A postcard depicting several Nashville landmarks, including the State Penitentiary, the Confederate Monument in Mt. Olivet Cemetery, the Parthenon in Centennial Park, two images of the United States Post Office and Custom House, Union Station,...
A photograph depicting Dr. Prentice A. Pugh, rector of the Church of the Advent, Episcopal, saying the blessing at the annual Christmas dinner for the children of Fannie Battle Day Home and their mothers. This photograph shows several of the...
A circa 1919 photograph of the Andrew Jackson monument, an equestrian statue depicting Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans. It is one of the three identical statues sculpted by the American sculptor Clark Mills. This stature is located on...
A newspaper photo from the Nashville Times (1940), depicting the Cross Radiator Service. The 1941 City Directory cites the location of the business at 605 Demonbreun, owned/operated by George W. Cross. Forms part of the Nashville Times newspaper...
A published photo from the Nashville Times (1940), depicting Miss Martha Ezzell and John Farris taking a ride in a horse-drawn carriage alongside a snow-filled landscape. Forms part of the Nashville Times newspaper collection. 1 digital photo.
Photographic postcard depicting people walking across the frozen Cumberland River at Nashville, Tennessee, January 26, 1940. Several barges and towboats are visible below the Cumberland River Sand Company in East Nashville. Forms part of the...
A photograph depicting the remodeled reading room of the Nashville Public Library reading room, circa 1953. The patrons are reading books, with the staff on duty at the service desk. The public library building was constructed with a $100,000 grant...
A photograph of the interior of the "traveling branch" bookmobile of the Nashville Public Library, depicting the librarian and the young readers, circa 1957. The bookmobile service in Davidson County, Tennessee originally began in the 1940's, when...
Front of a color postcard depicting the eight-story high Davidson County Public Building and Court House, completed in 1937 at a cost of $2,000,000. Located on the site of the Old County Court House, it housed the county administrative offices and...
Front of a black and white postcard, circa 1942, depicting WWII military maneuvers in Tennessee, from official photographs of the U. S. Army and Marine Corps. Between September 1942 and March 1944 nearly one million soldiers trained in the...
A color postcard depicting the Tennessee State Capitol at night. Situated in the center of the city at Charlotte Avenue and Sixth Avenue, the capitol building rests 197 feet above the level of the Cumberland River. The building draws on elements...
A color postcard depicting the Tennessee State Capitol at night. Situated in the center of the city at Charlotte Avenue and Sixth Avenue, the capitol building rests approximately 197 feet above the level of the Cumberland River. The building draws...
A color postcard depicting the Tennessee State Capitol. Situated in the center of the city at Charlotte Avenue and Sixth Avenue, the capitol building rests approximately 197 feet above the level of the Cumberland River. The building draws on...