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- Civil Defense Tent at the Fair, Nashville, Tennessee, 1955
- The Civil Defense tent at the Nashville Fair with the Boy Scouts and young children in line to receive their Civil Defense ID tags. Forms part of Record Group 3, Metro Davidson County Photographer. 1 photograph negative : b & w ; 4 x 5 in.
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- Civil Defense check presented to Nashville Mayor West by TVA, 1954
- Presentation of a check donated by Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to Nashville Mayor Ben West, promoting the Civil Defense program. Forms part of Record Group 3, Metro Davidson County Photographer. 1 photograph negative : b & w ; 4 x 5 in.
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- Civil Defense identification chains introduced in Nashville, Tennessee, 1954 December
- The introduction of Civil Defense identification chains in Nashville, Tennessee with Mayor Ben West, December 1954. Forms part of Record Group 3, Metro Davidson County Photographer. 1 photograph negative : b & w ; 4 x 5 in.
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- Photograph of defense attorneys for student demonstrators, Nashville, Tennessee, 1960 March 02
- A photograph of lead defense attorneys for student demonstrators, Davidson County Courthouse, Nashville, Tennessee, March 2, 1960. Attorney Robert E. Lillard gestures in his defense of the students on trial for their part in the sit-in...
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- Photograph of kiosk for selling war bonds, circa 1942
- A photograph of a woman seated at a kiosk inside an unidentified building in Nashville, selling Defense Savings Stamps and Bonds. A large Minute Man poster encouraging people to buy bonds is to the left, and several women and a man are lined up to...
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- On the subject of national defense, circa 1955
- An original political cartoon drawing created by Jack Knox, the Nashville Banner editorial cartoonist from the mid-1940s to early 1970s. A cartoon portrait of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who served as the thirty-fourth President of the United...
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- Vultee Aircraft plant dedication invitation, 1941 April
- An invitation from Governor Prentice Cooper, Judge Litton Hickman, and Mayor Thomas L. Cummings, to the formal dedication of the Nashville division of Vultee Aircraft Inc., to take place on May 4th, 1941. The Vultee logo accompanies the state flag...
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- Oral history interview with Mary Diane Maynard Ross, 2006 October 02
- Excerpts from an oral history interview with Mary Diane Maynard Ross, conducted on 2 Oct. 2006 by Linda Barnickel as part of the Nashville Public Library's Veterans History Project. Ross discusses the difficulty of leaving behind her young...
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- Avon N. Williams, Jr., and Marie Bontemps celebrate after Tennessee state Senate race, 1968 August 01
- A photograph of Avon N. Williams, Jr., being congratulated by his wife, Marie Bontemps, and supporters after his successful bid to become the first African American senator in Tennessee since Reconstruction. He ran for state senator from the 19th...
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- Civil defense training class, Nashville, Tennessee, 1964
- 1964 Civil Defense training in Nashville, Tennessee, with Mayor Briley and Nashville-Davidson County Civil Defense staff. Forms part of Record Group 3, Metro Davidson County Photographer. 4 photograph negatives : b & w ; 4 x 5 in.
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- Nashville Civil Defense disaster drill, 1965
- Scenes from the 1965 disaster drills of the Nashville Metropolitan Government Department of Civil Defense personnel in coordination with rescue units. Forms part of Record Group 3, Metro Davidson County Photographer. 23 photograph negatives : b &...
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- Civil Defense air raid control center at YMCA, Nashville, 1954 March
- Mayor Ben West and County Judge Beverly Briley with several government and military officials at the Civil Defense air raid control center at the Nashville YMCA in March 1954. Forms part of Record Group 3, Metro Davidson County Photographer. 5...
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- Photograph of women workers at Vultee Aircraft Plant, Nashville, Tennessee, 1941-1945
- A photograph of women building planes at Vultee Aircraft, 1941-1945. The plant built P-38 Lightning fighters and the Vultee Vengeance dive bombers during World War II. The Vultee plant opened on 04 May 1941 and over the years has produced more...
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- I'd like to make a suggestion, Mr. Kennedy, circa 1963
- An original political cartoon drawing created by Jack Knox, the Nashville Banner editorial cartoonist from the mid-1940s to early 1970s. As John Q. Public looks on, President John F. Kennedy holds a giant pair of scissors. One blade of the...
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- How's your fiscal fitness?, between 1960 and 1963
- An original political cartoon drawing created by Jack Knox, the Nashville Banner editorial cartoonist from the mid-1940s to early 1970s. In this cartoon, a tattered, exhausted man ("U.S.") tries to run and keep his balance on a barrel ("Red Ink...
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