The building of the Eighth Avenue South Reservoir, located on Kirkpatrick Hill, was begun in 1887 and was completed in 1889. With an outside wall height of 33.75 feet and a perimeter at the top of the outside wall running 1,746 feet, the reservoir...
1 map; 58 x 75 cm. A plat map of downtown Nashville, Tennessee and the surrounding area, originally published in 1908 by G. M. Hopkins Company, showing the various buildings, landscapes, acreage, and street routes for several blocks. Original...
A photograph of Mt. Nebo Baptist Church located at 2416 Clifton Avenue in Nashville, Tennessee. This congregation was founded in 1871 by Rev. Pharoah Benson, a former slave. The first church was built right across the street from the present day...
A photograph of Nashvillians campaigning for Beverly Briley, circa 1962. Briley was elected as the first mayor of Metro in November 1962 and served in that capacity until 1975. b & w; 35 mm.
A photograph of Nashville man campaigning for Beverly Briley, circa 1962. Briley was elected as the first mayor of Metro in November 1962 and served in that capacity until 1975. b & w; 35 mm.
A postcard of Nashville's City Hospital (later known as Nashville General Hospital, 72 Hermitage Avenue) as it appeared circa 1913. This stately edifice was designed by Thompson & Gibel, Architects. It was the first city-owned and operated...
A cabinet card portrait photograph of Captain Pleas A. Smith, a Confederate veteran of the American Civil War. He was born in Nashville, Tennessee on the 10th of November, 1841, and was raised on the "Ewing Farm" six miles south of Nashville. At...
A photograph of the Paramount Theatre at 721-727 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee circa 1930. The marquee advertises "Gary Cooper & Marlene Deitrich - Morocco - C. Sharpe Minor at the Organ - Eddie Canter." The $500,000 theater opened November...
A photograph of the Nashville City Reservoir, in Nashville, Tennessee, as it was being constructed in 1877. An accompanying article describes the completed structure, as quoted: "The City Reservoir, which was built in 1887, cost the city of...
A published photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about the Seventh Avenue Garage. Cited in the 1941 City Directory as “South’s Finest One Stop Service Garage, 600 car capacity, gas, oil, tires and tubes, brake work our specialty, park inside,...
Judge Allen Robinson Cornelius’ Court, May 2nd, 1969. Nashville native, Allen Cornelius was born on December 27, 1920, and graduated from West End High School in 1938. A 1947 graduate of Cumberland Law School, he began his career working as an...
An aerial view of the Lockheed “Hudson” bombers at the Nashville Municipal Airport, April 29th, 1941. A published article from the “Nashville Banner” newspaper the following day: “Bombers for Britain concentrated at Airport: With...
An aerial view of the Lockheed “Hudson” bombers at the Nashville Municipal Airport, April 29th, 1941. A published article from the “Nashville Banner” newspaper the following day: “Bombers for Britain concentrated at Airport: With...
An aerial view of the Lockheed “Hudson” bombers at the Nashville Municipal Airport, April 29th, 1941. A published article from the “Nashville Banner” newspaper the following day: “Bombers for Britain concentrated at Airport: With...
An aerial view of the Lockheed “Hudson” bombers at the Nashville Municipal Airport, April 29th, 1941. A published article from the “Nashville Banner” newspaper the following day: “Bombers for Britain concentrated at Airport: With...
An aerial view of the Lockheed “Hudson” bombers at the Nashville Municipal Airport, April 29th, 1941. A published article from the “Nashville Banner” newspaper the following day: “Bombers for Britain concentrated at Airport: With...
A photograph of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Reverend Kelly Miller Smith at Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee, April 21, 1960, preparing to speak to an audience of over 4000 following the bombing of the home of prominent civil rights...
An original political cartoon drawing created by Jack Knox (1910-1985), the Nashville Banner editorial cartoonist from the mid-1940s to early 1970s. This caricature relates to the city and county governments' finding a practical solution in...
An original political cartoon drawing created by Jack Knox, the Nashville Banner editorial cartoonist from the mid-1940s to early 1970s. This cartoon relates to President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal strategy and governmental intervention in...