Cover of 22-page brochure providing statistics and information about Nashville schools, health and public services, police and fire departments, cultural and recreational activities, internal improvements and transportation, business climate, and a...
1 map; 58 x 75 cm. A plat map of downtown Nashville, Tennessee and the surrounding area, originally published in 1908 by G. M. Hopkins Company, showing the various buildings, landscapes, acreage, and street routes for several blocks. Original...
A postcard of the Bijou Theatre located at 423 Fourth Avenue North in Nashville, Tennessee. This 1624 seat theatre was erected in 1904 on the site of a previous theatre that had burned two years prior. Events included live stage performances and...
A photograph of the Dark Horse Theater, formerly West Nashville Presbyterian Church. The building is located at 4610 Charlotte Avenue, in Nashville, Tennessee. Early city directories listed the address as 4608 Charlotte Avenue. The building has...
A color postcard of the Dutch Mill in Shelby Park, Nashville, Tennessee. This windmill structure, no longer extant, once stood on the landscape of Shelby Park, in East Nashville, near the Cumberland River. In 1909, Shelby Park was acquired by the...
A postcard of Glendale Park, once located near the present intersection of Caldwell and Lealand Lanes in Nashville, Tennessee. This trolley park was owned by the Nashville Railway and Light Company who also owned the streetcar line on which it...
A photograph of the Greek Republic flag presented to the American Legion and State of Tennessee, Sunday, September 6, 1931 at the Parthenon in Centennial Park, Nashville, Tennessee. The flag was presented to the state of Tennessee on the steps of...
A postcard of the Tennessee State Capitol and Tennessee State Office Building, along with the Nashville Municipal Auditorium. The Nashville Municipal Auditorium was the primary indoor sports and concert venue in Nashville from the time of its...
A postcard featuring two Nashville scenes. The top section is of the Parthenon in Centennial Park. The view shows the annual Christmas display which attracted thousands of visitors each year from 1954 to 1967. In 1968 the oversized nativity...
Pamphlet of the history of the Highlander Folk School, Monteagle, Tennessee. The pamphlet tells of Highlander's origins, history, programs, administration, and support. In 1932, Myles Horton, a native Tennessean educated at Cumberland University...
American boxer Jack Dempsey with Nashville Mayor Ben West and businessman Kermit C. Stengel, Sr., with an unidentified man smoking a cigar, circa 1953. William Harrison “Jack” Dempsey was an American professional boxer and cultural icon of the...
A photograph of Mrs. Naff standing in front of the ticket booth at the Ryman Auditorium. The building is located at 116 5th Avenue North in Nashville, Tennessee. The Ryman Auditorium opened as a tabernacle in 1892, and over the years its venue...
A postcard of the Nashville city skyline taken from the Jefferson Street Bridge looking south, down the Cumberland River. The Railroad Bridge is visible, as is the Victory Memorial Bridge, just behind it. Other discernable landmarks include the...
A photograph of Ocean Way Nashville Recording Studios, formerly Church of the Advent, an Episcopal church located at 1200 Seventeenth Avenue South in Nashville, Tennessee. The congregation was formed in 1857 and the church building was erected in...
Excerpts from an interview with civil rights movement participant Robert "Bobby" Cain, Jr., and his wife, Margo Cain, conducted on 13 June 2007 by Gwen Smith. Cain, one of the "Clinton 12," was the first African-American student to graduate from...
A photograph of the Paramount Theatre at 721-727 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee circa 1930. The marquee advertises "Gary Cooper & Marlene Deitrich - Morocco - C. Sharpe Minor at the Organ - Eddie Canter." The $500,000 theater opened November...
A photograph of puppeteer and stage designer Tom Tichenor at the Nashville Public Library's Children's Division storytelling display on July 22, 1963. Tichenor began his career as a puppeteer when he was an elementary school student at Tarbox...
A photograph of puppeteer and stage designer Tom Tichenor, of the Nashville Public Library's Children's Division, shown with his puppets Marco Polo Bear and Witchie, circa March 26, 1962. Tom Tichenor began his career as a puppeteer when he was an...
A photograph of visitors at the entrance to the first Parthenon replica in Centennial Park, Nashville, Tennessee during the Tennessee Centennial Exposition of 1897. The photograph shows the West Pediment and architectural elements of the façade,...
A photograph depicting the remodeled reading room of the Nashville Public Library reading room, circa 1953. The patrons are reading books, with the staff on duty at the service desk. The public library building was constructed with a $100,000 grant...