Pictured: “Vanderbilt University adds campus fences to Banner scrap pile: realizing the vital need for scrap iron by the Government, Vanderbilt University officials today “gave a fence for Allied offense” as they authorized the scrapping of...
A photograph of Acklen Hall, home of Joseph Hayes Acklen (1850-1938), on Fairmont Street, Nashville, Tennessee. Built in the 1890s, this Victorian-style home was the centerpiece of one of Nashville's first gated communities, Acklen Park. Also...
Back cover of Official Report of the Board of Health for the City of Nashville, February 1905, giving meteorological observations in Nashville for the month. Data includes maximum, minimum, and mean of temperature, the amount of precipitation, and...
Advertisement for Skalowski's Confectionery Parlor, located at 217 Fifth Ave. North in downtown Nashville. Advertisement reads: "America's Handsomest Confectionery Parlor" and promotes the ice cream parlor as "Nashville's Beauty Spot" and "A...
Advertisement for Jack Daniel's Old Time Distillery featuring numerous varieties of Lincoln County sour mash whisky. Some of the products include Jack Daniel's Old No. 7, apple brandy, apricot brandy, peach brandy, and corn whisky. Prices range...
Cover of 22-page brochure providing statistics and information about Nashville schools, health and public services, police and fire departments, cultural and recreational activities, internal improvements and transportation, business climate, and a...
A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about graduates in the beauty culture school in Columbia, Tennessee. The caption reads: “Columbia, Tenn., March 1 (Spl.) Students of the NYA girls school here, which reopened at the historic...
A photograph showing young people greeting the arrival of the Nashville Public Library bookmobile, circa July, 1941, at Stewart's Cash Grocery in Davidson County, Tennessee. Mrs. Frances Parkes and Mrs. Leah Rose, employees of the Nashville Public...
Pictured: “West End Students scrap for Victory: the students at West End High School yesterday entered the Banner scrap contest and are out to win a prize. Some of the school’s leading ‘scrappers’ are seen with a portion of their...
Pictured: Children posing with their scrap collection and an American flag, next to a house where a Goodwill truck has arrived to gather the materials, circa October, 1942. During World War II Americans were active with scrap drives to help the...
Pictured: “Plan scrap movie: the suburban theaters operated by the Crescent Amusement Company will cooperate in the Banner scrap drive when a special program for young and old will be held Saturday morning at 10 o’clock with 10 pounds of scrap...
Pictured: Men unloading a truck of scrap materials next to the Family Service Laundry in Nashville, Tennessee, circa October, 1942. During World War II Americans were active with scrap drives to help the war effort. Local communities were...
Pictured: “Antioch Elementary School offers big competition: students at the Antioch Elementary School aim to ‘give the other schools a run for their scrap.’ Pictured above is one day’s collection, evidence of Antioch’s intensive drive. ...
Pictured: A residential community in the Nashville, Middle Tennessee region with their scrap collection, circa October, 1942. The truck pictured is a T. V. Ellis Coal Company truck of Nashville, Tennessee. During World War II Americans were...
Pictured: A welder and three men wearing railroad caps working on the scrap materials, circa October, 1942. During World War II Americans were active with scrap drives to help the war effort. Local communities were salvaging raw materials such as...
Pictured: A collection of salvaged scrap in front of the Family Service Laundry in Nashville, Tennessee, circa October, 1942. During World War II Americans were active with scrap drives to help the war effort. Local communities were salvaging raw...
Pictured: Young boys and a teacher posing with their scrap collection, at an unidentified school building in Middle Tennessee, circa October, 1942. During World War II Americans were active with scrap drives to help the war effort. Local...
Pictured: Two men standing on a bridge in a forested area of Middle Tennessee, circa October 1942. During World War II Americans were active with scrap drives to help the war effort. Local communities were salvaging raw materials such as metal,...
Pictured: “ Wrought iron gates on way to scrap pile: these picturesque iron gates and another pair just like them, located on the old Keith estate on Harding Road, now owned by Abe Olshine, will shortly be made into less ornate but more emphatic...
Pictured: Two men standing on a bridge with iron railings at an unknown location in Middle Tennessee, circa October 1942. During World War II Americans were active with scrap drives to help the war effort. Local communities were salvaging raw...