A photograph of First lady Eleanor Roosevelt exiting a plane at the Nashville Airport (Berry Field), 6 March 1938, Nashville, Tennessee. Nashville Banner newspaper headline ran on March 7, 1938: "First Lady Stops Here To Tell Husband 'All's Well'...
A photograph of two gentlemen standing at the Nashville Municipal Airport’s City Directories (published by R.L. Polk) desk, in April 22, 1962. Nashville's airport officially opened in 1937 as Berry Field, in honor of Colonel Harry S. Berry, 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 showing the circulation desk and staff of the Nashville Public Library, assisting the community patrons, circa 1955. Originally established as the Carnegie Library of Nashville, the building was located at 8th Avenue North and Union...
A photograph of the circulation desk, circa the late 1940's, of the Nashville Public Library. Doric columns are a significant feature of the interior architectural design. The main public library building was constructed with a $100,000 grant from...
A photograph of a schematic representation of the Fisk University Library building designed by architect Henry C. Hibbs. The building was designed on a vertical rather than a horizontal axis, which was considered state-of-the-art at its time, and...