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- Photograph of the City Market House, circa 1937
- An interior view of vendors, shoppers and stands of the City Market House in Nashville, which opened circa March 1937. The building was designed by Henry C. Hibbs, with construction by the engineering firm Foster and Creighton. Forms part of the...
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- Photograph of General Hospital Nursery in Nashville, Tennessee, circa 1930
- A photograph of student nurses at Nashville's General Hospital attending babies in the nursery. Student nurses were responsible for many duties including caring for newborns, surgical nursing, and working in the diet kitchen and sometimes even...
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- Photograph of the main hallway of the Carnegie Library of Nashville, circa 1904
- A photograph of the main hallway of the Carnegie Library of Nashville, circa 1904. The pubic library building was constructed with a $100,000 grant from philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, and the cornerstone was laid on April 27, 1903. Officially...
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- Photograph of "Don't be a Heel, mind your traffic manners" campaign poster being put up Nashville, Tennessee, 1951 December 17
- A photograph of an orange and black poster saying "Don't be a Heel, mind your traffic manners", being put up on a utility pole by Traffic Inspector Hubert O. Kemp (right foreground) and (left to right) Traffic Lt. Braxton Duke, Randolph Tucker, a...
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- Photograph of Nashville Electric Service Company commemorating 15 years of service from Tennessee Valley Authority electric power, 1954 September 11
- A photograph of workmen installing a 75,000-watt bulb on the roof of the Electric Center Building, Nashville, Tennessee, for a four-day celebration of the 15th anniversary of TVA electric power in Nashville and the diamond jubilee of electric...
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- Postcard of the frozen Cumberland River, 1940 January 26
- Photographic postcard depicting people walking across the frozen Cumberland River at Nashville, Tennessee, January 26, 1940. Several barges and towboats are visible below the Cumberland River Sand Company in East Nashville. Forms part of the...
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- Photograph of Grace McKinley walking her daughter, Linda Gail McKinley to Fehr Elementary School, Nashville, Tennessee, 1957 September 09
- A photograph of Grace McKinley escorting her daughter Linda Gail McKinley (second girl) and a friend to Fehr Elementary School, corner of Fifth Avenue and Garfield Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 9 September 1957. Mrs. McKinley walks through an irate...
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- Photograph of the old City Hall and market place, circa 1900
- A photograph, ca. 1900, of the north end of the City Hall and market place of Nashville, Tennessee, located on the Public Square. The market place area shows vendor wagons and townspeople. The building was razed in 1935, to make way for a new...
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