A photograph of Sixty-first Avenue United Methodist Church located at 6018 New York Avenue in Nashville, Tennessee. The church's original site address was 6020 New York Avenue. The foundation is made of concrete blocks, painted white. The...
Pictured: “A typical schoolyard in Tennessee today: symbolic of the all-out activity by the school children of Nashville, Davidson County, and Tennessee in cooperation with official Scrap Day throughout the State, is this huge scrap pile at Jere...
Pictured: “A typical schoolyard in Tennessee today: symbolic of the all-out activity by the school children of Nashville, Davidson County, and Tennessee in cooperation with official Scrap Day throughout the State, is this huge scrap pile at Jere...
Pictured: “Treasured relics go into scrap heap: the rapidly growing salvage collection in Giles County now includes treasured relics of the War Between the States. In a ceremony held at the monument of Sam Davis on the Public Square at Pulaski,...
Pictured: A large collection of scrap metal at a site in downtown Nashville. Many truckloads of much needed scrap metal were contributed by local schools competing in the Banner newspaper scrap contest, as well as community participation. During...
A photograph of Kayne Avenue Missionary Baptist Church located at 1025 Twelfth Avenue South in Nashville, Tennessee. The congregation was founded in 1886 and has been under various names including College Street Baptist Church and Pennington...
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...
A photograph of Olivet Missionary Baptist Church located at 1811 Charlotte Avenue in Nashville, Tennessee. Over the years the church has been known as both Olivet Missionary Baptist and Olivet Baptist. The congregation is historically African...
A photograph of St. Bernard Convent and Academy, a private Catholic girls' school located on Hillsboro Road in the Green Hills neighborhood. The school was started by the Sisters of Mercy who came to Tennessee from Rhode Island to start in 1866...
Pictured: “Vanderbilt University adds campus fences to Banner scrap pile: realizing the vital need for scrap iron by the Government, Vanderbilt University officials today “gave a fence for Allied offense” as they authorized the scrapping of...
Pictured: “Plan scrap movie: the suburban theaters operated by the Crescent Amusement Company will cooperate in the Banner scrap drive when a special program for young and old will be held Saturday morning at 10 o’clock with 10 pounds of scrap...
Pictured: “Bottling industry aids scrap collection: a fleet of trucks from the Seven-Up Bottling Company … devoted their entire day to the collection of scrap metal from local schools entered in the Banner drive, as did other local bottling...
Pictured: “Tom Joy School builds lofty scrap pile: the students at Tom Joy School, among the first groups to enter the Banner scrap contest, are determined to win one of the special prizes for schools, announced today, as evidenced by their...
Pictured: “Tom Joy School builds lofty scrap pile: the students at Tom Joy School, among the first groups to enter the Banner scrap contest, are determined to win one of the special prizes for schools, announced today, as evidenced by their...
Pictured: “Scrap piles grow at local schools: with competition running high in the Banner scrap contest, scrap metal collections in all parts of Davidson County were advancing by leaps and bounds. A huge salvage pile (top) is obvious evidence of...
Pictured: “Tom Joy School builds lofty scrap pile: the students at Tom Joy School, among the first groups to enter the Banner scrap contest, are determined to win one of the special prizes for schools, announced today, as evidenced by their...
Pictured: “Spain Avenue ‘Junior Cadets’ join scrap army: neighborhood friends on Spain Avenue have added patriotic activities to their playtime ones. This group of boys, now known as the Junior Cadets, are canvassing their neighborhood for...
Pictured: “Antioch High School ‘Scrap’ for Victory: approximately 30 tons of scrap metal have already been piled up at Antioch High School by its 200 students under the direction of the Future Farmers Club and M. D. Capps sponsor. The area...
Pictured: “Cavert School loads vital scrap: this is only one of many truckloads of much needed scrap metal that has been collected and transported to junk dealers by the students of Calvert School, one of the contestants in the Banner scrap...
Pictured: A truck delivering a collection of scrap metal for salvage to a processing site in downtown Nashville. The Banner newspaper sponsored a scrap contest among the local schools, as well as promoting a scrap drive in the Nashville and Middle...