A postcard of the Nashville Young Men's Christian Association, an eight-story, fire proof building, located at the corner of Seventh Avenue and Union Street and Capitol boulevard in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. Completed in 1912, the Y. M. C. A....
A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about the death of two men who fell from scaffolding. The caption reads: “Two men traveled the course of this white line to their death when scaffolding gave way as they chinked cracks in the...
A snapshot of a group of five soldiers posed casually in the woods outside of a large tent next to a tree serving as a signpost. Two homemade signs reading "5th Ave." and "Church Street," are nailed into the tree as if marking that intersection. ...
A photograph of a group of men from American Baptist Theological Seminary. The American Baptist Theological Seminary was originally a training facility for African American Baptist ministers. The men in the photograph are standing in front of...
A photograph of two men with a rescue boat amidst the flooding in the River Plantation neighborhood of Bellevue during the May 2010 Nashville flood.
Forms part of the Nashville Room Flood 2010 Digital History Project.
A photograph of men traveling on a jet ski in the Pennington Bend neighborhood during the May 2010 Nashville flood.
Forms part of the Nashville Room Flood 2010 Digital History Project.
1 map; 58 x 75 cm. A plat map of downtown Nashville, Tennessee, originally published in 1908 by G. M. Hopkins Company, showing the various buildings, landscapes, acreage, and street routes for several blocks in each direction from the state Capitol...
1 map; 58 x 75 cm. A plat map of downtown Nashville, Tennessee, originally published in 1908 by G. M. Hopkins Company, showing the various buildings, landscapes, acreage, and street routes for several blocks in each direction from the Tennessee...
An original political cartoon drawing created by Jack Knox, the Nashville Banner editorial cartoonist from the mid-1940s to early 1970s. This particular cartoon was probably created during his eleven-year career with the Memphis Commercial...
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 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 photograph of Coast Guard sailor Victor Cooley (left) and an unidentified sailor aboard the destroyer escort, USS Mosley (DE-321), one of several Navy vessels manned by Coast Guard crews during World War II. The Mosley served on patrol in the...
This nighttime scene of Sixth Avenue North highlights Davitt's men's clothing, The Hermitage Hotel Marquee, which announces Glenn Bainbridge's run for Mayor, and the Knickerbocker Theater Marquee in the background. 35 mm
A photograph of two pilots, Richard "Bulgey" Dotterer (left) and Clarence E. Louden, during World War II. This photograph was later used in a tape for national broadcast that set out to show the everyday life of men serving in the war. Dotterer...
A two-page typewritten letter by Jessie Wallace to her mother, Mrs. C.M. (Lorine) Wallace of Ames, Iowa. Jessie grew up in Oklahoma and her family moved to Iowa during the Depression. During World War II, Jessie Wallace (later McNutt) served in...
Sixteen excerpts from an oral history interview with Nashville businessman Douglas B. Havron, conducted on 4 April 2007 by James T. Havron as part of the Nashville Public Library's Nashville Business Leaders Oral History Project. In these clips...
A photograph of Charter Commission members at work, circa 1962. Pictured here, from left to right, are Alexander Looby, Cecil Branstetter, Harlan Dodson, and Edward Hicks. These four men were appointed to both the first and second Charter...
First Baptist Church, Capitol Hill, was organized in the 1840's when African American members of the First Baptist Church decided to start their own separate church under the leadership of Pastor Nelson Merry. The first meeting house, erected in...
A photograph of Troy Gibson, a Middle Tennessee State University student serving in the Tennessee National Guard, who stands outside a tent surrounded by boxes of water. The photograph was taken by Nashville Banner photographer Larry McCormack on...
A photograph of Sgt. K. C. Henry of Lafayette, Tenn. who prepares to take down the Tennessee state flag from its makeshift but sturdy flagpole at a campsite in Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Shield. The campsite, nicknamed "Hotel California"...