A photograph of Jefferson Street Missionary Baptist Church located at 2708 Jefferson Street in Nashville, Tennessee. Historically called Jefferson Street Baptist, this church's congregation was founded in 1887 when a coffin maker started a Sunday...
A color postcard of the Jefferson Street Bridge on the Cumberland River in Nashville, Tennessee, showing its metal truss design. No longer extant, the bridge was demolished in 1990 to make way for a new Jefferson Street Bridge that could handle...
A photograph of anti-segregation demonstrators during the Freedom March, 18th Avenue North and Jefferson Street, Nashville, Tennessee, March 23, 1963. Leading the march is John R. Lewis and Archie E. Allen. The Freedom March was sponsored by the...
A postcard of the Cumberland River Wharf in downtown Nashville as seen from the Shelby Street Bridge. Several boats are docked at the river bank. A number of businesses line First Avenue. Both the Woodland Street Bridge and the Jefferson Street...
A photograph of Mt. Zion Baptist Church located at 1112 Jefferson Street in Nashville, Tennessee. According to the survey this church's congregation was founded in 1866, while the building was constructed in 1905. The foundation is made of rough...
Mayor Ben West and Charlie Nickens are shown in front of the Charlie Nickens restaurant on Jefferson Street at 3rd Avenue North. A longtime Nashville landmark, the restaurant was known for barbeque and drive in service. 3 x 4 in.
A photograph of Pleasant Green Baptist Church, also referred to as Pleasant Green Missionary Baptist. This historically African American church is located at 1410 Jefferson Street in Nashville, Tennessee. The architect for the project was L....
Third Baptist Church was organized in 1876. In 1877 the membership erected a building on a Jefferson Street site given to the congregation by First Baptist Church. In 1899 the congregation purchased a lot on Monroe Street and in 1904, using brick...
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 the men of Engine Company 11 (located at 1204 Jefferson Street) standing in front of their fire hall honoring their leader, Captain Robert Campbell (holding award), who was retiring after being on the company roster 31 years as...
A postcard aerial view of downtown Nashville, circa 1940. Leading up to the 1940s, Nashville's importance as a trading center grew steadily, and the city was known to the business world as "The Commercial Capital of the Central South." The...
A calendar from 1964 advertising Otey's Center, which included a supermarket, launderette, shoe shop, and a realty company. Flem B. Otey headed the Otey Enterprises firm which was comprised of the various operations highlighted on the calendar. ...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nashville barbershop owner James H. Crowder, conducted on 28 August 1986 by Reavis Mitchell as part of the Century III Nashville: Nashville Heritage Project. Crowder discusses moving his barbershop in...
A postcard of the Nashville city skyline at night circa 1930. The scene is possibly a view from the Woodland Street Bridge or Jefferson Street Bridge looking toward the Shelby Street Bridge. The state capitol is discernable in the distance. The...
1 map; 58 x 75 cm. The first page of a two-page index to a plat map of downtown Nashville, Tennessee, originally published in 1908 by G.M. Hopkins Company. This index lists the names of all streets appearing on the map with their corresponding...
An excerpt from a public meeting with former Nashville Mayor Beverly Briley conducted on April 5, 1968. Meeting held to discuss Vanderbilt student protest that took place on April 4. The main issue discussed was the calling of the National...
A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about the ice covering the river: “Ice floes rapidly filling the surface of the Cumberland River are shown here as they appeared today looking north from the Jefferson Street Bridge. In the...
A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about the frozen ice covering the river. The caption reads: “Hundreds of Nashvillians walked across the frozen surface of Cumberland River here Saturday, as shown in this view at the foot of...
The Farmers’ Market board, photographed with Mayor Briley on July 26th, 1964. Pictured from left to right are: E. L. Strasser, Sr., Sam Davis Bell, Sr., Mayor Briley, Joe W. Bush, and James Hester. Since its inception on the town square in the...