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...
A photograph of cars moved by floodwaters at the Antioch Pike and Blue Hole Road intersection in South Nashville during the May 2010 Nashville flood.
Forms part of the Nashville Room Flood 2010 Digital History Project.
Submerged cars in the Pennington Bend neighborhood during the May 2010 Nashville flood.Forms part of the Nashville Room Flood 2010 Digital History Project.
A photograph of cars driving through standing water in the Pennington Bend neighborhood during the May 2010 Nashville flood.
Forms part of the Nashville Room Flood 2010 Digital History Project.
A photograph of cars transporting canoes, used for water rescues, at the intersection of Wynham Place and Staffordshire Drive in Bellevue during the May 2010 flood.
Forms part of the Nashville Room Flood 2010 Digital History Project.
A photograph of cars moved by floodwaters at the Antioch Pike and Blue Hole Road intersection in Antioch during the May 2010 Nashville flood.
Forms part of the Nashville Room Flood 2010 Digital History Project.
A photograph of cars moved by floodwaters at the Antioch Pike and Blue Hole Road intersection in Antioch during the May 2010 Nashville flood.
Forms part of the Nashville Room Flood 2010 Digital History Project.
A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about a railway train wreck. The caption reads: “N. C. and St. L. freight wrecks--this picture shows a part of the pileup of freight cars when a Nashville-bound train wrecked one mile north of...
A postcard of Capitol Boulevard looking north towards the Tennessee State Capitol sometime between 1916 and 1930. YMCA signage is visible on the left side of the street, while Knickerbocker Theater signage is identifiable on the right side. Cars...
A postcard of Court Square in Nashville, Tennessee, looking west between 1901 and 1907. Court Square, also referred to as Court House Square or Public Square, was located right in the center of the city. The square, with the county courthouse,...
A postcard of Public Square in Nashville, Tennessee, looking west circa 1908. Public Square, also referred to as Court House Square or Court Square, was located right in the center of the city. The square, with the county courthouse, city hall and...
A postcard of the Nashville Reservoir located on Eighth Avenue South. An electric streetcar is pictured on the road. In 1889 the city built the reservoir on top of Kirkpatrick Hill on the site of Fort Casino just south of downtown Nashville. The...
A postcard of Union Street looking toward Fifth Avenue in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. Businesses line both sides of the street. Identifiable signage includes the Linen Store, Economy Shoe Store and L.H. Brooks, a clothing company. Busy...
A postcard of the Union Bus Terminal located at 517 Commerce Street in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. Built in the latter part of the 1930s, this bus terminal exemplified the art deco architecture style of the time period. According to city...
A snapshot of Louisiana politician Huey P. Long addressing the football stadium audience at the Vanderbilt - Louisiana State University game in Nashville on 27 October 1934. This football game with the Vanderbilt Commodores occurred soon after the...
A photograph of a large crowd of people viewing Harveys Department Store's nativity scene in Centennial Park. This article appeared in the Nashville Banner newspaper with similar photographs on December 3, 1956: "Nashvillians by the thousands took...
A photograph of cars piled up at the intersection of Blue Hole Road and Antioch Pike during the May 2010 flood in the Antioch neighborhood of Nashville.
Forms part of the Nashville Room Flood 2010 Digital History Project.
A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about the Jim Reed Chevrolet located on Broadway. The 1941 City Directory cites the address at 1512-1514 Broadway, with J. H. Reed, Jr. President, Edwin E. Reed, V-Pres. and Mgr. Forms part of the...
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...
A view of the Coggin Chevrolet showroom and the parts and service building. This car dealership of new and used cars and trucks was located at Woodland Street at 2nd. The 1954 City Directory cites William E. Coggin, President, with the business...