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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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- Photograph of Charter Commission Chairman Carmack Cochran, ca. 1962
- A photograph of Charter Commission Chairman Carmack Cochran, circa 1962. Cochran served as the Chairman for both the first and second Charter Commissions. He is pictured delivering a speech at the Hermitage Hotel for the National Exchange Club. ...
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- Photograph of the United States Post Office, Nashville, Tennessee, between 1979-1998
- A photograph of the United States Post Office on Broadway, between Ninth Avenue South and Tenth Avenue South. It was designed by the Nashville architectural firm of Marr and Holman (Thomas Scott Marr and Joseph W. Holman) and constructed in 1933-34...
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- Photograph of 117th Infantry, Tennessee National Guard on parade at Legislative Plaza, Nashville, 1936 September 29
- Members of the 117th Infantry, Tennessee National Guard parade past spectators on Legislative Plaza, Nashville, 29 September 1936, as part of the 30th Division reunion. One of the onlookers in foreground holds a large American flag on a flagpole....
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- Photograph of The National League for Woman's Service float, French Day Parade, Nashville, Tennessee, 1918 July 14
- A photograph of Ellen Thomas Caldwell, Milbry Keith Frazer and Ann Maddin Palmer of the Davidson County Division of the National League for Woman's Service, riding on a float in the French Day Parade. The League supported the Allied armies in...
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- Photograph of the Tennessee State Capitol, Nashville, Tennessee, circa 1980s
- A photograph of the Tennessee State Capitol, focusing primarily on the cupola and part of one portico. The State Capitol was constructed between 1845 and 1859. It was designed in Greek Revival style by architect William Strickland (1788-1854)....
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- Photograph of the vaulted ceiling interior of the Union Station Hotel, Nashville, Tennessee, between 1986 and 1989
- A photograph of the vaulted ceiling interior of the Union Station Hotel, 1001 Broadway, Nashville, Tennessee. The Romanesque-style building was constructed 1898-1900 as the depot for the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. It was designed by Richard...
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- Photograph of the sculpture of the east pediment and metopes of the Parthenon, Nashville, Tennessee, circa 1970s
- A photograph of the sculpture of the east pediment and metopes of the Parthenon in Nashville, Tennessee. The pediment sculpture shows an artists conception of the birth of Athena, who was depicted in Greek myth as having sprung, full grown and in...
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- Photograph of the Arcade, Nashville, Tennessee, 1964
- A photograph of the Arcade, Nashville, Tennessee. The Arcade opened in 1903, running east to west between what were then Cherry Street and Summer Street; present day Fourth Avenue North and Fifth Avenue North. It was conceived by Nashville resident...
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- Photograph of Reverend James Morris Lawson, Jr., Nashville, Tennessee, 1960 March 01
- A photograph of Reverend James Morris Lawson, Jr., at First Baptist Church, 8th Avenue North, Nashville, Tennessee, March 1, 1960. Having served as field representative for the Fellowship of Reconciliation, Reverend Lawson was the key organizer and...
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- Photograph of Reverend Joseph Metz Rollins and police officers, 1963 May 09
- A photograph of Reverend Joseph Metz Rollins with police officers before a demonstration, Nashville, Tennessee, May 9, 1963. Reverend Rollins served with the National Committee of Black Churchmen and the Nashville Christian Leadership Council...
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- Photograph of participants in the Poor People's March, Nashville, Tennessee, 1968 May 08
- A photograph of participants in the 1968 Poor People's March, Nashville, Tennessee, May 8, 1968. In March 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. announced plans for the Poor People's Campaign for the purposes of organizing and uniting the poor across...
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- Martin MB-2 Bomber (NBS-1)
- 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.
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- Construction of the Shelby Street Bridge, 1909 February 13
- A view of the construction of the Sparkman Street Bridge, later renamed Shelby Street Bridge, built along the Cumberland River in downtown Nashville. The original official name of the bridge was the Broadway Bridge. The bridge was completed in...
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