A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about the new Elks new dining facility. The caption reads: “Over 200 Elks were present at a dinner session held at the order’s new $15,000 Teak Room and Dining Room on Sixth Avenue, North, last...
A photograph of the Christ the King's Boys' Choir singing "Put a candle in the window" at the 1950 Fannie Battle Social Workers' Christmas tea, held at the home of Mrs. Tony Sudekum. From left to right, the singers are: Robert Kirchner, Joe...
A photograph of a class in modern dance at Ward-Belmont College located at 1900 Belmont Boulevard in Nashville, Tennessee. Pictured are Claudia Whitson (top center), (down left to right) Jane Bagley, Yvette Franz, Obduha Rafferty, Betty Lou Gibson,...
This image provides an aerial view of the demolition of the Andrew Jackson Hotel, ca. 1971, to make way for the James K. Polk Office Building, which contains the Tennessee Performing Arts Center and the Tennessee State Museum. Photographed by the...
A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about “three pickets kept vigil before the Andrew Jackson hotel today after 185 employees walked out on strike.” The Andrew Jackson hotel opened in August of 1924 on the east side of Memorial...
A postcard of the Andrew Jackson Hotel. This hotel opened in August of 1925 on the east side of Memorial Plaza on the corner of Sixth Avenue and Deaderick Street. The massive brick structure boasted 400 guest rooms. During the years it was in...
A photograph of Mrs. Francis X. O'Donnell, theater chairman, and Mrs. George Harmon, downtown chairman, of the Fannie Battle Christmas Carol Committee of 1951, seen contacting theater manager Floyd Rice to arrange for carol singing at local...
An edited excerpt with transcript and photograph from an interview with the Nashville Public Library's Wishing Chair Productions staff Mary Bailey (as Mary Mary and J.J.) and Pete Carden (as Tommy Dog and Library Pete), conducted on 14 November...
An autographed hand-signed photograph of Joseph T. Macpherson, a Metropolitan Opera Company bass-baritone, from Amqui, Tennessee. This photograph is inscribed to his Nashville voice teacher Signor G. S. de Luca with the notation: "To Signor G. S....
A postcard of the Bijou Theatre located at 423 Fourth Avenue North in Nashville, Tennessee. This 1624 seat theatre was erected in 1904 on the site of a previous theatre that had burned two years prior. Events included live stage performances and...
A photograph of "The Business and Professional Women's Club of the Blue Triangle Branch of the YWCA, in cooperation with the local USO, Friday night opened what is planned to be a series of camp show entertainments for airmen at Sewart Air Force...
A photograph taken at the Fannie Battle Day Home, circa 14 December 1951. Pictured left to right, is Mrs. Drowota, president of the Fannie Battle Social Workers, Mrs. Corinne Pilcher, director of the home, Mrs. T. Graham Hall and Mrs. Avery...
A photograph of some of the Fannie Battle children at the 1950 Christmas dinner at the Fannie Battle Day Home. The children attending the party numbered fifty, some of them seen in the photograph opening their favors, which were red Santa Claus...
A photograph, circa 7 December 1951, of Mrs. Jack Eakin, assistant to the general chairman, and Mrs. Fitzsimmons Murphree, box chairman, of the Fannie Battle Carol Committee, seen chatting with L.A. Warner, Jr., as they canvass the cigar counters...
A photograph of crowd of onlookers who thronged Church Street watching the arrival of movie stars and local VIPS at the gala opening of the Tennessee Theatre February 28, 1952 in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. Outside activities included broadcasts...
A photograph of a dance number entitled "Glinda's Girl Army" from "The Wonderful Land of Oz," presented by advanced students of the Dance Department, Nashville Conservatory of Music. The recital was sponsored by the Al Menah Temple for the benefit...
A photograph of the Dark Horse Theater, formerly West Nashville Presbyterian Church. The building is located at 4610 Charlotte Avenue, in Nashville, Tennessee. Early city directories listed the address as 4608 Charlotte Avenue. The building has...
A photograph of the David Lipscomb College Quartette, circa April, 1929. The second man pictured is Robert (Bob) Neil. The other persons in the varsity quartette are unidentified. Lipscomb University (20th century official name) was founded in...
A photograph of Dinah Shore surrounded by family and friends at the Nashville Airport. This partial text accompanied the photograph appearing in the Nashville Banner newspaper on March 15, 1941: "Dinah Shore, radio and record artist, stopped for...
A program for the Nashville Community Playhouse's sixty-sixth production, Dinner at Eight by Edna Ferber and George S. Kaufman, and directed by Raymond Johnson. The production ran from October 8 through October 13 in the fall of 1945. The program...