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- Postcard of the frozen Cumberland River, 1940 January 26
- Photographic postcard depicting people walking across the frozen Cumberland River at Nashville, Tennessee, January 26, 1940. Several barges and towboats are visible below the Cumberland River Sand Company in East Nashville. Forms part of the...
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- Edgefield ferry along the Cumberland River, circa 1954
- Pictured: The sturdy “Edgefield” ferry with an unidentified group of people along the Cumberland River. Ferries were an important part of Davidson County Tennessee river history. The ferry was started in 1871 by Joseph and Theodore Clees....
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- Photograph of southwest corner of the Goodies buildings, after the fire, circa 1985
- A photograph of the buildings at 200 and 210 Second Ave. North after they were gutted by fire on October 12, 1985. This view is from the south, across Church Street. The buildings had been connected for some time and had been the site of a variety...
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- Salvage scrap drive in Nashville and Middle Tennessee region, 1942 October
- Pictured: “Scrap literally rolls in:” A few minutes after the Highland Heights Junior High School was entered in the Banner scrap contest by Principal James C. Armistead, “Colonel” Dewey Russell (second from left) of the school’s Junior...
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- Photograph of front southwest corner of the Goodies buildings, after the fire, circa 1985
- A photograph of the buildings at 200 and 210 Second Avenue North, after they were gutted by fire on October 12, 1985. This view is from the southwest, across Second Avenue and Church Street. The buildings had been connected for some time and had...
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- Photograph of the Goodies buildings, showing front view of upper stories, after the fire, circa 1985
- A photograph of the buildings at 200 and 210 Second Avenue North, after they were gutted by fire on October 12, 1985. This view is from the west, across Second Avenue. The buildings had been connected for some time and had been the site of a...
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- Photograph of Reverend Joseph Metz Rollins and police officers, 1963 May 09
- A photograph of Reverend Joseph Metz Rollins with police officers before a demonstration, Nashville, Tennessee, May 9, 1963. Reverend Rollins served with the National Committee of Black Churchmen and the Nashville Christian Leadership Council...
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- Photograph of participants in the Poor People's March, Nashville, Tennessee, 1968 May 08
- A photograph of participants in the 1968 Poor People's March, Nashville, Tennessee, May 8, 1968. In March 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. announced plans for the Poor People's Campaign for the purposes of organizing and uniting the poor across...
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- Sparkman Street Bridge, Nashville, Tenn., circa 1910
- A color postcard of the Sparkman Street Bridge, renamed Shelby Street Bridge. The bridge was completed in 1909, spanning the Cumberland River to link East Nashville to Downtown. At completion, the bridge was hailed as the "finest highway bridge...
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- Omohundro Water Filtration Plant, Nashville, Tennessee, n.d.
- An undated photograph of the interior main entrance to the Omohundro Water Filtration Plant, of the Omohundro Water Filtration Complex District in Nashville, Tennessee, located at 1400 Pumping Station Road across the Cumberland River from Shelby...
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- Main building, Peabody College, Nashville, Tenn., circa 1909
- A postcard of the Main Building at the George Peabody College for Teachers in Nashville, Tennessee. In an effort to create a major Southern teachers' college, the grounds and buildings of the former Peabody Normal School were donated to the George...
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- Industrial Arts building, Peabody College, Nashville, circa 1916
- A postcard of the Industrial Arts building at the George Peabody College for Teachers in Nashville, Tennessee. In an effort to create a major Southern teachers' college, the grounds and buildings of the former Peabody Normal School were donated to...
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- Maxwell House Coffee Advertisement, 1928 October
- A magazine advertisement for Maxwell House Coffee that appeared in the October 1928 issue of Good Housekeeping. The advertisement tells the story of Joel Cheek's quest to create the perfect blend of coffee. The Maxwell House Hotel in Nashville,...
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- How's your fiscal fitness?, between 1960 and 1963
- An original political cartoon drawing created by Jack Knox, the Nashville Banner editorial cartoonist from the mid-1940s to early 1970s. In this cartoon, a tattered, exhausted man ("U.S.") tries to run and keep his balance on a barrel ("Red Ink...
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