Pictured: “Jackson County brings in the scrap: this is an inspiring picture of what a patriotic county, in addition to sending its sons into battle, can do toward winning the war. This scene is in Gainesboro, Jackson County. Piled high against...
A photograph of Mrs. J.H. Matthews showing off a sampling of her Victory Garden produce and canned goods. She won fourteen ribbons at the Tennessee State Fair War Exhibition and was very active in the Victory Garden Association, demonstrating to...
A photograph of Inglewood Baptist Church located at 3901 Gallatin Pike in Nashville, Tennessee. This congregation was established in 1923 and began meeting in a small home on Shelton Avenue. In the late 1920s the congregation began meeting on...
A photograph of Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church located at 19 Hart Street in Nashville, Tennessee. This church was built in approximately 1894 as Mount Gilead Baptist Church. In 1981, the name changed to Prince of Peace Baptist Church, but...
A photograph of two pilots, Richard "Bulgey" Dotterer (left) and Clarence E. Louden, during World War II. This photograph was later used in a tape for national broadcast that set out to show the everyday life of men serving in the war. Dotterer...
John Shelby in his middle age, with dark hair and wearing a dark jacket and white shirt. Born in 1786, John Shelby was a physician, a Postmaster, and a civic and church leader. He is said to have been the first child of European descent born in...
A photograph of a dance for teenagers. This photo ran in the 01 November 1956 issue of the Nashville Banner with the headline, "Teen Town Teening." The caption read, "Guitarist David Monks and dancers Tommy Worral, Linda Northern, Patsy Mince,...
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...
A photograph of one of the Nashville Public Library's Booketerias, located in a Logan supermarket in Belle Meade, Tennessee, circa March 1953. Dr. Robert Alvarez, Director, is pictured assisting a patron with method of taking out a book from the...
A photograph of a portion of the children who attended the Nashville Children's Theatre Carnival. This excerpt ran with the Nashville Banner newspaper story on May 14, 1941 about the event: "The parking space at the side of the Community Playhouse...
A photographic view looking towards Vanderbilt University through the archway of Scarritt College for Christian Workers, October 21, 1928. Located on Nineteenth Avenue South, in Nashville, Tennessee, Scarritt College came to Nashville from Kentucky...
A photographic view looking northeast from Scarritt Tower, of Scarritt College for Christian Workers, October 21, 1928. Located on Nineteenth Avenue South, in Nashville, Tennessee, Scarritt College came to Nashville from Kentucky in 1924 as a...
A photograph of Scarritt Tower, of Scarritt College for Christian Workers, October 21, 1928. Located on Nineteenth Avenue South, in Nashville, Tennessee, Scarritt College came to Nashville from Kentucky in 1924 as a training school for women...
A photograph of Scarritt Tower, of Scarritt College for Christian Workers, October 1928. Located on Nineteenth Avenue South, in Nashville, Tennessee, Scarritt College came to Nashville from Kentucky in 1924 as a training school for women Christian...
A photograph of the Scarritt College for Christian Workers, circa Nov. 1927. The annotation on the verso reads: "Scarritt School of Religion, Nov. 1927." Located on Nineteenth Avenue South, in Nashville, Tennessee, Scarritt College came to...
A photograph of the Scarritt College for Christian Workers during a winter snow, Nashville, Tennessee, February 21, 1929. The verso cites the "Scarritt School of Religion." Located on Nineteenth Avenue South, in Nashville, Tennessee, Scarritt...
A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about a new laundry business on West End Avenue. The caption reads: “Using thousands of dollars worth of material, a new laundry is being constructed on West End Avenue. The demand for building...
A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about a new sorority. The caption reads: “Several attractive members of the young school set who recently organized a new junior sorority, Kappa Alpha Phi, are, left to right: Jean Moss, Virginia...
A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about a young student’s tea party. The caption reads: “An attractive school girl tea was given recently by Miss Carolyn Montgomery at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Montgomery, on...
The Easter Egg Hunt and music at the Colemere Country Club on April 12th, 1952 with music entertainment by James Cecil Dickens, (better known as Little Jimmy Dickens) and a band of musicians. Mayor Ben West is at the event with a large crowd of...