A photograph of the Nashville Public Library bookmobile featured in the Christmas parade of 1955. The bookmobile service in Davidson County, Tennessee originally began in the 1940's, when the State Library Project furnished a bookmobile which made...
A photograph of eager young readers boarding the "traveling branch" bookmobile of the Nashville Public Library, circa 1957. The bookmobile service in Davidson County, Tennessee originally began in the 1940's, when the State Library Project...
A photograph of the interior of the "traveling branch" bookmobile of the Nashville Public Library, depicting the librarian and the young readers, circa 1957. The bookmobile service in Davidson County, Tennessee originally began in the 1940's, when...
A photograph of Mrs. Wilma Folwell, librarian, and the student library assistants on the steps of Bailey School in 1954. Bailey School, built in 1929, is located in the Eastwood neighborhood of East Nashville. The student library assistants were...
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...
A photograph of the Young Moderns Den of the Nashville Public Library, circa 1960. The young adults are making use of the educational and entertainment resources, while one couple dances to the sounds of a phonograph. The Young Moderns Den was...
A photograph showing the circulation desk and staff of the Nashville Public Library, assisting the community patrons, circa 1955. Originally established as the Carnegie Library of Nashville, the building was located at 8th Avenue North and Union...
A photograph of staff members pictured in front of a "library-on-wheels" bookmobile of the Nashville Public Library in Nashville, Tennessee, circa 1955. This particular bookmobile was in service from 1954-1973, with approximately 3000 volumes...
A photograph showing young people greeting the arrival of the Nashville Public Library bookmobile, circa July, 1941, at Stewart's Cash Grocery in Davidson County, Tennessee. Mrs. Frances Parkes and Mrs. Leah Rose, employees of the Nashville Public...
A photograph of Nashville Public Library staff members placing books on the shelves of the Nashville Public Library bookmobile, circa April 1955. This particular bookmobile was in service from 1954-1973, with approximately 3000 volumes aboard the...
A photograph of the circulation desk, circa the late 1940's, of the Nashville Public Library. Doric columns are a significant feature of the interior architectural design. The main public library building was constructed with a $100,000 grant from...
A photograph of one of the Nashville Public Library's Booketerias, located in a Logan supermarket in Belle Meade, Tennessee, circa March 1953. Dr. Robert Alvarez, Director, is pictured assisting a patron with method of taking out a book from the...
A photograph of the entrance of the Carnegie Library of Nashville, circa 1930. The pubic library building was constructed with a $100,000 grant from philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, and the cornerstone was laid on April 27, 1903. Officially opened...
A postcard of the Carnegie Library of Nashville. The pubic library building was constructed with a $100,000 grant from philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, and the cornerstone was laid on April 27, 1903. Officially opened to the public on September 19,...
A postcard of the Carnegie Library of Nashville. The pubic library building was constructed with a $100,000 grant from philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, and the cornerstone was laid on April 27, 1903. Officially opened to the public on September 19,...
A postcard of the Carnegie Library of Nashville. The pubic library building was constructed with a $100,000 grant from philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, and the cornerstone was laid on April 27, 1903. Officially opened to the public on September 19,...
A postcard of the Carnegie Library of Nashville. The pubic library building was constructed with a $100,000 grant from philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, and the cornerstone was laid on April 27, 1903. Officially opened to the public on September 19,...
An exterior view showing the Negro Branch of the Carnegie Library, in Nashville, Tennessee, circa 1916. This branch library opened at the southeast corner of Twelfth Avenue North and Hynes Street on February 10, 1916. It was among the four...
A photograph of Mary Hannah Johnson, the first Carnegie Librarian (circa 1904-1912) in her office in the Carnegie Library of Nashville, circa 1905. A native of Nashville, Tennessee and an active suffragette, Ms. Johnson began and developed the free...
A photograph of the façade of the Carnegie Library of Nashville, circa 1933. The pubic library building was constructed with a $100,000 grant from philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, and the cornerstone was laid on April 27, 1903. Officially opened to...