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- Photograph of "Don't be a Heel, mind your traffic manners" campaign poster being put up Nashville, Tennessee, 1951 December 17
- A photograph of an orange and black poster saying "Don't be a Heel, mind your traffic manners", being put up on a utility pole by Traffic Inspector Hubert O. Kemp (right foreground) and (left to right) Traffic Lt. Braxton Duke, Randolph Tucker, a...
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- Du Pont, Old Hickory rayon plant is "World's Safest Plant," 1953 June 27
- 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. ...
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- Lonnie Haynes looks at the tree where he climbed to safety during the May 2010 flood
- A photograph of Lonnie Haynes and the tree where he climbed to safety after his car was inundated with water in the May 2010 Nashville flood. He was driving down George E. Horn Road in Bellevue.
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- Volunteers pull a canoe of Bellevue residents to safety during the May 2010 flood
- A photograph of volunteers pulling a canoe of Bellevue residents and their possessions to safety during the May 2010 flood in Nashville. Forms part of the Nashville Room Flood 2010 Digital History Project.
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- Your Job with the Nashville Bridge Company, between 1943 and 1945
- This booklet was published for new employees at the Nashville Bridge Company during the time of World War II. The beginning includes a brief history of the company during which it is explained that although the normal operations include...
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- Letter from P.J. Williamson to his wife, Eunice, during the Civil War, 1864 August 02
- 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...
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- Letter from P.J. Williamson to his wife, Eunice, during the Civil War, 1864 August 08
- 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...
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- Photograph of the demolition of the Maxwell House Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee, 1962
- A photograph of the demolition of the Maxwell House Hotel in 1962, after it was gutted by fire. The five story hotel was begun by John Overton in 1859, but the Civil War delayed its completion. It was used for barracks for both Union soldiers and...
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- Photograph of the Davidson County Court House, circa 1930
- A photograph of Policeman, Sgt. Lonnie G. Martin directing traffic outside of the Davidson County Court House circa 1930. The courthouse was designed in 1857 by Francis Strickland, son of William Strickland, who built the State Capitol. ...
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- Excerpt 1 from Scott Potter Oral History Interview, 2011 February 04
- 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....
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- The damaged interior of Lonnie Haynes’s car after the car flooded during the May 2010 flood
- A photograph of the interior of Lonnie Haynes’s car which was inundated with water during the May 2010 Nashville flood as he was driving down George E. Horn Road in Bellevue. He escaped from the car and climbed to safety in a tree. Forms part...
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- Lonnie Haynes’s car after it was swept away by floodwaters during the May 2010 flood
- A photograph of Lonnie Haynes’s car which was inundated by water during the May 2010 flood as he was driving down George E. Horn Road in Bellevue. He escaped from the sinking car and climbed to safety in a tree. Forms part of the Nashville Room...
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- Lonnie Haynes’s damaged car that flooded as he was driving to work during the May 2010 flood
- A photograph of Lonnie Haynes’s damaged car which was inundated by water during the May 2010 Nashville flood as he was driving down George E. Horn Road in Bellevue. He escaped from the car and climbed to safety in a tree. Forms part of the...
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- Collapsed fireman carried to safety, from the Nashville Times, 1940
- A captioned photo, published in the Nashville Times (1940), about “three city firemen who were overcome while fighting a $75,000 blaze which damaged Everett Beasley Dry Goods Company at 304-306 Broad Street Monday afternoon. The fire started...
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- Oral history interview with Edward F. Jones, 2006 November 03, excerpt 06
- An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nashville business and civic leader Edward F. (Eddie) Jones, conducted on 03 November 2006 by Cabot Pyle as part of the Nashville Public Library's Nashville Business Leaders Oral History Project: The...
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- Maxwell House Hotel, circa 1950-1961
- A photograph of the Maxwell House Hotel in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. This five-story hotel was begun by John Overton in 1859, but the Civil War delayed its completion. It was used for barracks for both Union soldiers and Confederate prisoners...
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- Atlas of the city of Nashville 1908. [Plate 01B ]
- 1 map; 58 x 75 cm. A plat map of downtown Nashville, Tennessee, originally published in 1908 by G. M. Hopkins Company, showing the various buildings, landscapes, acreage, and street routes for several blocks in each direction from the County Jail....
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