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...
Photograph of soldiers in uniform, reading from the Torah at a Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year) service in Karachi, India during World War II. In 1943 (Hebrew year 5704), the holiday began at sundown on Wednesday, September 29 and continued through...
A photograph of Tillman William "Bill" Bratton standing in a U.S. military camp in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. In this photograph, Bratton is holding an M-16 rifle and wearing a helmet and flak vest. He served in the...
A photograph of the Nashville City Reservoir, in Nashville, Tennessee, as it was being constructed in 1877. An accompanying article describes the completed structure, as quoted: "The City Reservoir, which was built in 1887, cost the city of...
Photograph of soldiers in uniform, most with their backs towards the camera, gathered around a kneeling camel. One soldier appears to be mounting or dismounting the camel, assisted by a man in a turban. Morris Levine is at far right. Morris Levine...
Photograph of unidentified African-American military band during World War II, probably taken at or near Karachi Air Base in India (now in Pakistan). Photograph probably taken by Morris Levine. Morris Levine was born on Dec. 8, 1917 in Nashville,...
The home of Captain John Bradford, named “Woodstock,” located on Granny White Pike, Nashville, Tennessee. The original home, according to a note in the scrapbook, was located at approximately 4510 Granny White Pike. Lizzie Nichol “was...
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...
Pictured: “Bottling industry aids scrap collection: a fleet of trucks from the Seven-Up Bottling Company … devoted their entire day to the collection of scrap metal from local schools entered in the Banner drive, as did other local bottling...