1959, of downtown Nashville along Fourth Avenue North of Church Street from the corner of the Maxwell House Hotel. Several buildings and landmarks may be seen, such as the Maxwell House Hotel's marquee sign and the very...
A photograph of Davidson County Judge Beverly Briley receiving the polio vaccine at one of the special anti-polio vaccine clinics at Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee. He is seen grinning as the nurse, Mrs. Mary Scott, prepares to inject...
A photograph of Middle Tennessee food industry businessmen racing turtles at the Colemere Club in Nashville, Tennessee. A photograph similar to this one appeared in the May 27, 1959 Nashville Banner newspaper with the following caption: "H. G....
A photograph of the Stahlman Building, located at Third Avenue North and Union Street (211 Union Street), circa April 2, 1959. The twelve-story tall structure was built by newspaper publisher Major E. B. Stahlman. It was considered one of the...
A close-up photograph of a window structure and porchtop of the Lynnlawn mansion in Nashville, Tennessee, built by Thomas E. Stratton circa 1852. Designed in the Italian Renaissance style, the facade of the architecture has been attributed to...
A photograph of a plaster ceiling medallion, with electrical fixture, at the Lynnlawn mansion in Nashville, Tennessee, built by Thomas E. Stratton circa 1852. Designed in the Italian Renaissance style, the facade has been attributed to William...
A photograph of the architectural cornice designs of the porch structure of Lynnlawn mansion in Nashville, Tennessee, 1959. Lynnlawn was built by Thomas E. Stratton circa 1852. Designed in the Italian Renaissance style, the façade has been...
A photograph of the porch structure of Lynnlawn mansion in Nashville, Tennessee, built by Thomas E. Stratton circa 1852. Designed in the Italian Renaissance style, the architectural facade has been attributed to William Strickland. The mansion was...
A photograph showing a gargoyle on the stone column of the old Chamber of Commerce building, located at 315 Fourth Avenue, in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. Prior to the building's razing in the early 1970's, it housed the Vanderbilt Law Department...
A photograph of the façade of the Baxter Building, 216 Union Street, Nashville, Tennessee, showing architectural features of the windows. The building once housed the Commercial Club, as well as a variety of offices and businesses. It appears in...
Senator and Mrs. John F. Kennedy visited Nashville on March 2nd, 1959. Kennedy spoke at a sold out Democratic party banquet at the Maxwell House Hotel in downtown Nashville. Mayor Ben West acted as toastmaster for the event. Pictured in this...
Senator and Mrs. John F. Kennedy visited Nashville on March 2nd, 1959. Kennedy spoke at a sold out Democratic party banquet at the Maxwell House Hotel in downtown Nashville. Mayor Ben West acted as toastmaster for the event. Pictured in this...
Senator and Mrs. John F. Kennedy visited Nashville on March 2nd, 1959. Kennedy spoke at a sold out Democratic party banquet at the Maxwell House Hotel in downtown Nashville. Mayor Ben West acted as toastmaster for the event. Forms part of Record...
Senator and Mrs. John F. Kennedy visited Nashville on March 2nd, 1959. Kennedy spoke at a sold out Democratic party banquet at the Maxwell House Hotel in downtown Nashville. Mayor Ben West acted as toastmaster for the event. Forms part of Record...
Senator and Mrs. John F. Kennedy visited Nashville on March 2nd, 1959. Kennedy spoke at a sold out Democratic party banquet at the Maxwell House Hotel in downtown Nashville. Mayor Ben West acted as toastmaster for the event. Forms part of Record...