During the years of World War II it was considered your patriotic duty to sacrifice and make do with what you had. There was rationing in food, gas and even fabrics for clothing. One of the ways women could help with the war effort was to be frugal...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Andromedia "Andy" Bagwell Noel, conducted on 1 November 2004 by Betty Richards as part of the Nashville Public Library's Veterans History Project. Noel served from 1943 until 1946 as a Gray Lady at...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Andromedia "Andy" Bagwell Noel, conducted on 1 November 2004 by Betty Richards as part of the Nashville Public Library's Veterans History Project. Noel served from 1943 until 1946 as a Gray Lady at...
A photograph of a woman seated at a kiosk inside an unidentified building in Nashville, selling Defense Savings Stamps and Bonds. A large Minute Man poster encouraging people to buy bonds is to the left, and several women and a man are lined up to...
A photograph of women building planes at Vultee Aircraft, 1941-1945. The plant built P-38 Lightning fighters and the Vultee Vengeance dive bombers during World War II. The Vultee plant opened on 04 May 1941 and over the years has produced more...
This booklet was published for new employees at the Nashville Bridge Company during the time of World War II. The beginning includes a brief history of the company during which it is explained that although the normal operations include...
An invitation from Governor Prentice Cooper, Judge Litton Hickman, and Mayor Thomas L. Cummings, to the formal dedication of the Nashville division of Vultee Aircraft Inc., to take place on May 4th, 1941. The Vultee logo accompanies the state flag...
A scene from the Bond Sales Drive by the Army, Navy, and Civic Clubs, on 6th Avenue N in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, with “Street of Flags.” By the end of the war, over 85 million Americans had invested in War Bonds, raising $185.7 billion...
A scene from the Bond Sales Drive by the Army, Navy, and Civic Clubs, on 6th Avenue N in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, with “Street of Flags.” By the end of the war, over 85 million Americans had invested in War Bonds, raising $185.7 billion...
A scene from the Bond Sales Drive by the Army, Navy, and Civic Clubs, on 6th Avenue N in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, with “Street of Flags.” By the end of the war, over 85 million Americans had invested in War Bonds, raising $185.7 billion...
A scene from the Bond Sales Drive by the Army, Navy, and Civic Clubs, on 6th Avenue N in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, with “Street of Flags.” By the end of the war, over 85 million Americans had invested in War Bonds, raising $185.7 billion...
A scene from the Bond Sales Drive by the Army, Navy, and Civic Clubs, in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, circa September 1942. By the end of the war, over 85 million Americans had invested in War Bonds, raising $185.7 billion to finance the war...
A scene from the Bond Sales Drive by the Army, Navy, and Civic Clubs, in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, circa September 1942. By the end of the war, over 85 million Americans had invested in War Bonds, raising $185.7 billion to finance the war...
A scene from the Bond Sales Drive by the Army, Navy, and Civic Clubs, in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, circa September 1942. By the end of the war, over 85 million Americans had invested in War Bonds, raising $185.7 billion to finance the war...
A scene from the Bond Sales Drive by the Army, Navy, and Civic Clubs, in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, circa September 1942. By the end of the war, over 85 million Americans had invested in War Bonds, raising $185.7 billion to finance the war...
A scene from the Bond Sales Drive by the Army, Navy, and Civic Clubs, in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, circa September 1942. By the end of the war, over 85 million Americans had invested in War Bonds, raising $185.7 billion to finance the war...
A scene from the Bond Sales Drive by the Army, Navy, and Civic Clubs, in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, circa September 1942. By the end of the war, over 85 million Americans had invested in War Bonds, raising $185.7 billion to finance the war...
A scene from the Bond Sales Drive by the Army, Navy, and Civic Clubs, on 6th Avenue N in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, with “Street of Flags.” By the end of the war, over 85 million Americans had invested in War Bonds, raising $185.7 billion...
A scene from the Bond Sales Drive by the Army, Navy, and Civic Clubs, on 6th Avenue N in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, with “Street of Flags.” By the end of the war, over 85 million Americans had invested in War Bonds, raising $185.7 billion...
A scene from the Bond Sales Drive by the Army, Navy, and Civic Clubs, on 6th Avenue N in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, with “Street of Flags.” By the end of the war, over 85 million Americans had invested in War Bonds, raising $185.7 billion...