The Oak Hill “residence of Mr. and Mrs. Van Leer Kirkman, like many other homes on the Franklin Pike, is situated on a portion of the battle field of Nashville. Many relics of this conflict are here preserved. On the lovely lawn, immediately in...
This photograph, published in the Nashville Banner circa the Yuletide season of 1955, relates to a Nashville family's long and meaningful participation in the Christmas carol program of the Fannie Battle Day Home. The caption from an undated...
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...
A photograph of Newsom's Mill, along the Harpeth River, near Bellevue, located a few miles southwest of downtown Nashville, Tennessee. The original grist mill was built several years earlier; this grist mill was built by Col. Joseph M. Newsom in...
Pictured: Announcement of the band at the gala event opening of the Tennessee Theater, February 28, 1952 in Nashville, Tennessee. This palatial Art Deco movie palace was located in downtown Nashville at 527 Church Street. It featured a 2,000-seat...
Pictured: An unidentified woman in formal dress with a corsage, standing at the portrait of Tony Sudekum, at the gala opening of the Tennessee Theater, February 28, 1952 in Nashville, Tennessee. This palatial Art Deco movie palace was located in...
A scene from the night of the gala opening of the Tennessee Theater, February 28, 1952 in Nashville, Tennessee. This palatial Art Deco movie palace was located in downtown Nashville at 527 Church Street. It featured a 2,000-seat auditorium...
A scene from the night of the gala opening of the Tennessee Theater, February 28, 1952 in Nashville, Tennessee. This palatial Art Deco movie palace was located in downtown Nashville at 527 Church Street. It featured a 2,000-seat auditorium...
A scene from the night of the gala opening of the Tennessee Theater, February 28, 1952 in Nashville, Tennessee. This palatial Art Deco movie palace was located in downtown Nashville at 527 Church Street. It featured a 2,000-seat auditorium...
A scene from the night of the gala opening of the Tennessee Theater, February 28, 1952 in Nashville, Tennessee. This palatial Art Deco movie palace was located in downtown Nashville at 527 Church Street. It featured a 2,000-seat auditorium...
A scene from the night of the gala opening of the Tennessee Theater, February 28, 1952 in Nashville, Tennessee. This palatial Art Deco movie palace was located in downtown Nashville at 527 Church Street. It featured a 2,000-seat auditorium...
An unidentified couple at the gala opening of the Tennessee Theater, February 28, 1952 in Nashville, Tennessee. This palatial Art Deco movie palace was located in downtown Nashville at 527 Church Street. It featured a 2,000-seat auditorium...
A scene from the night of the gala opening of the Tennessee Theater, February 28, 1952 in Nashville, Tennessee. This palatial Art Deco movie palace was located in downtown Nashville at 527 Church Street. It featured a 2,000-seat auditorium...
An unidentified couple pictured at the night of the gala opening of the Tennessee Theater, February 28, 1952 in Nashville, Tennessee. This palatial Art Deco movie palace was located in downtown Nashville at 527 Church Street. It featured a...
An unidentified couple pictured at the night of the gala opening of the Tennessee Theater, February 28, 1952 in Nashville, Tennessee. This palatial Art Deco movie palace was located in downtown Nashville at 527 Church Street. It featured a...
Kermit C. Stengel, Sr., a Nashville businessman, onstage at the gala opening of the Tennessee Theater, February 28, 1952 in Nashville, Tennessee. This palatial Art Deco movie palace was located in downtown Nashville at 527 Church Street. It...
An unidentified young lady at the opening of the Tennessee Theater, February 28, 1952 in Nashville, Tennessee. This palatial Art Deco movie palace was located in downtown Nashville at 527 Church Street. It featured a 2,000-seat auditorium...
A scene from the opening of the Tennessee Theater, February 28, 1952 in Nashville, Tennessee. This palatial Art Deco movie palace was located in downtown Nashville at 527 Church Street. It featured a 2,000-seat auditorium adjoining the Sudekum...
A scene from the opening of the Tennessee Theater, February 28, 1952 in Nashville, Tennessee. This palatial Art Deco movie palace was located in downtown Nashville at 527 Church Street. It featured a 2,000-seat auditorium adjoining the Sudekum...
A scene from the opening of the Tennessee Theater, February 28, 1952 in Nashville, Tennessee. This palatial Art Deco movie palace was located in downtown Nashville at 527 Church Street. It featured a 2,000-seat auditorium adjoining the Sudekum...