A scene from the Maxwell House hotel fire in downtown Nashville, Tennessee on June 4th, 1958. This grand hotel was located at the corner of Fourth and Church, completed in 1859. This was the first of two fires, occurring in 1958. No injuries...
A scene from the Maxwell House hotel fire in downtown Nashville, Tennessee on June 4th, 1958. This grand hotel was located at the corner of Fourth and Church, completed in 1859. This was the first of two fires, occurring in 1958. No injuries...
A scene from the Maxwell House hotel fire in downtown Nashville, Tennessee on June 4th, 1958. This grand hotel was located at the corner of Fourth and Church, completed in 1859. This was the first of two fires, occurring in 1958. No injuries...
A scene from the Maxwell House hotel fire in downtown Nashville, Tennessee on June 4th, 1958. This grand hotel was located at the corner of Fourth and Church, completed in 1859. This was the first of two fires, occurring in 1958. No injuries...
A scene from the Maxwell House hotel fire in downtown Nashville, Tennessee on June 4th, 1958. This grand hotel was located at the corner of Fourth and Church, completed in 1859. This was the first of two fires, occurring in 1958. No injuries...
A scene from the Maxwell House hotel fire in downtown Nashville, Tennessee on June 4th, 1958. This grand hotel was located at the corner of Fourth and Church, completed in 1859. This was the first of two fires, occurring in 1958. No injuries...
A scene from the Maxwell House hotel fire in downtown Nashville, Tennessee on June 4th, 1958. This grand hotel was located at the corner of Fourth and Church, completed in 1859. This was the first of two fires, occurring in 1958. No injuries...
A scene from the Maxwell House hotel fire in downtown Nashville, Tennessee on June 4th, 1958. This grand hotel was located at the corner of Fourth and Church, completed in 1859. This was the first of two fires, occurring in 1958. No injuries...
A scene from the Maxwell House hotel fire in downtown Nashville, Tennessee on June 4th, 1958. This grand hotel was located at the corner of Fourth and Church, completed in 1859. This was the first of two fires, occurring in 1958. No injuries...
A photograph of eager young readers boarding the "traveling branch" bookmobile of the Nashville Public Library, circa 1957. The bookmobile service in Davidson County, Tennessee originally began in the 1940's, when the State Library Project...
A photograph of the interior of the "traveling branch" bookmobile of the Nashville Public Library, depicting the librarian and the young readers, circa 1957. The bookmobile service in Davidson County, Tennessee originally began in the 1940's, when...
A photograph of the Nashville Public Library bookmobile featured in the Christmas parade of 1955. The bookmobile service in Davidson County, Tennessee originally began in the 1940's, when the State Library Project furnished a bookmobile which made...
A photograph of staff members pictured in front of a "library-on-wheels" bookmobile of the Nashville Public Library in Nashville, Tennessee, circa 1955. This particular bookmobile was in service from 1954-1973, with approximately 3000 volumes...
A photograph showing young people greeting the arrival of the Nashville Public Library bookmobile, circa July, 1941, at Stewart's Cash Grocery in Davidson County, Tennessee. Mrs. Frances Parkes and Mrs. Leah Rose, employees of the Nashville Public...
A photograph showing two of the Nashville Public Library bookmobiles and drivers in Nashville's Centennial Park, circa 1955. The Parthenon, originally built for Tennessee's 1897 Centennial Exposition, is pictured in the background. The bookmobile...
A photograph of Nashville Public Library staff members placing books on the shelves of the Nashville Public Library bookmobile, circa April 1955. This particular bookmobile was in service from 1954-1973, with approximately 3000 volumes aboard the...
Pictured: “Plan scrap movie: the suburban theaters operated by the Crescent Amusement Company will cooperate in the Banner scrap drive when a special program for young and old will be held Saturday morning at 10 o’clock with 10 pounds of scrap...
Pictured: “Scrap piles grow at local schools: with competition running high in the Banner scrap contest, scrap metal collections in all parts of Davidson County were advancing by leaps and bounds. A huge salvage pile (top) is obvious evidence of...
Pictured: “Part of Giles million pound scrap collection: around the borders of the Giles County courtyard at Pulaski, piled up for all to see, is a portion of the county’s 1,153,020-pound salvage collection assembled since the opening of the...
Pictured: “Caldwell youngsters observe ‘scrap day in schools:’ equipped with a huckster wagon (right) belonging to one of the pupils, the students of Caldwell School today turned out one and all to get in the scrap of the neighborhood. ...