During the fall of 1933, WSM radio presented a radio "newsreel" of outstanding colleges in the nation. They broadcasted a total of 28 shows on Mondays and Fridays. The broadcasts recreated college life and sports events, complete with legitimate...
Andrew Benedict with grandchild and parents (Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Bell “Buddy” Benedict III) in Mayor Ben West’s office on November 18th, 1962. Andrew Bell Benedict, Jr. was a distinguished leader of First American National Bank who held...
Exterior views of the Nashville Electric Service (NES) building, September 1952. The architectural design includes a large dome on top of the building. The Nashville City Directory (1954) cites Leonard Sisk, Genl. Mgr., at 1200-98 Church Street...
In 1970, in response to President Nixon’s widening of the Vietnam War into Cambodia, students throughout the nation protested with anti-war demonstrations. Nixon ordered U. S. troops into Cambodia on April 30th, 1970, and protests against the...
Oath of Office for Mayor Beverly Briley, the first mayor of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County. Metro Government was the first consolidation of a city and a county government in the nation. 8 x 10 in.
A photograph of the Capers Memorial Christian Methodist Episcopal (C.M.E.) Church located at 319 Fifteenth Avenue North, Nashville, Tennessee. This building was built in 1925 by the nation's first African-American-owned architectural firm,...