During the years of World War II it was considered your patriotic duty to sacrifice and make do with what you had. There was rationing in food, gas and even fabrics for clothing. One of the ways women could help with the war effort was to be frugal...
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 photograph of Governor and Mrs. Hill McAlister after leaving Easter services at Vine Street Christian Church, located at 140 7th Avenue North, Nashville, Tennessee. They are pictured with their car and chauffeur in foreground. The background...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Mary Le Sueur, conducted on 11 August 1976 by Jane King as part of the Historic Nashville, Inc. Tennessee Centennial Project. Le Sueur discusses her clothing as a child and explains that her mother...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Jeanette Acklen Noel, conducted on 25 August 1976 by Jane King as part of the Historic Nashville, Inc. Tennessee Centennial Project. Noel describes the process of obtaining clothing during the late...
The Life & Casualty Building towers over historic buildings situated along Fourth Avenue North. The west side of the street between Church and Union Streets was home to clothing and shoe stores such as Steins and Burton Chambers, both men's...
A photograph of a couple dressed in Easter finery relaxing in Memorial Plaza which stretched between Union Street and Charlotte Avenue, and from Sixth to Seventh Avenues facing the Tennessee State Capitol. Similar photos appeared in the Nashville...
A photograph of a couple leaving a downtown Nashville church in their Easter finery. Similar photos appeared in the Nashville Banner newspaper April 13, 1936. Forms part of the Nashville Banner Archives. 1 photograph negative : b & w ; 3.25 x 4.25...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Ursula Greene, conducted on 12 August 1976 by Jane King as part of the Historic Nashville, Inc. Tennessee Centennial Project. Greene discusses women's fashion during the 1890s and explains that they...
The corner of Deaderick Street and the Public Square was home to Gilbert's Clothing Store for around fifty years. In 1956, Friedman's Loan Company moved into the vacated building from their longtime location further up Deaderick Street. 35 mm
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 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 wedding photograph of Mrs. Ina Davies McFerrin, the first wife of Dr. Marvin McFerrin, a prominent Nashville, Tennessee dentist. According to the verso inscription, this photograph was "taken Oct. 1898, married, 4th." She was an aunt of Federal...
A photograph of a man walking down 6th Avenue North toward the Tennessee State Capitol in his Easter finery. The Elks Lodge is visible to his right. Similar photos appeared in the Nashville Banner newspaper April 13, 1936. Forms part of the...
A photograph of a young woman walking down 6th Avenue North toward the Tennessee State Capitol in her Easter finery. The Hermitage Hotel and parking lot across the street can be seen in the background. Similar photos appeared in the Nashville...
A photograph of a woman walking East on Broadway Street in her Easter finery. In the background Union Station and Christ Church Cathedral can be seen. Similar photos appeared in the Nashville Banner newspaper April 13, 1936. Forms part of the...
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....
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 Ursula Greene, conducted on 12 August 1976 by Jane King as part of the Historic Nashville, Inc. Tennessee Centennial Project. Greene discusses going to the Centennial with her boyfriend and women's...