The ribbon cutting ceremony for the American Airlines office located at 239 Sixth Avenue, in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. Among the officials are the Aviation Commission members. This business office was located in the same building as the...
An original will of Mrs. Victoria A. Baldwin, dated May 19th, 1919. Illustrates the first page of the document. Baldwin’s will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court on July 23rd, 1919. Among the named beneficiaries in...
Pictured: The arrival of the flag-draped casket of Congressman Joseph Wellington “Jo” Byrns, Sr. in Nashville, Tennessee via train. President Roosevelt, Secretary of State Cordell Hull, and others were among the dignitaries. Bryns (July 20,...
Pictured: The arrival of the flag-draped casket of Congressman Joseph Wellington “Jo” Byrns, Sr. in Nashville, Tennessee via train. President Roosevelt, Secretary of State Cordell Hull, and others were among the dignitaries. Bryns (July 20,...
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...
Pictured: “Tom Joy School builds lofty scrap pile: the students at Tom Joy School, among the first groups to enter the Banner scrap contest, are determined to win one of the special prizes for schools, announced today, as evidenced by their...
Pictured: “Tom Joy School builds lofty scrap pile: the students at Tom Joy School, among the first groups to enter the Banner scrap contest, are determined to win one of the special prizes for schools, announced today, as evidenced by their...
Pictured: “Tom Joy School builds lofty scrap pile: the students at Tom Joy School, among the first groups to enter the Banner scrap contest, are determined to win one of the special prizes for schools, announced today, as evidenced by their...
Pictured: A truck delivering a collection of scrap metal for salvage to a processing site in downtown Nashville. The Banner newspaper sponsored a scrap contest among the local schools, as well as promoting a scrap drive in the Nashville and Middle...
W. S. Riddle Notion Company, Sam Lapidus Clothing Company, Southern Coat and Dress Company, Golden Art Hosiery, and Everett Beasley Inc. were among the buildings that once delineated the outer perimeter of the public square in Nashville, Tennessee....
A postcard of the Tennessee State Fairgrounds showing the Woman's Building, the grandstand and the track. Located just one mile south of downtown Nashville, the fairgrounds opened in 1891 as Cumberland Park. The park was built as a harness racing...
A postcard of the Tennessee State Fairgrounds located just one mile south of downtown Nashville. The fairgrounds opened in 1891 as Cumberland Park. The park was built as a harness racing track with a grandstand that seated 7,000 people. In 1904...
A postcard of the Tennessee State Fairgrounds showing the Women's Building, Grandstand, and track. Located just one mile south of downtown Nashville, the fairgrounds opened in 1891 as Cumberland Park. The park was built as a harness racing track...
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,...
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...
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...
A postcard of a tobacco field near Nashville, Tennessee. Two people's heads are visible among the plants, one wearing a white hat and one holding an umbrella and wearing a reddish hat. Tobacco has always been a profitable crop for the state of...