Excerpts from an oral history interview with Angelo Anderson and his daughter Angela Anderson Jones, conducted on 21 Oct. 1986 by John Egerton as part of the Century III Nashville: Nashville Heritage Project. Anderson and Jones discuss Anderson's...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nashville business and civic leader Kenneth L. Roberts, conducted on 27 July 2006 by Cabot Pyle as part of the Nashville Public Library's Nashville Business Leaders Oral History Project: The Turner...
A photograph of Jordonia United Methodist Church located at 4225 Cato Road in Nashville, Tennessee. Built in approximately 1920, this church was nominated for an Architectural Award in the 1975 awards program sponsored by Metropolitan Historical...
A photograph of Mt. Nebo Baptist Church located at 2416 Clifton Avenue in Nashville, Tennessee. This congregation was founded in 1871 by Rev. Pharoah Benson, a former slave. The first church was built right across the street from the present day...
During the years of World War II it was considered your patriotic duty to sacrifice and make do with what you had. There was rationing in food, gas and even fabrics for clothing. One of the ways women could help with the war effort was to be frugal...
A postcard of the Davidson County Court House and Public Square showing the wagon market. Also referred to as Court House Square, this area was located right in the center of the city. The square with the county courthouse, city hall and market...
A photograph of a single African American standing in a long line of voters at Clinton, Tennessee's fire hall precinct. Segregationist candidates were defeated in this election. Earlier that year, on August 27, twelve African American students...
A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940): “An attractive annual entertainment was the outdoor play given by Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Shillinglaw on the lawns of their home in Belle Meade. About 250 invited guests enjoyed the play, a dance...
A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about the Junior Chamber of Commerce. The caption reads: “Nashville is not going to tolerate unclean streets, alleys, backyards, etc., this summer, if the Junior Chamber of Commerce has anything...
A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about the Business and Professional Women’s Club of Nashville, “which has sponsored a vocational guidance program with senior high school girls of Tennessee Industrial School for four years,...
A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about the Girl Scouts. The caption reads: “Fun all year round is an important part of Girl Scouting. This recreational program for girls believes in laughter as in integral part of normal living....
Travellers Rest gained its name from the fact of the many guests it has entertained. John Overton, afterward Justice of the Supreme Court, came from Virginia in 1793 and built a two-room log house on the site of the present building. He was one of...
The Coffer Dam East Channel Pier, Broadway Bridge, in 1909 when the Sparkman Bridge (Shelby Street Bridge) was being constructed by the Foster & Creighton Company. This is along the Cumberland River in downtown Nashville. The construction on the...
Aladdin Industries building, located at 703-705 Murfreesboro Road in Nashville, Tennessee. The company site was built in 1949 when they moved from Chicago to Nashville. Listed in the 1956 City Directory with Victor S. Johnson, Jr., President; T. A....
A view of the construction of the Sparkman Street Bridge, later renamed Shelby Street Bridge, built along the Cumberland River in downtown Nashville. The original official name of the bridge was the Broadway Bridge. The bridge was completed in...
A view of the construction of the Sparkman Street Bridge, later renamed Shelby Street Bridge, built along the Cumberland River in downtown Nashville. The original official name of the bridge was the Broadway Bridge. The bridge was completed in...
A view of the construction of the Sparkman Street Bridge, later renamed Shelby Street Bridge, built along the Cumberland River in downtown Nashville. The original official name of the bridge was the Broadway Bridge. The bridge was completed in...
A view of the construction of the Sparkman Street Bridge, later renamed Shelby Street Bridge, built along the Cumberland River in downtown Nashville. The original official name of the bridge was the Broadway Bridge. The bridge was completed in...
A view of the construction of the Sparkman Street Bridge, later renamed Shelby Street Bridge, built along the Cumberland River in downtown Nashville. The original official name of the bridge was the Broadway Bridge. The bridge was completed in...
A view of the construction of the Sparkman Street Bridge, later renamed Shelby Street Bridge, built along the Cumberland River in downtown Nashville. The original official name of the bridge was the Broadway Bridge. The bridge was completed in...