A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about the new Elks new dining facility. The caption reads: “Over 200 Elks were present at a dinner session held at the order’s new $15,000 Teak Room and Dining Room on Sixth Avenue, North, last...
1 map; 58 x 75 cm. A plat map of downtown Nashville, Tennessee and the surrounding area, originally published in 1908 by G. M. Hopkins Company, showing the various buildings, landscapes, acreage, and street routes for several blocks. Original...
A photograph of Belmont Church, now located at 64 Music Square East. Originally the church was called Belmont Avenue Church of Christ and had an address of 64 Sixteenth Avenue South. While today the church has a non-denominational congregation,...
Pictured: Dinah Shore with an unidentified man at a Vanderbilt ceremony, January 23rd, 1957. American popular singer, born Francis Rose Shore, in Winchester, Tennessee. She graduated from Vanderbilt University with a major in sociology in 1938...
Pictured: Dinah Shore seated, with unidentified students and officials, on stage at a Vanderbilt ceremony, January 23rd, 1957. American popular singer, born Francis Rose Shore, in Winchester, Tennessee. She graduated from Vanderbilt University...
Pictured: Dinah Shore seated with two students and a university official at a Vanderbilt ceremony, January 23rd, 1957. American popular singer, born Francis Rose Shore, in Winchester, Tennessee. She graduated from Vanderbilt University with a...
Pictured: Dinah Shore standing between two Vanderbilt students, holding a school sweater. The university official is holding a framed document; the event is a Vanderbilt ceremony, January 23rd, 1957. American popular singer, born Francis Rose...
Pictured: Dinah Shore addressing an audience at a Vanderbilt ceremony, January 23rd, 1957. American popular singer, born Francis Rose Shore, in Winchester, Tennessee. She graduated from Vanderbilt University with a major in sociology in 1938 and...
Advertisement for Jack Daniel's Old Time Distillery featuring numerous varieties of Lincoln County sour mash whisky. Some of the products include Jack Daniel's Old No. 7, apple brandy, apricot brandy, peach brandy, and corn whisky. Prices range...
An aerial view of the Lockheed “Hudson” bombers at the Nashville Municipal Airport, April 29th, 1941. A published article from the “Nashville Banner” newspaper the following day: “Bombers for Britain concentrated at Airport: With...
An aerial view of the Lockheed “Hudson” bombers at the Nashville Municipal Airport, April 29th, 1941. A published article from the “Nashville Banner” newspaper the following day: “Bombers for Britain concentrated at Airport: With...
An aerial view of the Lockheed “Hudson” bombers at the Nashville Municipal Airport, April 29th, 1941. A published article from the “Nashville Banner” newspaper the following day: “Bombers for Britain concentrated at Airport: With...
An aerial view of the Lockheed “Hudson” bombers at the Nashville Municipal Airport, April 29th, 1941. A published article from the “Nashville Banner” newspaper the following day: “Bombers for Britain concentrated at Airport: With...
An aerial view of the Lockheed “Hudson” bombers at the Nashville Municipal Airport, April 29th, 1941. A published article from the “Nashville Banner” newspaper the following day: “Bombers for Britain concentrated at Airport: With...
A photograph of Nashville First Church of the Nazarene located in East Nashville at 510 Woodland Street in Nashville, Tennessee. This church was built in 1887 as the Woodland Street Presbyterian Church. The edifice was severely damaged in the...
Excerpts from an interview with architectural historian John Kiser, conducted on 10 April 1978 by Deborah Cooney as part of the Historic Nashville Inc. Oral History project. The interview took place in John Kisers' historic home, the Hays-Kiser...
Street scene in Dreiborn, Germany, 1944. Shows battle-scarred buildings, muddy street, many communications wires, and an American jeep and an MP at an intersection. A church steeple, shrouded in mist, was occupied by a German sniper who killed an...
A photograph of the old Elks Lodge no. 72, located at 310 6th Avenue North, bordered by Deaderick Street, in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. The lodge was home to the Elks, beginning in 1904, serving numerous community functions and charity projects...
Photograph of a snow scene at a German airstrip near Gosselies, Belgium, that had been taken over by Americans during the Second World War. American GI's lived in the tent on the right with only a heater stove to keep warm. The camouflage nets...
Dewey Grantham, with dark hair and wearing a brown suit and black tie. He is leaning and seems as if in conversation. Born in 1921 in Georgia, Dewey W. Grantham was a Vanderbilt University professor and scholar of twentieth-century southern...