A postcard of the Sparkman Street Bridge, later renamed Shelby Street Bridge, looking down river. The Nashville Bridge Company's office is visible on the right bank of the Cumberland River and railroad tracks are seen in the foreground. A...
A photograph of the Hippodrome arena, located across from Centennial Park at 2613 West End Avenue in Nashville, Tennessee. Advertised as "the South's largest, finest roller rink," this multi-purpose facility served as a roller skating rink, ball...
A published photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about the Seventh Avenue Garage. Cited in the 1941 City Directory as “South’s Finest One Stop Service Garage, 600 car capacity, gas, oil, tires and tubes, brake work our specialty, park inside,...
A published photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about the celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Gerst Beer. The picture shows a couple dressed in Gay Nineties (1890s) clothes, riding in a horse drawn carriage. The banner draped upon a horse...
A color postcard of the Sparkman Street Bridge, renamed Shelby Street Bridge. The bridge was completed in 1909, spanning the Cumberland River to link East Nashville to Downtown. At completion, the bridge was hailed as the "finest highway bridge...
A postcard of the James Robertson Apartment Hotel located on Seventh Avenue North and Commerce Street in downtown Nashville. Also pictured is a reproduction of Fort Nashboro, the log fort built by James Robertson, founder of Nashville, in 1779. ...