NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Here in Music City, we do love a bit of music history. This piece of history is coming to us from an unexpected place, but it's very much a part of the American story.

Cheekwood Estate & Gardens has this new exhibit. It's photography giving glimpses into the jazz age and the decades that followed. There are familiar faces. Billie Holiday. Eartha Kitt. Louis Armstrong.

Each picture tells a story. There's also a story of why the pictures are here now.

"It's from the Bank of America Art in our Communities collection," said Heather Vincent, Nashville local market executive for Bank of America.

Vincent explained they are made up of many pre-existing banks, and those could go back as far as 200 years.

"At one time, banks and bankers really collected art," she said.

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