William T. Lowe may have been Nashville's first motorcycle police officer. He was a member of the Nashville police force from 1918 through 1926. 8 x 10 in.
This photograph, circa 1935, features a fleet of Nashville Police cars and officers in front of the War Memorial Building in Nashville, Tennessee. According to the 1935 Nashville City Directory: "Nashville has one of the most competent police...
This photograph of Librarian F. K. W. Drury and staff of the Nashville Public Library, Main (originally named the Carnegie Library of Nashville) appeared in the Nashville Banner 14 January 1942 issue illustrating the article "Library Completes 40...
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...
This elevated view of the American Trust Building, on the corner of Third Avenue and Union Streets, taken from the window of a building across the street, highlights architect Henry C. Hibbs' design of an addition of ten stories to the top and...
The Sparkman Street Bridge, later renamed Shelby Street Bridge was completed in 1909, spanning the Cumberland River to link East Nashville to the downtown area. The multi-storied Nashville Bridge Company can be seen in the background on the east...
The Sparkman Street Bridge, later renamed Shelby Street Bridge was completed in 1909, spanning the Cumberland River to link East Nashville to the downtown area. A river boat can be seen in the foreground, as well as a mule/horse-drawn wagon. The...
The cover of a multi-page annual report for the Third National Bank in Nashville, Tennessee. This report covers thirty years, from 1927 through 1957. The artwork on the cover was painted by Nashville artist John Furlow and originally used for a...
The Coffer Dam East Channel Pier, Broadway Bridge, in 1909 when the Sparkman Bridge (Shelby Street Bridge) was being constructed by the Foster & Creighton Company. This is along the Cumberland River in downtown Nashville. The construction on the...
The 1955 Central High School baseball team and starting lineup. The school was established in 1917 at 161 Rains Avenue at the corner of Wedgewood Avenue. Central High School was closed in 1971 and the building demolished in 1973. 8 x 10 in.
Subdivision of Mt. Olivet Cemetery lot 161, section one, owned by Dr. D.T. McGavock. Mt. Olivet Cemetery, located on Lebanon Road, opened in 1856 and is still in operation today. 8 x 10 in.
Property was acquired by the City of Nashville on the north side of the Public Square as a building site for a new City Market House in September of 1935. Plans for the new building were submitted by architect Henry C. Hibbs. Upon approval of...
Photograph of unidentified African-American military band during World War II, probably taken at or near Karachi Air Base in India (now in Pakistan). Photograph probably taken by Morris Levine. Morris Levine was born on Dec. 8, 1917 in Nashville,...
Photograph of soldiers in uniform, reading from the Torah at a Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year) service in Karachi, India during World War II. In 1943 (Hebrew year 5704), the holiday began at sundown on Wednesday, September 29 and continued through...
Photograph of soldiers in uniform, most with their backs towards the camera, gathered around a kneeling camel. One soldier appears to be mounting or dismounting the camel, assisted by a man in a turban. Morris Levine is at far right. Morris Levine...
Photograph of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Secretary of State Cordell Hull, circa 1934 sitting in the back seat of an open car. Cordell Hull was born in Pickett County Tennessee. He became a lawyer and had an illustrious career in which he...
Photograph of Governor Frank Clement and his oldest son Robert en route from the Tennessee State Capitol to a platform in front of the War Memorial Auditorium where he was administered the oath of office, becoming the first four-year-term Governor...
Photograph of Cornelia Fort wearing pilot's coveralls, flying helmet, and goggles perched on top of her head, standing next to and leaning against the wing of a PT-19 training airplane in 1942. Fort was a young Nashville debutante who became a...
Pamphlet written by Anna Holden in cooperation with the Nashville Congress of Racial Equality group, 1958. The pamphlet tells how a CORE group helped parents and children, despite the violence of segregationist mobs, to desegregate public schools...