An original political cartoon drawing created by Jack Knox (1910-1985), the Nashville Banner editorial cartoonist from the mid-1940s to early 1970s. This caricature relates to the city and county governments' finding a practical solution in...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nashville minister Dr. Frank F. Drowota, Jr., conducted on 20 November 1980 by Helen Drowota as part of the Century III Nashville: Nashville Heritage Project. Drowota, a native of England and the...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with former Nashville Mayor Beverly Briley, conducted May 1980 by Paul Clements as part of the Century III Nashville: Nashville Heritage Project. Briley, who was Mayor of Nashville from 1963 to 1975 and...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with former Nashville Mayor Beverly Briley, conducted in May 1980 by Paul Clements as part of the Century III Nashville: Nashville Heritage Project. Briley, who was Mayor of Nashville from 1963 to 1975...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with former Nashville Mayor Beverly Briley, conducted on 16 April 1980 by Paul Clements as part of the Century III Nashville: Nashville Heritage Project. Briley, who was Mayor of Nashville from 1963 to...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with former Nashville Mayor Beverly Briley, conducted in May 1980 by Paul Clements as part of the Century III Nashville: Nashville Heritage Project. Briley, who was Mayor of Nashville from 1963 to 1975...
McConnell Field was the first true municipal airport for the city of Nashville. It was located along Murphy Road, Richland Creek, the NC & St.L railroad and Colorado Avenue.
Excerpt from an oral history interview with Scott Potter conducted on February 04, 2011 by Andrea Blackman as part of the Flood 2010 Digital History Project. Scott Potter, director of Metro Water Services, discusses the severity of losing the K.R....
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nashville business and civic leader Kenneth L. Roberts, conducted on 27 July 2006 by Cabot Pyle as part of the Nashville Public Library's Nashville Business Leaders Oral History Project: The Turner...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nashville business and civic leader Kenneth L. Roberts, conducted on 27 July 2006 by Cabot Pyle as part of the Nashville Public Library's Nashville Business Leaders Oral History Project: The Turner...
A photograph of a billboard supporting Metropolitan Government, circa 1968. The sign stood at the corner of Thompson Lane and Nolensville Road and read: "Metro...growing today to meet tomorrow's needs." b & w; 8 x 10 in.
A photograph of the groundbreaking ceremonies for the main library in Nashville, Tennessee, located at 8th Avenue North and Union Street, circa December 1963. Pictured are, from left to right, Chairman of the Nashville Public Library Board Charles...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nashville business and civic leader Edward F. (Eddie) Jones, conducted on 03 November 2006 by Cabot Pyle as part of the Nashville Public Library's Nashville Business Leaders Oral History Project: The...
Excerpt from an oral history interview with John and Nancy O’Leary, conducted on October 31, 2011 by Susannah Gibbons as part of the Flood 2010 Digital History Project. John and Nancy O’Leary’s Franklin home caught fire during the flood and...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nashville business and civic leader Kenneth L. Roberts, conducted on 27 July 2006 by Cabot Pyle as part of the Nashville Public Library's Nashville Business Leaders Oral History Project: The Turner...
A photograph of Mayor Beverly Briley's inauguration that took place on April 1, 1963. Briley served as the first mayor of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County. His inauguration took place on the same day that the...
A photograph of Mayor Beverly Briley speaking at his inauguration on April 1, 1963. Briley served as the first mayor of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County. His inauguration took place on the same day that the...
Martin MB-2 Bomber at Blackwood Field in 1924. Blackwood Field was the first home of the 105th Aero Squadron stationed in Nashville. The 105th, originally named the First Squadron, Tennessee National Guard,used this field until 1927.
A photograph of the Two Rivers Mansion, located at 3130 McGavock Pike, approximately 11 miles from downtown Nashville, Tennessee, as it appeared circa 1978. Two Rivers Mansion was constructed in 1859 for David H. McGavock and his wife William...
A photograph of Davidson County Judge Beverly Briley receiving the polio vaccine at one of the special anti-polio vaccine clinics at Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee. He is seen grinning as the nurse, Mrs. Mary Scott, prepares to inject...