A photograph made at Du Pont's rayon plant in Old Hickory, Tennessee. Employees pose with a sign giving the latest statistics for their safety records. They anticipated being given the title of "The World's Safest Plant" at midnight that day. ...
A postcard of the Cumberland River Wharf in downtown Nashville. Several boats are visible near the river bank. The thriving businesses of First and Second Avenues are also noticeable, with advertisements visible for H.G. Lipscomb & Co. and...
A postcard of the Cumberland River Wharf in downtown Nashville. Several boats are visible near the river bank. Buildings housing several businesses line First Avenue. The Woodland Street Bridge is pictured. An additional title on the card reads...
A photograph of women building planes at Vultee Aircraft, 1941-1945. The plant built P-38 Lightning fighters and the Vultee Vengeance dive bombers during World War II. The Vultee plant opened on 04 May 1941 and over the years has produced more...
The Southeast division plant of Armstrong Rubber Company, located in Madison, Tennessee. This manufacturing plant produced radial tires as well as the “Rhino-Flex” tractor tires that were built “tough as a rhino” for farm machinery....
An invitation from Governor Prentice Cooper, Judge Litton Hickman, and Mayor Thomas L. Cummings, to the formal dedication of the Nashville division of Vultee Aircraft Inc., to take place on May 4th, 1941. The Vultee logo accompanies the state flag...
Excerpt from an oral history interview with Scott Potter conducted on February 04, 2011 by Andrea Blackman as part of the Flood 2010 Digital History Project. Scott Potter, director of Metro Water Services, discusses the severity of losing the K.R....
A published photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about Kay’s Ice Cream. Info from the caption cites “many outstanding features of Kay’s Plant and Main Store at 1522 Church. (Top) Kay’s Modern Plant. (Left-center) Four of our attractive...
An undated photograph of the interior main entrance to the Omohundro Water Filtration Plant, of the Omohundro Water Filtration Complex District in Nashville, Tennessee, located at 1400 Pumping Station Road across the Cumberland River from Shelby...
A multi-page pamphlet outlining the American Bread Company's production of Holsum Bread products at the Nashville plant on Murfreesboro Road. Also included are mini headshots and bios for officers and executive personnel associated with the...
A twenty-two page pamphlet put out by the Nashville Chamber of Commerce for the purpose of enticing business owners to locate their businesses in Nashville. Content includes statistics on population, economy, business, transportation, taxes, cost...
An informational pamphlet put out by the Nashville Chamber of Commerce urging manufacturers to consider locating their future plants in Nashville, Tennessee. Content includes maps showing Nashville's central location, an explanation of available...
Sixteen excerpts from an oral history interview with Nashville businessman Douglas B. Havron, conducted on 4 April 2007 by James T. Havron as part of the Nashville Public Library's Nashville Business Leaders Oral History Project. In these clips...
Excerpts from an oral history interview with retired Nashville Fire Department chief Henry D. Demonbreun, conducted on 5 March 1980 by Diane Cooper as part of the Century III Nashville: Nashville Heritage Project. In these excerpts, Demonbreun...
A typed letter, signed, dated 12 December 1940, from Tennessee Governor Prentice Cooper, to Mrs. John M. Donnelly, the Christmas Carol Publicity Chairman of the Fannie Battle Day Home Social Workers in 1940. In the letter, Governor Cooper commends...
A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about Kay’s Ice Cream. The caption reads: “Pictured above are the many outstanding features of Kay’s Plant and Main Store at 1522 Church …. (Left-center) Four of our attractive sales girls....
The residence known as “Bonnie Brae,” once rested on twenty-two acres along the hillside of the present-day southwestern corner of Woodlawn Drive and I-440. The Villager Condominiums stand there now. “Bonnie Brae” derives its name from the...
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...