Aerial photographs of the Nashville airport, circa the 1960s. In 1961 officials opened a new 145,900-square-foot terminal with a modern control tower that boasted state-of-the-art electronics. In 1963 the existing runway was extended, and...
The Tennessee State Capitol Building and redevelopment area is pictured in this July 1st, 1957 aerial of Capitol Hill in downtown Nashville. This is related to the Capitol Hill Redevelopment Project, a major urban renewal project implemented in...
The Tennessee State Capitol Building and redevelopment area is pictured in this July 1st, 1957 aerial of Capitol Hill in downtown Nashville. This is related to the Capitol Hill Redevelopment Project, a major urban renewal project implemented in...
The Tennessee State Capitol Building and redevelopment area is pictured in this July 1st, 1957 aerial of Capitol Hill in downtown Nashville. This is related to the Capitol Hill Redevelopment Project, a major urban renewal project implemented in...
The Tennessee State Capitol Building and redevelopment area is pictured in this July 1st, 1957 aerial of Capitol Hill in downtown Nashville. This is related to the Capitol Hill Redevelopment Project, a major urban renewal project implemented in...
A postcard of the Tennessee Agricultural and Industrial State College campus. This school was established in 1912 for the higher education of African American youth. Today the school is known as Tennessee State University. Forms part of the...
Aladdin Industries building, located at 703-705 Murfreesboro Road in Nashville, Tennessee. The company site was built in 1949 when they moved from Chicago to Nashville. Listed in the 1956 City Directory with Victor S. Johnson, Jr., President; T. A....
Aladdin Industries building, located at 703-705 Murfreesboro Road in Nashville, Tennessee. The company site was built in 1949 when they moved from Chicago to Nashville. Listed in the 1970 City Directory with Victor S. Johnson, Jr., President and...
A photograph of All Saints Church, located at 4513 Park Avenue in Nashville, Tennessee. The denomination of the church is Southern Episcopal. The exterior walls are built with stone. An asphalt shingle roof tops the church. The windows are...
A multi-page pamphlet outlining the American Bread Company's production of Holsum Bread products at the Nashville plant on Murfreesboro Road. Also included are mini headshots and bios for officers and executive personnel associated with the...
A multi-page pamphlet outlining the American Bread Company's production of Holsum Bread products at the Nashville plant on Murfreesboro Road. Also included are mini headshots and bios for officers and executive personnel associated with the...
Andrew Benedict with grandchild and parents (Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Bell “Buddy” Benedict III) in Mayor Ben West’s office on November 18th, 1962. Andrew Bell Benedict, Jr. was a distinguished leader of First American National Bank who held...
A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about “three pickets kept vigil before the Andrew Jackson hotel today after 185 employees walked out on strike.” The Andrew Jackson hotel opened in August of 1924 on the east side of Memorial...
An 1897 photograph of the equestrian statue of Andrew Jackson Statue located on the grounds of the Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville, Tennessee. A group of ladies in 19th century attire are pictured in front of the statue and several large...
A postcard of the Andrew Jackson Hotel. This hotel opened in August of 1925 on the east side of Memorial Plaza on the corner of Sixth Avenue and Deaderick Street. The massive brick structure boasted 400 guest rooms. During the years it was in...
A circa 1919 photograph of the Andrew Jackson monument, an equestrian statue depicting Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans. It is one of the three identical statues sculpted by the American sculptor Clark Mills. This stature is located on...
A photograph of the Andrew Price Memorial United Methodist Church located at 2846 Lebanon Road in Nashville, Tennessee. The roots of the church started around 1850. At that time a group of Methodists organized the Donelson Methodist Episcopal...
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...
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...
This beautiful covered shopping arcade, located between Fourth and Fifth Avenues N, in downtown Nashville, was built in 1903 and was modeled after the Galleria Vittorio Emmanuele II arcade in Milan, Italy. The City Beautiful Award ribbon was...