The Easter Egg Hunt and music at the Colemere Country Club on April 12th, 1952 with music entertainment by James Cecil Dickens, (better known as Little Jimmy Dickens) and a band of musicians. Mayor Ben West is at the event with a large crowd of...
A published photo of Mrs. Elizabeth Gregg MacGibbon from the Nashville Times (1940), the head caption reads “Job Advisor.” Mrs. MacGibbon was known as the “Emily Post of Business.” In addition to being an automobile editor, an advertising...
An original political cartoon drawing created by Jack Knox, the Nashville Banner editorial cartoonist from the mid-1940s to the early 1970s. A cheerful President Roosevelt is depicted walking back from a "Pearl Harbor Visit" shouldering a gun...
A photograph of the exposed interior walls of the Knickerbocker Theater in Nashville, Tennessee featuring birds-of-paradise frescoes on the walls (pictured in this photograph). The Knickerbocker was originally a magnificent movie house, located in...
A letter from Dutch immigrant, Peter J. Williamson, back home to his wife, Eunice, during the Civil War. In 1862 Williamson enlisted as a Private in the 1st Wisconsin Cavalry, Company F and was ultimately promoted to Full 1st Lieutenant. During...
A letter from Dutch immigrant, Peter J. Williamson, back home to his wife, Eunice, during the Civil War. In 1862 Williamson enlisted as a Private in the 1st Wisconsin Cavalry, Company F and was ultimately promoted to Full 1st Lieutenant. During...
Liberace, a famous American pianist and vocalist, posing with Nashville Mayor Ben West and others, at the Belle Meade Country Club in 1953. A famous and flamboyant entertainer (born as Wladziu Valentino Liberace), he was the highest-paid...
A color postcard of Lower Broad Street (now Broadway), near the Ryman Auditorium, where country music started in Nashville and country music stars were often seen prior to performances. The street has some of the oldest buildings in town and is a...
A photograph of Mrs. Naff standing in front of the ticket booth at the Ryman Auditorium. The building is located at 116 5th Avenue North in Nashville, Tennessee. The Ryman Auditorium opened as a tabernacle in 1892, and over the years its venue...
A magazine advertisement for Maxwell House Coffee that appeared in the October 1928 issue of Good Housekeeping. The advertisement tells the story of Joel Cheek's quest to create the perfect blend of coffee. The Maxwell House Hotel in Nashville,...
Nashville Mayor Beverly Briley presenting the Armed Forces Day Proclamation to the military officials on May 11th, 1965. The first Armed Forces Day was celebrated nationally on May 20, 1950 and the tradition continues on the third Saturday of May...
An original political cartoon drawing created by Jack Knox, the Nashville Banner editorial cartoonist from the mid-1940s to early 1970s. A cartoon portrait of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who served as the thirty-fourth President of the United...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nashville, Tenn., veteran James Carlew, conducted on 25 March 2004 by Larry Patterson as part of the Nashville Public Library's Veterans History Project. Carlew, who served in the Navy during World...
Oral history excerpts from an oral history interview with Nashville businessman, former State Representative for the 53rd District, civic leader and Davidson County, Tennessee Clerk John H. Arriola, Jr., conducted on 05 June 2007 by James T. Havron...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nashville judge John L. Draper., conducted on two dates in November 1980 by Malcolm McKinney as part of the Century III Nashville: Nashville Heritage Project. Draper, who served Nashville as a...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nashville judge John L. Draper., conducted on two dates in November 1980 by Malcolm McKinney as part of the Century III Nashville: Nashville Heritage Project. Draper, who served Nashville as a...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nashville judge John L. Draper., conducted on two dates in November 1980 by Malcolm McKinney as part of the Century III Nashville: Nashville Heritage Project. Draper, who served Nashville as a...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nashville judge John L. Draper., conducted on two dates in November 1980 by Malcolm McKinney as part of the Century III Nashville: Nashville Heritage Project. Draper, who served Nashville as a...