A photograph of Nashvillians campaigning for Beverly Briley, circa 1962. Briley was elected as the first mayor of Metro in November 1962 and served in that capacity until 1975. b & w; 35 mm.
A photograph of Nashville man campaigning for Beverly Briley, circa 1962. Briley was elected as the first mayor of Metro in November 1962 and served in that capacity until 1975. b & w; 35 mm.
A photograph of the demolition of the Maxwell House Hotel in 1962, after it was gutted by fire. The five story hotel was begun by John Overton in 1859, but the Civil War delayed its completion. It was used for barracks for both Union soldiers and...
A photograph, circa 1962, of an airline stewardess reading a book in the Nashville Public Library Airport Reading Room, the first branch library reading room ever to be established in a Municipal Airport. The Airport Reading Room was established...
An original political cartoon created by Jack Knox, the Nashville Banner editorial cartoonist from the mid-1940s to the early 1970s. This caricature depicts Soviet Union Premier Nikita Khrushchev standing atop Cuba in the Caribbean, while holding...
A photograph of the Charter Commission at work, circa 1962. Members of the commission appointed by Nashville Mayor Ben West were Carmack Cochran, R. N. Chenault, Alexander Looby, Rebecca Thomas, and Joe Torrence. Members of the commission...
A photograph of the Charter Commission at work, circa 1962. Members of the commission appointed by Nashville Mayor Ben West were Carmack Cochran, R. N. Chenault, Alexander Looby, Rebecca Thomas, and Joe Torrence. Members of the commission...
A photograph of Charter Commission members at work, circa 1962. Pictured here, from left to right, are Alexander Looby, Cecil Branstetter, Harlan Dodson, and Edward Hicks. These four men were appointed to both the first and second Charter...
A photograph of Charter Commission members in conversation, circa 1962. Pictured here, from left to right, are G. S. Meadors, R. N. Chenault, Charlie Warfield, and Cecil Branstetter. Meadors was a member of the first Charter Commission and...
A photograph of Charter Commission member Rebecca Thomas, circa 1962. Thomas was a law partner of Ben West and was appointed by him to both the first and second Charter Commissions. b & w; 35 mm.
A photograph of Charter Commission Chairman Carmack Cochran, circa 1962. Cochran served as the Chairman for both the first and second Charter Commissions. He is pictured delivering a speech at the Hermitage Hotel for the National Exchange Club. ...
A photograph of picket signs protesting Metro Consolidation, circa 1962. There was a substantial protest movement against the consolidation of the city and county governments. Some opponents argued that creating a single government entity would...
A photograph of a sign protesting Metro Consolidation, circa 1962. There was a substantial protest movement against the consolidation of the city and county governments. Some opponents argued that creating a single government entity would be more...
A photograph of a sign protesting Metro Consolidation, circa 1962. There was a substantial protest movement against the consolidation of the city and county governments. Some opponents argued that creating a single government entity would be more...
A photograph of Charter Commission member Harlan Dodson, circa 1962. Dodson was a lawyer in Nashville and served as a State Senator. He was appointed by Beverly Briley to both the first and second Charter Commissions. b & w; 35 mm.
A photograph of storefront signs protesting Metro Consolidation, circa 1962. There was a substantial protest movement against the consolidation of the city and county governments. Some opponents argued that creating a single government entity...
An anti-Metro chart titled "The Tax Hike", circa 1962. The chart describes the supposed tax increases that would result from the consolidation of the city and county governments. There was a substantial protest movement against consolidation at...
An anti-Metro chart titled "The Tax Hike", circa 1962. The chart describes the supposed tax increases that would result from the consolidation of the city and county governments. There was a substantial protest movement against consolidation at...
An anti-Metro chart titled "The Tax Hike", circa 1962. The chart describes the supposed tax increases that would result from the consolidation of the city and county governments. There was a substantial protest movement against consolidation at...
An anti-Metro chart titled "The Tax Hike", circa 1962. The chart describes the supposed tax increases that would result from the consolidation of the city and county governments. There was a substantial protest movement against consolidation at...