A postcard of Kirkland Hall, the building built to replace Vanderbilt's Main Building that burned in 1905. Vanderbilt University was made possible in 1873 through a one million dollar gift from Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, a shipping and rail...
A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about a new laundry business on West End Avenue. The caption reads: “Using thousands of dollars worth of material, a new laundry is being constructed on West End Avenue. The demand for building...
A photograph of E. Gray Smith, Packard dealership, located at 2400 West End Avenue in Nashville, Tennessee. E. Gray Smith was a longtime Nashville auto dealer whose father was one of the first local car dealers starting around 1902. In this view of...
A photograph of the Free Will Baptist Bible College Welch Library, located at 3606 West End Avenue in Nashville, Tennessee, as it appeared in 1973. This structure was originally built in 1907 as the residential home of Edward M. Neal. Free Will...
An illustration of the Richland Market, published in the Nashville Times newspaper (1940). The grocery store was located at 3031 West End Avenue, cited in the 1941 City Directory, associated with W. Ewing Smith and Joseph G. Hester. Forms part of...
A photograph of six young women sitting on the ground in front of Nashville's Parthenon at Centennial Park, West End Avenue at 25th Avenue North, which is an exact replica of Athen's Parthenon. This photograph appeared in the Nashville Banner...
A photograph of four women in costume selling tickets to the Italian Street Fair. An article about the event appeared in the Nashville Banner newspaper on October 8, 1956, citing: "Pizza, pepperoni and puppets abounded Saturday afternoon and...
A photograph of a group of children holding flags high rehearsing to greet Bishop Adrian upon his arrival at the Cathedral of the Incarnation on West End Avenue, Nashville, Tennessee, the next day. This title and caption accompanied the photo in...
A captioned photo, from the Nashville Times (1940) about Mr. W. E. (Red) Smith and Mr. J. G. Hester. The caption reads: “Mr. Hester and Mr. Smith, sole owners and operators of Richland Market, pledge to serve their many customers with the most...
A postcard of the Main Building on the Vanderbilt campus between 1898 and 1901. Vanderbilt University was made possible in 1873 through a one million dollar gift from Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, a shipping and rail tycoon who had never even...
A postcard of the Main Building on the Vanderbilt Campus in 1901. Vanderbilt University was made possible in 1873 through a one million dollar gift from Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, a shipping and rail tycoon who had never even visited the...
A postcard of Furman Hall on the campus of Vanderbilt University. When Furman Hall opened in 1907, it was called the most modern chemistry/pharmacy building in the United States. Its name honors Francis Furman, a Nashville merchant, whose widow...