Syndication: The Tennessean
Frank Empson / The Tennessean

Known for painting thousands of Nashvillians’ portraits, artist Ann Street (1927-2018) sat as the elegant subject of this 1961 photograph, in which she and daughter Margaret played with their dogs outside the newly built Nashville Humane Association shelter on Harding Place at the edge of Belle Meade. Now housed on Oceola Avenue, NHA celebrates 80 years of care, protection and advocacy for animals in Middle Tennessee this year.