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A class in Modern Dance at Ward-Belmont College, 1933 March

A photograph of a class in modern dance at Ward-Belmont College located at 1900 Belmont Boulevard in Nashville, Tennessee. Pictured are Claudia Whitson (top center), (down left to right) Jane Bagley, ...

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Arranging for carols in business establishments, circa 1951 December 07

A photograph of Mrs. Francis X. O'Donnell, theater chairman, and Mrs. George Harmon, downtown chairman, of the Fannie Battle Christmas Carol Committee of 1951, seen contacting theater manager Floyd R ...

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As Professor U.B. Sharp and the Spanish Fox, Brian Hull interviews fellow Wishing Chair Productions staff Mary Bailey (Mary Mary, J.J.) and Pete Carden (Tommy Dog, Library Pete), 2007 November 14

An edited excerpt with transcript and photograph from an interview with the Nashville Public Library's Wishing Chair Productions staff Mary Bailey (as Mary Mary and J.J.) and Pete Carden (as Tommy Dog ...

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Basso Joseph T. Macpherson, circa 1927 March

An autographed hand-signed photograph of Joseph T. Macpherson, a Metropolitan Opera Company bass-baritone, from Amqui, Tennessee. This photograph is inscribed to his Nashville voice teacher Signor G. ...

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Bijou Theatre, Nashville, Tenn., 1908

A postcard of the Bijou Theatre located at 423 Fourth Avenue North in Nashville, Tennessee. This 1624 seat theatre was erected in 1904 on the site of a previous theatre that had burned two years prio ...

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Carol funds provide equipment at Day Home, circa 1951 December 14

A photograph taken at the Fannie Battle Day Home, circa 14 December 1951. Pictured left to right, is Mrs. Drowota, president of the Fannie Battle Social Workers, Mrs. Corinne Pilcher, director of the ...

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Children feted at party at Day Home, circa 1950 December 18

A photograph of some of the Fannie Battle children at the 1950 Christmas dinner at the Fannie Battle Day Home. The children attending the party numbered fifty, some of them seen in the photograph ope ...

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Collection boxes to be wrapped, circa 1951 December 07

A photograph, circa 7 December 1951, of Mrs. Jack Eakin, assistant to the general chairman, and Mrs. Fitzsimmons Murphree, box chairman, of the Fannie Battle Carol Committee, seen chatting with L.A. W ...

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Dance recital number "Glinda's Girl Army," presented for the Drought-Relief Fund, 1931 February 07

A photograph of a dance number entitled "Glinda's Girl Army" from "The Wonderful Land of Oz," presented by advanced students of the Dance Department, Nashville Conservatory of Music. The recital was s ...

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Dark Horse Theater, 2000 December

A photograph of the Dark Horse Theater, formerly West Nashville Presbyterian Church. The building is located at 4610 Charlotte Avenue, in Nashville, Tennessee. Early city directories listed the addr ...

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Dinner at Eight, 1945 October

A program for the Nashville Community Playhouse's sixty-sixth production, Dinner at Eight by Edna Ferber and George S. Kaufman, and directed by Raymond Johnson. The production ran from October 8 thro ...

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Excerpt 1 from oral history interview with James Stephen Turner, 2006 June 21

An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nashville business and civic leader James Stephen (Steve) Turner, conducted on 21 June 2006 by Andrea Blackman as part of the Nashville Public Library's ...

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Excerpt 1 from oral history interview with Walker Whiteside, 1980 September 03

An excerpt from an oral history interview with Walker Whiteside, conducted on 3 September 1980 by Leanne Thornton as part of the Historic Nashville, Inc. Oral History Collection. Whiteside discusses ...

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Excerpt 2 from oral history interview with George Boyles, 1987 October 27

An excerpt from an oral history interview with George Boyles, conducted on 27 October 1987 by Mary Glenn Hearne. Boyles discusses the Princess Theatre, a vaudeville theatre located next to McKendree ...

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Excerpt 2 from oral history interview with George Boyles, 1988 July 20

An excerpt from an oral history interview with George Boyles, conducted on 20 July 1988 by Mary Glenn Hearne. Boyles discusses the Nashville Conservatory of Music and some of the teachers there, incl ...

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Excerpt 2 from oral history interview with Walker Whiteside, 1980 September 03

An excerpt from an oral history interview with Walker Whiteside, conducted on 3 September 1980 by Leanne Thornton as part of the Historic Nashville, Inc. Oral History Collection. Whiteside discusses ...

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Excerpt 3 from oral history interview with George Boyles, 1988 July 20

An excerpt from an oral history interview with George Boyles, conducted on 20 July 1988 by Mary Glenn Hearne. Boyles discusses the original Belmont Theatre, which was a movie theatre. The complete i ...

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Excerpt 6 from oral history interview with James Stephen Turner, 2006 June 21

An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nashville business and civic leader James Stephen (Steve) Turner, conducted on 21 June 2006 by Andrea Blackman as part of the Nashville Public Library's ...

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Fannie Battle carol tea heralds Christmas season: another group of territorial chairmen observes Mrs. Howard Adkins as she displays the symbol of the carol singers, circa 1951 December 04

A photograph of Fannie Battle Day Home territorial chairmen seen at the home of Mrs. Howard Adkins, circa 4 December 1951, where she displays the symbol of the Fannie Battle carol singers, "A candle i ...

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Fannie Battle Day Home annual Christmas Eve caroling, 1937 December 18

A posed photograph of five young girls and one boy looking into a window from the outside at night. This image was used as a promotion for the upcoming Fannie Battle Day Home annual caroling event to ...

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