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- "Which Hand?," 1956 August 13
- An original political cartoon drawing created by Jack Knox, the Nashville Banner editorial cartoonist from the mid-1940s to early 1970s. This cartoon is a caricature of the Democratic presidential balloting and supporters in the national election...
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- Nashville City Schools, Wharton School
- Wharton School was named for Arthur Dickson Wharton who served as principal and professor at various Nashville schools. According to Annual Reports of the Public Schools of Nashville, Tennessee, Wharton school had been occupied for one year at the...
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- Church Street, Corner Seventh, Nashville, 1918
- 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...
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- Oral history interview with Marion F. "Sonny" Smith, 2007 September 25
- Excerpts from an oral history interview with Marion F. "Sonny" Smith, conducted on 25 Sept. 2007 by Larry Patterson as part of the Nashville Public Library's Veterans History Project. Smith served with the 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment of the...
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- Close up of an original ionic capital column from the Tennessee State Capitol, n.d.
- An undated photograph of an ionic capital column from the restoration of the Tennessee State Capitol Building in Nashville, Tennessee. This remnant is derived from the original columns of the Capitol Building, which was renovated during a massive...
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- Close up of the upper façade of the Hamilton Parks residence, circa 1960 September 15
- A view of the architectural elements of the gable and window design of the Hamilton Parks residence, located at 1706 West End Avenue, in Nashville, Tennessee. This architectural structure is non-extant, having been demolished circa the 1960's. It...
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- Blackwood shoots, but misses, from the Nashville Times, 1940
- A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about a basketball game in the tournament. The caption reads: “Leland Blackwood, West forward, shoots at the basket but misses. Felix [Ray?] not shown in the picture, got the rebound. On the...
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- Historic home residence Travellers Rest, Nashville, Tennessee, 1911
- Travellers Rest gained its name from the fact of the many guests it has entertained. John Overton, afterward Justice of the Supreme Court, came from Virginia in 1793 and built a two-room log house on the site of the present building. He was one of...
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- Original wills, Balch, Alfred, circa 1853
- An original will of Alfred Balch, n.d. Illustrates the first page of the document. The verso refers to “Book 16, Pages 182, 183, 184” in the Davidson County Court, that was recorded in the Wills & Inventories volume on December 7th, 1853. ...
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- Newsom's Mill along the Harpeth River in Middle Tennessee, circa 1969 April 14
- A photograph of Newsom's Mill, along the Harpeth River, near Bellevue, located a few miles southwest of downtown Nashville, Tennessee. The original grist mill was built several years earlier; this grist mill was built by Col. Joseph M. Newsom in...
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- Pearl High School Alumni Association
- Announcement of a dance to be held at the close of commencement for the class of 1919. Established in 1883 as a grammar school, Pearl became a high school in the 1897 - 1898 school year. In 1919, Pearl High School was located on 16th Avenue No. at...
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- B&W Cafeteria announces it is closing, 1976 November 10
- A photograph of the B & W Cafeteria on Sixth Avenue North, Nashville Tennessee. The cafeteria was started by Fred R. Webber, Sr. around 1930. Sixth Avenue was a business hub in the late 1930s and 1940s. Thousands of workers came to the cafeteria...
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- Oral history interview with Margaret Wright, 1976 August 30, excerpt 06
- An excerpt from an oral history interview with Margaret Wright, conducted on 30 August 1976 by Ann Wells as part of the Historic Nashville, Inc. Tennessee Centennial Project. Wright describes the Flower Parade on Kate Kirkman Day at the close of...
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