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...
A tree planting ceremony at the Bailey’s Food Market, a retail grocery store located at 900 2nd Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee. Mayor Ben West is present for the event, as well as many traffic “patrol mothers” and two traffic police...
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. ...
A view of the Nashville Traffic Police, pictured with their 1950 Kaiser cruisers. This photo was perhaps taken behind the old jail building in Nashville, Tennessee. Forms part of Record Group 3, Metro Davidson County Photographer. 5 photograph...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nashville minister Dr. Frank F. Drowota, Jr., conducted on 20 November 1980 by Helen Drowota as part of the Century III Nashville: Nashville Heritage Project. Drowota, a native of England and the...
A Nashville Police Officer directs traffic. Along the north side of Broad Street, Hume Fogg High School and the Masonic Building can be seen, and the Customs House and First Baptist Church are visible along the south side of the street. 35 mm
In this ca. 1955 shot, Chandler's Shoes occupied the northwest corner of the Bennie Dillon Building located on Church Street. Pedestrians fill the intersection as traffic signals bring all vehicles to a four-way stop. 35 mm
A postcard of the Church Street viaduct right after completion between 1915 and 1930. This structure was built to carry car traffic over the railroad tracks. A new viaduct was built to replace this one in the 1990s. Forms part of the Norton...
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...
Aladdin Industries building, located at 703-705 Murfreesboro Road in Nashville, Tennessee. The company site was built in 1949 when they moved from Chicago to Nashville. Listed in the 1956 City Directory with Victor S. Johnson, Jr., President; T. A....
Pictured: The sturdy “Edgefield” ferry with an unidentified group of people along the Cumberland River. Ferries were an important part of Davidson County Tennessee river history. The ferry was started in 1871 by Joseph and Theodore Clees....
Nashville Police Department officers pictured alongside the vehicles in front of the Parthenon, circa 1950s. Forms part of Record Group 412, Photographs Collection. 1 photograph negative : b & w ; 4 x 5 in.
Nashville Police Department officers pictured alongside the vehicles in front of the Parthenon, circa 1950s. Includes motorcycles. Forms part of Record Group 412, Photographs Collection. 1 photograph negative : b & w ; 4 x 5 in.
Nashville Police Department officers pictured alongside the vehicles in front of the Parthenon, circa 1950s. Forms part of Record Group 412, Photographs Collection. 1 photograph negative : b & w ; 4 x 5 in.
Nashville Police Department officers pictured alongside the vehicles in front of the Parthenon, circa 1950s. Forms part of Record Group 412, Photographs Collection. 1 photograph negative : b & w ; 4 x 5 in.
Nashville Police Department officers pictured alongside the vehicles in front of the Parthenon, circa 1950s. Forms part of Record Group 412, Photographs Collection. 1 photograph negative : b & w ; 4 x 5 in.
A color postcard of the Jefferson Street Bridge on the Cumberland River in Nashville, Tennessee, showing its metal truss design. No longer extant, the bridge was demolished in 1990 to make way for a new Jefferson Street Bridge that could handle...
An original political cartoon created by Jack Knox, the Nashville Banner editorial cartoonist from the mid-1940s to the early 1970s. This caricature depicts a worried President Gamal Nasser of Egypt straddling two sides of the Suez Canal while...