Excerpt from an oral history interview with Margaret Chambers, conducted on February 22, 2011 by Susannah Gibbons as part of the Flood 2010 Digital History Project. After the flooding of her family’s home, Chambers describes the support received...
A photograph showing several additional carol chairmen announced by Mrs. Ernest Jones, Jr., 1948 carol chairman for the Fannie Battle Social Workers, in preparations for Christmas Eve caroling in 1949. Pictured here, seated left to right, are Mrs....
Harris-Davis and Company, J. L. Turner and Son, J. S. Reeves and Company, and D. F. Siler Company were among the buildings that once delineated the outer perimeter of the public square in Nashville. The square, with the county courthouse, city hall...
The Life & Casualty Building towers over historic buildings situated along Fourth Avenue North. The west side of the street between Church and Union Streets was home to clothing and shoe stores such as Steins and Burton Chambers, both men's...
A twenty-two page pamphlet put out by the Nashville Chamber of Commerce for the purpose of enticing business owners to locate their businesses in Nashville. Content includes statistics on population, economy, business, transportation, taxes, cost...
An informational pamphlet put out by the Nashville Chamber of Commerce urging manufacturers to consider locating their future plants in Nashville, Tennessee. Content includes maps showing Nashville's central location, an explanation of available...