A postcard of the Nashville skyline at night reflecting in the Cumberland River. The prominent building in the skyline is the Life and Casualty Tower. In 1957 the Life and Casualty Insurance Company of Tennessee moved into a new thirty-one-story...
A postcard of the Nashville city skyline showing the business district in 1944. Residential homes are pictured in the foreground. Forms part of the Norton Postcard Collection. 1 postcard : col. ; 3.5 x 5.5 in.
A postcard featuring two Nashville scenes. The top section is of the Parthenon in Centennial Park. The view shows the annual Christmas display which attracted thousands of visitors each year from 1954 to 1967. In 1968 the oversized nativity...
A postcard of the Nashville city skyline taken from the Jefferson Street Bridge looking south, down the Cumberland River. The Railroad Bridge is visible, as is the Victory Memorial Bridge, just behind it. Other discernable landmarks include the...
A skyline view of downtown Nashville, Tennessee, photographed from South Nashville looking northwest, circa August 1950. Several buildings and landmarks are visible in this photograph, such as the Tennessee State Capitol, Bennie Dillon Building...
A photograph of the Stahlman Building, located at Third Avenue North and Union Street (211 Union Street), circa April 2, 1959. The twelve-story tall structure was built by newspaper publisher Major E. B. Stahlman. It was considered one of the...
An aerial photograph of downtown Nashville, photographed for The Nashville Banner, by photographer John Morgan circa 1954. The view includes the urban landscape from the area adjacent to the Tennessee State Capitol building, south to Demonbreun...
An aerial view of Nashville, Tennessee, July 20th, 1957. Also pictured, the Cumberland River near downtown. Forms part of Record Group 412, Photographs Collection. 1 photograph negative : b & w ; 4 x 5 in.
An aerial view of Nashville, Tennessee, July 20th, 1957. Also pictured, the Cumberland River near downtown. Forms part of Record Group 412, Photographs Collection. 1 photograph negative : b & w ; 4 x 5 in.
An aerial view of Nashville, Tennessee, July 20th, 1957. Also pictured, the Cumberland River near downtown. Forms part of Record Group 412, Photographs Collection. 1 photograph negative : b & w ; 4 x 5 in.
An aerial view of Nashville, Tennessee, July 20th, 1957. Also pictured, the Cumberland River near downtown. Forms part of Record Group 412, Photographs Collection. 1 photograph negative : b & w ; 4 x 5 in.
An aerial view of Nashville, Tennessee, July 20th, 1957. Also pictured, the Cumberland River near downtown. Forms part of Record Group 412, Photographs Collection. 1 photograph negative : b & w ; 4 x 5 in.
An aerial view of Nashville, Tennessee, July 20th, 1957. Also pictured, the Cumberland River near downtown. Forms part of Record Group 412, Photographs Collection. 1 photograph negative : b & w ; 4 x 5 in.
An aerial view of Nashville, Tennessee, July 20th, 1957. Also pictured, the Cumberland River near downtown. Forms part of Record Group 412, Photographs Collection. 1 photograph negative : b & w ; 4 x 5 in.
An aerial view of Nashville, Tennessee, July 20th, 1957. Also pictured, the Cumberland River near downtown. Forms part of Record Group 412, Photographs Collection. 1 photograph negative : b & w ; 4 x 5 in.
An aerial view of Nashville, Tennessee, July 20th, 1957. Also pictured, the Cumberland River near downtown. Forms part of Record Group 412, Photographs Collection. 1 photograph negative : b & w ; 4 x 5 in.
An aerial view of Nashville, Tennessee, July 20th, 1957. Also pictured, the Cumberland River near downtown. Forms part of Record Group 412, Photographs Collection. 1 photograph negative : b & w ; 4 x 5 in.
An aerial view of Nashville, Tennessee, July 20th, 1957. Also pictured, the Cumberland River near downtown. Forms part of Record Group 412, Photographs Collection. 1 photograph negative : b & w ; 4 x 5 in.
An aerial view of Nashville, Tennessee, July 20th, 1957. Also pictured, the Cumberland River near downtown. Forms part of Record Group 412, Photographs Collection. 1 photograph negative : b & w ; 4 x 5 in.
A postcard aerial view of downtown Nashville, circa 1940. Leading up to the 1940s, Nashville's importance as a trading center grew steadily, and the city was known to the business world as "The Commercial Capital of the Central South." The...