Front of a color postcard depicting the eight-story high Davidson County Public Building and Court House, completed in 1937 at a cost of $2,000,000. Located on the site of the Old County Court House, it housed the county administrative offices and...
W. S. Riddle Notion Company, Sam Lapidus Clothing Company, Southern Coat and Dress Company, Golden Art Hosiery, and Everett Beasley Inc. were among the buildings that once delineated the outer perimeter of the public square in Nashville, Tennessee....
A postcard of Court Square on Market Day. Court Square, also referred to as Court House Square or Public Square, was located right in the center of the city. The square, with the county courthouse, city hall and market center, was a focus of...
An edited excerpt with transcript and photograph from an interview with Aaron Michael Miles, conducted on 13 October 2007 by his wife, Raquel Bueno Miles, at the Nashville StoryCorps StoryBooth, located in the Nashville Room of the Nashville Public...
An edited excerpt with transcript and photograph from an interview with Christopher Hathaway, conducted on 20 October 2007 by StoryCorps Facilitator Cynthia Murphy at the Nashville StoryCorps StoryBooth, located in the Nashville Room of the...
An edited excerpt with transcript and photograph from an interview with Margaret (Peggy) Libbey, conducted on 6 October 2007 by her daughter Meredith Ann Libbey at the Nashville StoryCorps StoryBooth, located in the Nashville Room of the Nashville...
An edited excerpt with transcript and photograph from an interview with Jane Marshall, conducted on 17 September 2007 by StoryCorps Facilitator Martha O'Brien at the Nashville StoryCorps StoryBooth, located in the Nashville Room of the Nashville...
An edited excerpt with transcript and photograph from an interview with Robert Marshall, conducted on 17 September 2007 by StoryCorps Facilitator Kate Wingate at the Nashville StoryCorps StoryBooth, located in the Nashville Room of the Nashville...
An edited excerpt with transcript and photograph from an interview with Shirley Marie Johnson, conducted on 15 September 2007 by StoryCorps Facilitator Esi Arthur at the Nashville StoryCorps StoryBooth, located in the Nashville Room of the...
An edited excerpt with transcript and photograph from an interview with Martin Brady, conducted on 19 September 2007 by Deanna Larson at the Nashville StoryCorps StoryBooth, located in the Nashville Room of the Nashville Public Library. Brady...
An edited excerpt with transcript and photograph from an interview with Larry Patterson, conducted on 17 September 2007 by his grandson Alex Williams at the Nashville StoryCorps StoryBooth, located in the Nashville Room of the Nashville Public...
An edited excerpt with transcript and photograph from an interview with gospel recording artist Chris Wilson, conducted on 26 September 2007 by StoryCorps Facilitator Martha O'Brien at the Nashville StoryCorps StoryBooth, located in the Nashville...
An edited excerpt with transcript and photograph from an interview with retired educator A. Laidye Askew, conducted on 26 September 2007 by StoryCorps Facilitator Martha O'Brien at the Nashville StoryCorps StoryBooth, located in the Nashville Room...
A postcard of the Nashville Reservoir located on Eighth Avenue South. An electric streetcar is pictured on the road. In 1889 the city built the reservoir on top of Kirkpatrick Hill on the site of Fort Casino just south of downtown Nashville. The...
Mary Hannah Johnson shown standing in front of a large painting. She is wearing a floor-length burgundy dress trimmed with lace at the neckline and sleeves. She is also wearing a very large hat with burgundy feathers. Her right hand is holding...
A young Mary Hannah Johnson, shown in profile view from the right side. Her shoulders are bare and she is wearing a pearl choker. A native of Nashville, Tennessee, and an active suffragette, Mary Hannah Johnson began and developed the free...
A photograph of Mrs. W.E. Park, Jr., chairman for East Nashville, and Mrs. Richard Marshall, outlying district chairman, of the Fannie Battle Carol Committee, seen consulting a map of Davidson County during a public relations visit to the Nashville...
An edited excerpt with transcript and photograph from an interview with Murray Alexander Tatum, conducted on 29 September 2007 by his son Bryant Tatum and Larry and Patterson at the Nashville StoryCorps StoryBooth, located in the Nashville Room of...
An edited excerpt with transcript and photograph from an interview with Donald Oldham, conducted on 29 September 2007 by StoryCorps Facilitator Cynthia Murphy at the Nashville StoryCorps StoryBooth, located in the Nashville Room of the Nashville...
A postcard of Hume-Fogg High School, a public high school located at 700 Broadway in Nashville, Tennessee. In 1912 Hume High School and Fogg High School merged into Hume-Fogg at the school's current site on Broadway. The building was constructed...