A photograph of E. Gray Smith, Packard dealership, located at 2400 West End Avenue in Nashville, Tennessee. E. Gray Smith was a longtime Nashville auto dealer whose father was one of the first local car dealers starting around 1902. In this view of...
A captioned photo, published in the Nashville Times (1940), about the Automobile Electric Service Company, with the caption “Car Trouble?--Then Drive Right In.” The business is cited in the 1941 City Directory at 168 9th Avenue N, Charles C....
A photograph of James Melton, the noted Metropolitan Opera tenor pictured in front of the Hermitage Hotel at 231 6th Avenue North, Nashville, Tennessee. James Melton was in town to speak at his alma mater Vanderbilt and visit old friends. In the...
A published photo of the used car business of Capitol Chevrolet, from the Nashville Times (1940). The automobile dealership is cited in the 1941 City Directory with “C. N. Rolfe, Jr. Pres; W. H. Gourley, V-Pres.; Minos Cox, Sec-Treas, Chevrolet...
A view of the Coggin Chevrolet showroom and the parts and service building. This car dealership of new and used cars and trucks was located at Woodland Street at 2nd. The 1954 City Directory cites William E. Coggin, President, with the business...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Catherine Berry Pilcher Avery, conducted on the 09 February 1981 and the 13 February 1981 by Leanne Thornton as part of the Historic Nashville, Inc. Oral History Project. Avery, the...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Catherine Berry Pilcher Avery, conducted on the 09 February 1981 and the 13 February 1981 by Leanne Thornton as part of the Historic Nashville, Inc. Oral History Project. Avery, the...
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...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nashville investor John S. Bransford, Sr., conducted on 9 July 1980 by Leanne Thornton as part of the Historic Nashville, Inc. Oral History Project. Bransford discusses his family's ownership of one...
A postcard of Capitol Boulevard looking north towards the Tennessee State Capitol sometime between 1916 and 1930. YMCA signage is visible on the left side of the street, while Knickerbocker Theater signage is identifiable on the right side. Cars...
A postcard of Church Street at the corner of Seventh Avenue looking east in downtown Nashville around 1918. This corner was one of the busiest corners in the retail section of Nashville during the time, with close proximity to all the theatres and...
A postcard of Fifth Avenue looking south from Union Avenue in downtown Nashville. Both sides of the street are lined with businesses including Houck's, a music shop, and S. H. Kress & Co., a five and dime retail store. Horses and carriages are...
A photograph of a man contemplating gas prices at two local service stations. This photo appeared on the front page of the 8 September 1955 edition of the Nashville Banner. The caption states, "Confusion in the gas war - John W. Thomas scratches...
A postcard of Glendale Park, once located near the present intersection of Caldwell and Lealand Lanes in Nashville, Tennessee. This trolley park was owned by the Nashville Railway and Light Company who also owned the streetcar line on which it...
A Real Photo postcard view of the St. Cecilia Academy, a private, all-girls, Roman Catholic high school in Nashville, Tennessee. This postcard shows the exterior architecture and a montage scene of fashionable individuals, a horse-drawn buggy, and...
A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about the Jim Reed Chevrolet located on Broadway. The 1941 City Directory cites the address at 1512-1514 Broadway, with J. H. Reed, Jr. President, Edwin E. Reed, V-Pres. and Mgr. Forms part of the...
A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about Reverend W. S. Marshall, “pastor of the West Nashville Cumberland Presbyterian Church takes his hat off to his friends and his church members who, on Christmas Day, presented him with a new...
A published photo of Mrs. Elizabeth Gregg MacGibbon from the Nashville Times (1940), the head caption reads “Job Advisor.” Mrs. MacGibbon was known as the “Emily Post of Business.” In addition to being an automobile editor, an advertising...