A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), stating “County dairymen hear Cooper start meet.” The Tennessee Dairy Products Association met at the Andrew Jackson Hotel, Nashville, February 20th and 21st. Governor Prentice Cooper spoke to...
The Little Theatre Guild, under the direction of Ramon Savich, presented the play "Meet The Wife" by Lynn Starling on May 23-26, 1928, at the Hillsboro Theatre, 2101 Belcourt Avenue, Nashville, Tennessee. It was the last offering by the company for...
A photograph of picket signs protesting Metro Consolidation, circa 1962. There was a substantial protest movement against the consolidation of the city and county governments. Some opponents argued that creating a single government entity would...
A photograph of a sign protesting Metro Consolidation, circa 1962. There was a substantial protest movement against the consolidation of the city and county governments. Some opponents argued that creating a single government entity would be more...
A photograph of a sign protesting Metro Consolidation, circa 1962. There was a substantial protest movement against the consolidation of the city and county governments. Some opponents argued that creating a single government entity would be more...
A photograph of storefront signs protesting Metro Consolidation, circa 1962. There was a substantial protest movement against the consolidation of the city and county governments. Some opponents argued that creating a single government entity...
An anti-Metro chart titled "The Tax Hike", circa 1962. The chart describes the supposed tax increases that would result from the consolidation of the city and county governments. There was a substantial protest movement against consolidation at...
An anti-Metro chart titled "The Tax Hike", circa 1962. The chart describes the supposed tax increases that would result from the consolidation of the city and county governments. There was a substantial protest movement against consolidation at...
An anti-Metro chart titled "The Tax Hike", circa 1962. The chart describes the supposed tax increases that would result from the consolidation of the city and county governments. There was a substantial protest movement against consolidation at...
An anti-Metro chart titled "The Tax Hike", circa 1962. The chart describes the supposed tax increases that would result from the consolidation of the city and county governments. There was a substantial protest movement against consolidation at...
An anti-Metro chart titled "The Tax Hike", circa 1962. The chart describes the supposed tax increases that would result from the consolidation of the city and county governments. There was a substantial protest movement against consolidation at...
A photograph of a billboard supporting Metropolitan Government, circa 1968. The sign stood at the corner of Thompson Lane and Nolensville Road and read: "Metro...growing today to meet tomorrow's needs." b & w; 8 x 10 in.
A postcard of the early St. Thomas Hospital, sometimes referred to as St. Thomas Sanitarium. The hospital is named for its founder, Bishop Thomas S. Byrne of Nashville. In 1898 he bought a mansion home in a residential West End neighborhood on...
A letter from Dutch immigrant, Peter J. Williamson, back home to his wife, Eunice, during the Civil War. In 1862 Williamson enlisted as a Private in the 1st Wisconsin Cavalry, Company F and was ultimately promoted to Full 1st Lieutenant. During...
A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about a semi-annual meeting of the Middle Tennessee District of the Tennessee Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs. They gathered in Nashville and “among those at the...
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 captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about a tennis match. The caption reads: “Ken Young, left, and Richard Shillinglaw talk things over before their finals match Saturday in the City Junior tennis meet at M. B. A. Shillinglaw won...
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 group of educators from India meet with Mayor Beverly Briley on July 17th, 1964 in Nashville, Tennessee. Forms part of Record Group 3, Metro Davidson County Photographer. 4 photograph negatives : b & w ; 4 x 5 in.