A 1956 shopping and visitors map of downtown Nashville, Tennessee. The streets are labeled with address numbers and building names. A straight listing of prominent buildings and stores by category is also included on the lower portion of the...
A photograph of the opening of Cain-Sloan Department Store's new facility. A crowd of more than 500 persons stood in the early morning chill on Church Street to hear John Sloan, president of Cain-Sloan Co., officially open the firm's new...
A postcard of Union Street looking toward Fifth Avenue in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. Businesses line both sides of the street. Identifiable signage includes the Linen Store, Economy Shoe Store and L.H. Brooks, a clothing company. Busy...
Pictured: An interior view of Montgomery-Ward department store during the Christmas season of 1955. This store was located at Fifth Avenue and Union in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. Forms part of Record Group 412, Photographs Collection. 1...
Pictured: An interior view of Montgomery-Ward department store during the Christmas season of 1955. This store was located at Fifth Avenue and Union in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. Forms part of Record Group 412, Photographs Collection. 1...
Pictured: An interior view of Sears Department Store in downtown Nashville, during the Christmas season of 1955. This store was located at 729 Church Street. Forms part of Record Group 412, Photographs Collection. 1 photograph negative : b & w ;...
The corner of Deaderick Street and the Public Square was home to Gilbert's Clothing Store for around fifty years. In 1956, Friedman's Loan Company moved into the vacated building from their longtime location further up Deaderick Street. 35 mm
A postcard of Church Street at the corner of Seventh Avenue looking east in downtown Nashville around 1918. This corner was one of the busiest corners in the retail section of Nashville during the time, with close proximity to all the theatres and...
A photograph of a large crowd of people viewing Harveys Department Store's nativity scene in Centennial Park. This article appeared in the Nashville Banner newspaper with similar photographs on December 3, 1956: "Nashvillians by the thousands took...
A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about Kay’s Ice Cream. The caption reads: “Pictured above are the many outstanding features of Kay’s Plant and Main Store at 1522 Church …. (Left-center) Four of our attractive sales girls....
A published photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about Kay’s Ice Cream. Info from the caption cites “many outstanding features of Kay’s Plant and Main Store at 1522 Church. (Top) Kay’s Modern Plant. (Left-center) Four of our attractive...
The Eastern Airlines Stewardess gives a Times Square sign to Mayor Ben West (pictured left) and Kermit C. Stengel (pictured right) at the Nashville Airport in 1953. Another view shows the men placing the sign in downtown Nashville at 6th Avenue...
A tree planting ceremony at the Bailey’s Food Market, a retail grocery store located at 900 2nd Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee. Mayor Ben West is present for the event, as well as many traffic “patrol mothers” and two traffic police...
An interior view of the Candy’s Inc. store in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. According to the 1939 City Directory, Candy’s Inc. was located at 507 Church Street, with H. W. Candy, President, “Makers and Bakers of Fine Candies, Cakes and...
An interior view of the Candy’s Inc. store in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. According to the 1939 City Directory, Candy’s Inc. was located at 507 Church Street, with H. W. Candy, President, “Makers and Bakers of Fine Candies, Cakes and...
A street scene view of Church Street at 5th Avenue N at “Cain-Sloan corner” in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, on December 22, 1955.
Forms part of Record Group 412, Photographs Collection. 1 photograph negative : b & w ; 4 x 5 in.
Pictured: Two young boys admiring toys in a department store in downtown Nashville, during the Christmas season of 1955. Forms part of Record Group 412, Photographs Collection. 1 photograph negative : b & w ; 4 x 5 in.
Pictured: The main floor and decorated upper floor of a department store in downtown Nashville, during the Christmas season of 1955. Forms part of Record Group 412, Photographs Collection. 1 photograph negative : b & w ; 4 x 5 in.
Pictured: Shoppers at a department store in downtown Nashville, during the Christmas season of 1955. Forms part of Record Group 412, Photographs Collection. 1 photograph negative : b & w ; 4 x 5 in.
Pictured: Shoppers at a department store in downtown Nashville, during the Christmas season of 1955. Forms part of Record Group 412, Photographs Collection. 1 photograph negative : b & w ; 4 x 5 in.