A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about “these Nashville youngsters are air-minded, and the March wind can’t get too strong for them. In the picture, made in Elmington Park yesterday afternoon are Carolyn Mae Norman, daughter...
A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about the victory of Joelton basketball players. The caption reads: “Happy, why not? Shows above are the victorious Joelton lassies who won the girls’ Seventh District basketball tournament...
A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about a tennis match. The caption reads: “Ken Young, left, and Richard Shillinglaw talk things over before their finals match Saturday in the City Junior tennis meet at M. B. A. Shillinglaw won...
A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about a basketball game in the tournament. The caption reads: “Leland Blackwood, West forward, shoots at the basket but misses. Felix [Ray?] not shown in the picture, got the rebound. On the...
American boxer Jack Dempsey with Nashville Mayor Ben West and businessman Kermit C. Stengel, Sr., with an unidentified man smoking a cigar, circa 1953. William Harrison “Jack” Dempsey was an American professional boxer and cultural icon of the...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nashville business and civic leader Kenneth L. Roberts, conducted on 27 July 2006 by Cabot Pyle as part of the Nashville Public Library's Nashville Business Leaders Oral History Project: The Turner...
Pictured: Athletic award winners (on left is Johnny Majors, next to unidentified man) signing autographs at the 1956 Banner Banquet of Champions, held at the Maxwell House Hotel in downtown Nashville. This annual event was hosted by the Banner...
Pictured: (left to right) Johnny Majors, Player of the Year award recipient of the 1956 Banner Banquet of Champions, unidentified man, James G. Stahlman and unidentified, photographed at the Belle Meade Country Club. The award ceremony was hosted...
Pictured: Event hosts and dignitaries table, including Governor Frank Clement at the 1956 Banner Banquet of Champions held at the Maxwell House Hotel in downtown Nashville. This annual event was hosted by the Banner newspaper to honor sports...
A view of the 1956 Banner Banquet of Champions, held at the Maxwell House Hotel in downtown Nashville. This annual event was hosted by the Banner newspaper to honor sports achievement. Forms part of Record Group 412, Photographs Collection. 1...
A view of the 1956 Banner Banquet of Champions, held at the Maxwell House Hotel in downtown Nashville. This annual event was hosted by the Banner newspaper to honor sports achievement. Forms part of Record Group 412, Photographs Collection. 1...
A view of the 1956 Banner Banquet of Champions, held at the Maxwell House Hotel in downtown Nashville. This annual event was hosted by the Banner newspaper to honor sports achievement. Forms part of Record Group 412, Photographs Collection. 1...
Pictured: James G. Stahlman, Publisher of the Nashville Banner at the 1956 Banner Banquet of Champions, seated with an unidentified man next to the podium. The Nashville Banner hosted this annual event held in Nashville, Tennessee, to honor sports...
Pictured: Johnny Majors (center at banquet table with floral arrangements) with Tennessee Governor Frank Clement, left, and unidentified man on right. Majors won the Player of the Year Award at the Banner Banquet of Champions. The Banner newspaper...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nashville educator Mildred Owsley Buchanan., conducted on two dates in November 1980 by Paul Clements as part of the Century III Nashville: Nashville Heritage Project. Buchanan, a home economics...
A color postcard of the Dutch Mill in Shelby Park, Nashville, Tennessee. This windmill structure, no longer extant, once stood on the landscape of Shelby Park, in East Nashville, near the Cumberland River. In 1909, Shelby Park was acquired by the...
A color postcard of the Golf and Country Club in Nashville, Tennessee. The first nine holes were completed by the summer of 1901. Fields were cut by mule-drawn mowers to prepare for the holes. The first clubhouse, as seen on the postcard, was...
A postcard showing drawings of the Parthenon and the First American National Bank Building. The Parthenon, located in Centennial Park, is a reproduction of the Greek Athenian Temple. This full scale replica was originally constructed out of wood,...
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...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nell Barnes, conducted on 7 August 1982 by Ophelia Paine as part of the Historic Nashville, Inc. Oral History Project. Barnes discusses catching the streetcar to Glendale Park, one of her favorite...