A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about Chief of Police John Griffin. The caption reads: “Chief of Police John Griffin and James Merritt Hepbron, well known criminologist, discussed local crime problems in the chief’s office...
A Real Photo postcard of the Tarbox School, originally belonging to Sara Webb, a student who was in the fifth or sixth grade around 1932. This view shows the front exterior of the three-story school building prior to the structural damage caused by...
A group of educators from India meet with Mayor Beverly Briley on July 17th, 1964 in Nashville, Tennessee. Forms part of Record Group 3, Metro Davidson County Photographer. 4 photograph negatives : b & w ; 4 x 5 in.
A photograph of a dance for teenagers. This photo ran in the 01 November 1956 issue of the Nashville Banner with the headline, "Teen Town Teening." The caption read, "Guitarist David Monks and dancers Tommy Worral, Linda Northern, Patsy Mince,...
An undated photograph of the second governor's mansion located at 2118 West End Avenue, Nashville, Tennessee. The squarish, buff-colored brick structure was originally a residence built by C. T. Cheek, a wealthy wholesale grocer, circa 1910. It was...
A photograph of the Tennessee Highway Patrol helicopter that brought supplies to the Davenports and their neighborhood during the May 2010 flood when their neighborhood in Ashland City was surrounded by water.
Forms part of the Nashville Room...
A photograph of the Tennessee National Guard building and truck at Nashville Municipal Airport with signage saying “Join the new Tennessee National Guard, Earn, Learn, Serve.” The National Guard continued to be based at the Nashville Airport...
A photograph of an unidentified Tennessee National Guardsman hugging a girl carrying a flower. The soldier is one of 63 members of the 130th Rear Area Operations Center, which returned to the Grubbs-Kyle Training Center at the Smyrna Armory on...
A photograph of the Tennessee Press Association at the meeting held at Jackson, Tennessee in 1893. A few of the attendees are identified in a 1970 typescript letter by Donald Miller, a retired priest of the Episcopal Church who is pictured in this...
A postcard of the Tennessee State Fairgrounds located just one mile south of downtown Nashville. The fairgrounds opened in 1891 as Cumberland Park. The park was built as a harness racing track with a grandstand that seated 7,000 people. In 1904...
A postcard of the Tennessee State Fairgrounds showing the Women's Building, Grandstand, and track. Located just one mile south of downtown Nashville, the fairgrounds opened in 1891 as Cumberland Park. The park was built as a harness racing track...
A postcard of the Tennessee State Fairgrounds showing the Woman's Building, the grandstand and the track. Located just one mile south of downtown Nashville, the fairgrounds opened in 1891 as Cumberland Park. The park was built as a harness racing...
A view of the Tennessee State Fairgrounds, September 10th, 1961. The Tennessee State Fair, located approximately 2 miles south of downtown Nashville, has been held every year since 1906, with the exception of a four-year span during World War II. ...
A scene from the Tennessee State Fairgrounds, featuring the harness racing track and midway, not dated. Harness racing took place from the 1890s to the 1950s at this venue. Forms part of Record Group 412, Photographs Collection. 1 photograph...
A postcard of the Tennessee State Office Building, located east of the Capitol at 500 Charlotte Avenue in Nashville, Tennessee. The 108,349 square foot building is an example of the "New Deal" era style of government buildings constructed in the...
A postcard of the Tennessee Supreme Court Building located at 401 Seventh Avenue North, adjacent to the Capitol and War Memorial Building. This structure exemplifies a Greek Doric design that was very modern for its time. Built of Tennessee...
A postcard of the Tennessee Supreme Court Building located at 401 Seventh Avenue North, adjacent to the Capitol and War Memorial Building. This structure exemplifies a Greek Doric design that was very modern for its time. Built of Tennessee...
A photograph of the Tennessee Teachers Credit Union located at 1400 Eighth Avenue South in Nashville, Tenn. The building originally was constructed as a church for the South End Methodist Episcopal congregation in 1910. An education wing was...
A photograph of the grand opening of the million-dollar Tennessee Theatre (built on the first floor of the 1930's Sudekum building) on February 28, 1952, featured appearances by state and local politicians, celebrities and the cast of the movie...