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- Paramount Theater, a "palatial playhouse" part of the Publix Theater chain, circa 1930
- A photograph of the Paramount Theatre at 721-727 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee circa 1930. The marquee advertises "Gary Cooper & Marlene Deitrich - Morocco - C. Sharpe Minor at the Organ - Eddie Canter." The $500,000 theater opened November...
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- Jackson Park Church of Christ, 2002 January
- A photograph of Jackson Park Church of Christ located at 4103 Gallatin Pike. Originally the address was listed as 4101 Gallatin Road. The congregation was founded in 1932 by 75 members meeting in a home on Greenland Avenue. Ten months later they...
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- Seventh Day Adventist Memorial Church, circa 2001
- A photograph of Seventh Day Adventist Memorial Church located at 500 Fatherland Street in Nashville, Tennessee. The foundation was red brick. The exterior walls were red brick. The roof was gabled with tar shingles. The windows were a...
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- Berry Field, Nashville's Municipal Airport, circa 1942
- A postcard of Berry Field, Nashville's Municipal Airport, circa 1942. The caption on the verso reads: "Berry Field, Nashville's Municipal Airport, was named Berry Field in honor of Colonel Harry S. Berry, State W. P. A. Administrator. The total...
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- Photograph of Nashville ice storm, 1951 February 2
- A photograph of a residential street in the Hillsboro/Belmont area during the record breaking snow and ice storm of 1951. Bone chilling weather brought sub-zero temperatures to most of Tennessee during a winter storm spanning January 31st through...
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- Just before they soared away for U. S. War games, from the Nashville Times, 1940
- A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940): “These formidable-looking Army planes, above, swooped down from the sky over Nashville to take on more gas and oil at Berry Field before striking out for McComb, Miss., on their way to Uncle...
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- Antiwar demonstrators march against war in Cambodia, 1970 May
- In 1970, in response to President Nixon’s widening of the Vietnam War into Cambodia, students throughout the nation protested with anti-war demonstrations. Nixon ordered U. S. troops into Cambodia on April 30th, 1970, and protests against the...
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- Photograph of a stone carving of the face of a woman, 5th Avenue North, Nashville, Tennessee, between 1980 and 1989
- A photograph of a stone carving of the face of a woman over the archway of one entrance to the 5th Avenue side of Saint Cloud Corner, 500 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee. Part of the building occupies the former site of the Saint Cloud Hotel, a...
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- State capitol - Nashville - Tenn., circa 1930
- A color postcard of the Tennessee State Capitol Building. The Capitol was erected between 1845 and 1853 and cost $2,500,000 to build. The architectural idea is that of a Greek Ionic Temple. The building sits 175 feet above the Cumberland River...
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- Tennessee State Office Building, Nashville, Tenn., circa 1949
- A postcard of the Tennessee State Office Building, located east of the Capitol at 500 Charlotte Avenue in Nashville, Tennessee. The 108,349 square foot building is an example of the "New Deal" era style of government buildings constructed in the...
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- Ward-Belmont showing academic building and Pembroke Hall, Nashville, circa 1915
- A postcard of Ward-Belmont, showing an academic building and Pembroke Hall in Nashville, Tennessee. In 1913, Belmont College, (1890) and Ward Seminary (1865), were consolidated, forming the Ward-Belmont College, a prestigious women's finishing...
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- Ward-Belmont College, Nashville, Tenn., circa 1915
- A postcard of Ward-Belmont College. In 1913, Belmont College, (1890) and Ward Seminary, (1865), were consolidated, forming the Ward-Belmont College, a prestigious women's finishing school. The school was located on the grounds of former Acklen...
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- Cain-Sloan Department Store opening ceremonies, 1957 October 25
- A photograph of the opening of Cain-Sloan Department Store's new facility. A crowd of more than 500 persons stood in the early morning chill on Church Street to hear John Sloan, president of Cain-Sloan Co., officially open the firm's new...
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- Slide Collection - Nashville Municipal Airport, 1961
- A newly constructed Nashville Municipal Airport, located at Berry Field, was formally opened November 1, 1961. Described as ultramodern, the terminal cost $4,500,000 and had three main sections to handle inbound and outbound passenger flow...
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