A photograph of E. Gray Smith, Packard dealership, located at 2400 West End Avenue in Nashville, Tennessee. E. Gray Smith was a longtime Nashville auto dealer whose father was one of the first local car dealers starting around 1902. In this view of...
A photograph of the Paramount Theatre at 721-727 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee circa 1930. The marquee advertises "Gary Cooper & Marlene Deitrich - Morocco - C. Sharpe Minor at the Organ - Eddie Canter." The $500,000 theater opened November...
A photograph of the Noel Hotel located at 200 Fourth Avenue North and corner of Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee, during construction. The property had been in the Noel family since 1854, at which time a huge spring flowed, furnishing most of...
Mayor Ben West, with Mr. Ogden and Mr. Borum and the new Constellation plane model of Eastern Airlines, circa 1953. The first Constellation flight at the Nashville Airport was on April 26th, 1953. The airliner was manufactured by Lockheed and...
Mayor Ben West and the first flight of the Eastern Airlines Constellation airliner at the Nashville Airport on April 26th, 1953. The aircraft was manufactured by Lockheed and represented the ultimate in airline performance and luxury during the...