A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about the annual Red Cross roll call. The caption reads: “More than 600 women made the census enumerators look like a bunch of pikers as they started the annual Red Cross roll call today. This...
Excerpts from an oral history interview with Marion F. "Sonny" Smith, conducted on 25 Sept. 2007 by Larry Patterson as part of the Nashville Public Library's Veterans History Project. Smith served with the 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment of the...
A postcard of the WSM radio tower, advertising "America's tallest radio tower at 878 feet, standing 323 taller than the Washington Monument." The WSM station began in 1925 as the official radio station of the National Life and Accident Insurance...
A photograph of Dinah Shore surrounded by family and friends at the Nashville Airport. This partial text accompanied the photograph appearing in the Nashville Banner newspaper on March 15, 1941: "Dinah Shore, radio and record artist, stopped for...
Excerpt from an oral history interview with Phil Martin and Phil Orr conducted on August 26, 2011 by Luke Herbst as part of the Flood 2010 Digital History Project. Interviewees discuss the establishment of the United Way Restore the Dream Centers...
A published photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about a fire that gutted a home on Lynwood Boulevard. The caption reads: “Fire which broke out shortly after noon today gutted the home of J. A. Hawkinson on Lynwood Boulevard. Apparently...
A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940). It cites that “A group from Division Four of the Commercial-Industrial committee of the Red Cross are shown above. Left to right, seated, are Charles L. Cornelius, Balie Gross and Ruben Seay;...
The front cover of a twenty-fifth anniversary booklet celebrating the quarter century of achievements for the National Life and Accident Insurance Company. The front cover shows a rough sketch of an oak tree and a detailed drawing of the stone...