The residence known as “Bonnie Brae,” once rested on twenty-two acres along the hillside of the present-day southwestern corner of Woodlawn Drive and I-440. The Villager Condominiums stand there now. “Bonnie Brae” derives its name from the...
A postcard of the Union Bus Terminal located at 517 Commerce Street in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. Built in the latter part of the 1930s, this bus terminal exemplified the art deco architecture style of the time period. According to city...
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 photograph of cars piled up at the intersection of Blue Hole Road and Antioch Pike during the May 2010 flood in the Antioch neighborhood of Nashville.
Forms part of the Nashville Room Flood 2010 Digital History Project.
A photograph of a car sandwiched between mobile homes during the May 2010 flood in South Nashville.
Forms part of the Nashville Room Flood 2010 Digital History Project.
A photograph of a car wedged under a mobile home during the May 2010 flood in Antioch. The mobile home park was located on Antioch Pike.
Forms part of the Nashville Room Flood 2010 Digital History Project.
A photograph of cars moved by floodwaters at the Antioch Pike and Blue Hole Road intersection in Antioch during the May 2010 Nashville flood.
Forms part of the Nashville Room Flood 2010 Digital History Project.
A photograph of cars moved by floodwaters at the Antioch Pike and Blue Hole Road intersection in South Nashville during the May 2010 Nashville flood.
Forms part of the Nashville Room Flood 2010 Digital History Project.
A photograph of cars moved by floodwaters at the Antioch Pike and Blue Hole Road intersection in Antioch during the May 2010 Nashville flood.
Forms part of the Nashville Room Flood 2010 Digital History Project.
A photograph taken on Church Street in Nashville, Tennessee at dusk, circa 1936. According to the annotated note on the verso this is one of two photographs "taken on Church Street at Polk Place about 20 minutes apart at dusk. The date was probably...
A photograph taken on Church Street in Nashville, Tennessee at dusk, circa 1936. According to the annotated note on the verso this is one of two photographs "taken on Church Street at Polk Place about 20 minutes apart at dusk. The date was probably...
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...
The residence known as “Bonnie Brae,” once rested on twenty-two acres along the hillside of the present-day southwestern corner of Woodlawn Drive and I-440. The Villager Condominiums stand there now. “Bonnie Brae” derives its name from the...
A postcard of Fifth Avenue looking north from Church Street in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. This intersection was one of the busiest retail sections of town during the time. Automobiles line both sides of the street, while pedestrians walk the...
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 photograph of Lonnie Haynes’s car which was inundated by water during the May 2010 flood as he was driving down George E. Horn Road in Bellevue. He escaped from the sinking car and climbed to safety in a tree.
Forms part of the Nashville Room...
A photograph of Lonnie Haynes’s damaged car which was inundated by water during the May 2010 Nashville flood as he was driving down George E. Horn Road in Bellevue. He escaped from the car and climbed to safety in a tree.
Forms part of the...
The Nashville Bridge Company off-street parking, circa 1953. The McCann Steel Company at 400 2nd Avenue S can be seen in the background. The Cumberland Oil Company is on the right at 106 Shelby Avenue 6. The Nashville Bridge Company was...
A postcard of the Church Street viaduct right after completion between 1915 and 1930. This structure was built to carry car traffic over the railroad tracks. A new viaduct was built to replace this one in the 1990s. Forms part of the Norton...
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...