A souvenir postcard sending greetings from Nashville, Tennessee. Several attractions are depicted inside the block letters of Nashville. From left to right they are: Sam Davis Monument, War Memorial Building, Memorial Square, the Hermitage,...
Mrs. Adeline Sanders Mosely Battle in middle age, with salt-and-pepper hair, light blue eyes, and wearing a dark dress. At her neck she is wearing a miniature of her husband, Col. Joel A. Battle, who served as a colonel in the Twentieth Tennessee...
A photograph of the demolition of the Maxwell House Hotel in 1962, after it was gutted by fire. The five story hotel was begun by John Overton in 1859, but the Civil War delayed its completion. It was used for barracks for both Union soldiers and...
A photograph of the Trans World Airlines (TWA) jet at the new airport terminal in Nashville, Tennessee. Improvements included a new terminal building with a modern control tower and Jet Age runways. Nashville's airport officially opened in 1937 as...
A photograph of the radar service at Berry Field, Nashville, Tennessee in August 1952. Nashville's airport officially opened in 1937 as Berry Field, in honor of Colonel Harry S. Berry, the state administrator of the Works Progress Administrator, or...
A photograph of the Eastern Air Lines “Golden Falcon Prop-Jet Electra” at Nashville’s airport. This prop-jet airliner was built by Lockheed Aircraft Corporation and was powered by four 3750 hp General Motors Allison prop-jet engines,...
A photograph of the Old Harris Home at McGavock Lane and Couchville Pike, Nashville, Tennessee. It became part of the airport property. Nashville's airport officially opened in 1937 as Berry Field, in honor of Colonel Harry S. Berry, the state...
A photograph of the Berry Field Fire Hall, 1950. Nashville's airport officially opened in 1937 as Berry Field, in honor of Colonel Harry S. Berry, the state administrator of the Works Progress Administrator, or WPA. Berry Field became the military...
A photograph of the garage storage building at Berry Field in 1950. Nashville's airport officially opened in 1937 as Berry Field, in honor of Colonel Harry S. Berry, the state administrator of the Works Progress Administrator, or WPA. Berry Field...
A photograph of the Civilian Aviation Authority Localizer house at Nashville’s Berry Field. Nashville's airport officially opened in 1937 as Berry Field, in honor of Colonel Harry S. Berry, the state administrator of the Works Progress...
A photograph of the non-commissioned officer’s club in 1950. This building was probably one of the 105 WWII-era buildings built by the Army at Nashville’s Berry Field. Nashville's airport officially opened in 1937 as Berry Field, in honor of...
A photograph of the Drouillard Mansion, located at the corner of Vauxhall (Ninth Avenue) and Demonbreun Streets, in Nashville, Tennessee. Originally a red brick mansion built circa 1886, it was the residence of James Pierre Drouillard and wife Mary...
A published photo from the Nashville Times (1940), of J. W. Barnes, the last surviving CSA Veteran. James W. Barnes was with Company I, 55th (McKoin’s) Tennessee Infantry and Company I, 44th Tennessee Infantry. Barnes was born on June 16th, 1843,...
Aerial photographs of the Nashville airport, circa the 1960s. In 1961 officials opened a new 145,900-square-foot terminal with a modern control tower that boasted state-of-the-art electronics. In 1963 the existing runway was extended, and...
The Nashville Bridge Company, in February 1953, located along the east side of the Cumberland River in Nashville, Tennessee. The Nashville Bridge Company was organized in 1902 by Mr. A. J. Dyer. Through the years, the Company experienced a...
The Nashville Bridge Company and the West Kentucky Coal Company vessel, circa 1957, on the Cumberland River in Nashville, Tennessee. The Nashville Bridge Company was organized in 1902 by Mr. A. J. Dyer. Through the years, the Company experienced...
The Nashville Bridge Company, in 1956, located along the east side of the Cumberland River in Nashville, Tennessee. The Nashville Bridge Company was organized in 1902 by Mr. A. J. Dyer. Through the years, the Company experienced a continuous and...
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....
Mayor Ben West, with Mr. Ogden and Mr. Borum and the new Constellation plane model of Eastern Airlines, circa 1953. The first Constellation flight at the Nashville Airport was on April 26th, 1953. The airliner was manufactured by Lockheed and...
Mayor Ben West and the first flight of the Eastern Airlines Constellation airliner at the Nashville Airport on April 26th, 1953. The aircraft was manufactured by Lockheed and represented the ultimate in airline performance and luxury during the...