Vintage Postcards
Title
Vintage Postcards
Subject
postcards
Description
These are vintage postcards from the 20th Century. There is a variety of subjects in this card collection. The collection once belonged to Mr. Palmer Smith and Mrs. Sadie Pitt.
Publisher
Walter Pitt, Archivist, Cheatham County
Date
1900-1960s
Contributor
Sarah Pitt
Rights
Cheatham County Public Library
Format
jpeg
Language
English
Collection Items
St. Patrick's Day Vintage Postcards
St. Patrick's Day postcards once the property of Mr. Palmer Smith.
1933 Chicago World's Fair Postcards
Postcards sent from the 1933 Chicago World's Fair, A Century of Progress. They were sent to Mrs. Sadie Pitt. These include the Belgian Village, the 200 foot tall Havoline Thermometer and the Hall of Science.
Life and Casualty Tower Postcards
Color postcards of the Life and Casualty Tower in Nashville These cards were printed when the L & C Tower was the highest building in the mid-south at 409 feet tall.
Vintage Nashville Postcards
Postcards from Nashville's past. These include the Ryman Auditorium, Bijou Theatre, WSM Radio Tower, Davidson County Courthouse, First and Third National Bank and Maxwell House Hotel.
Out of State Vintage Postcards
Postcards once belonging to Mr. Palmer Smith. The pair are Monticello, home of Thomas Jefferson and Grandfather Mountain in Blowing Rock, North Carolina. They were mailed in 129 and 1930. Mr. Smith resided in Detroit, Michigan at the time.
The Academy, Postcard, Clarksville, Tennessee
Postcard mailed to Mrs. Clarence Everett of Cheap Hill dated July 2, 1907 from St. Bethlehem in Montgomery County. The postcard features The Academy in Clarksville, Tennessee.
Glendale Park Postcard
Postcard of Glendale Park in Nashville, Tennessee. The card was mailed to Miss Vivian Everett of Cheap Hill.