An aerial photograph of downtown Nashville, photographed for The Nashville Banner, by photographer John Morgan circa 1954. The view includes the urban landscape from the area adjacent to the Tennessee State Capitol building, south to Demonbreun...
Pictured: “Lieut. William M. Hart of Columbia, of Battery A, had as his special luncheon guests, his wife and little daughter, Lisbeth Miller Hart. Mrs. Hart and Lisbeth were among the many wives and children of officers and enlisted men who had...
Pictured: “From Columbia, Tenn., came Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Wilson, shown above with their son, Hammond Wilson, Battery A. Joe and Jane Wilson, brother and sister of Private Wilson, had a big time on this, their first visit to an Army training...
A photograph of the Cavert School, located at 2500 Fairfax Avenue in Nashville, circa 1996. Cavert School opened as an elementary school circa 1928. The structure is designed in the classical style and with Eakin School was one of Nashville's early...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with George Boyles, conducted on 27 October 1987 by Mary Glenn Hearne. Boyles discusses the two-year debate among McKendree Methodist Church members over plans by church officials to build a high-rise...
A posed photograph of five young girls and one boy looking into a window from the outside at night. This image was used as a promotion for the upcoming Fannie Battle Day Home annual caroling event to raise money for the home. This photograph...
Pictured: Gen. Douglas MacArthur and wife Jean Faircloth MacArthur and young son (Arthur) among a group of military officers and civilians, upon their arrival to speak at Middle Tennessee State College in 1951. Both General MacArthur and his wife...
Pictured: Jean Faircloth MacArthur holding a fishing rod, seated next to son Arthur on the platform among military officials and townspeople, at Middle Tennessee State College on the occasion of an honorary ceremony in 1951. Both General MacArthur...
Pictured: Jean Faircloth MacArthur, next to son Arthur, and Gen. Douglas MacArthur, on the platform among military officials and townspeople, at Middle Tennessee State College on the occasion of an honorary ceremony in 1951. Both General MacArthur...
Preston Taylor, a businessman and minister, was one of Nashville's most powerful black leaders. His wife, Georgia Gordon Taylor, was one of the original Fisk Jubilee Singers. Georgia was among the first group of singers to tour Europe when the...
An inside cover image from a booklet advertising the services of the Marshall & Bruce printing company. The image shows the various storefronts that the company occupied over the early years between 1865 and 1906. In 1905 Marshall and Bruce...
Mayor Briley is pictured at the Busby Ford automobile dealership, among several well-dressed ladies wearing hats and gloves and carrying baskets. They are on the car lot, located at 18th Avenue and Church Street. A tall man in a business suit is...
A postcard of The Fisk Memorial Chapel on the campus of Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee. The chapel was built in 1892 by means of a legacy from General Clinton B. Fisk, (for whom the University is named), which, according to family wishes,...
Cavert School opened in September of 1928 for students in grades one through nine. The school was named for Dr. A.J. Cavert who served as principal at Howard, Fogg, Hume, Fall and Warner schools among others. Cavert became a junior high in 1936...