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Aladdin Industries on Murfreesboro Road, Nashville, Tennessee, 1956
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Title
Aladdin
Industries
on
Murfreesboro
Road
,
Nashville
,
Tennessee
,
1956
Corporate name
Aladdin Industries
Topical entry
Buildings--Tennessee--Nashville
Industries--Tennessee--Nashville
Businesspeople--Tennessee--Nashville
Business enterprises--Tennessee--Nashville
Geographic entry
Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Nashville (Tenn.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Nashville and Davidson County (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Murfreesboro Road (Nashville, Tenn.)
Description
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.
Blain
,
Vice-President
,
Purchasing
and
Traffic
;
Carl
Bramming
,
Vice-President
,
Research
and
Product
Development
, with
other
staff
listed
. The
company
produced
Aladdin
Kerosene
Lamps
,
Aladdin
Electric
Lamps
,
vacuum
bottles
, and
related
products
. The
affiliated
Aladdin
Radio
Industries
,
Inc
. was
located
at the
same
site
,
manufacturing
radio
and
television
products
. In
1950
,
Aladdin
made
the
first
licensed
character
lunch
box
,
featuring
Hopalong
Cassidy
.
Sales
skyrocketed
from
50,000
to
600,000
units
in
one
year
,
making
Aladdin
the
leader
in
lunch
.
Forms
part
of
Record
Group
3
,
Metro
Davidson
County
Photographer
.
4
photograph
negatives
:
b
&
w
;
4
x
5
in.
Publisher
Metropolitan
Nashville/Davidson
County
Archives
,
Nashville
Public
Library
Date
1956
Type
Still
Image
;
Negatives
Format
image/jpeg
Identifier
RG 3 587 Buildings, companies 001; RG 3 587 Buildings, companies 002; RG 3 587 Buildings, companies 003; RG 3 587 Buildings, companies 004; RG 3 587 Buildings, companies 005
Relation
Record
Group
3
Metro
Davidson
County
Photographer
Coverage
1950-1959
Rights
U.S
. and
international
copyright
laws
protect
this
digital
content
,
which
is
provided
for
educational
purposes
only
and
may
not be
downloaded
,
reproduced
, or
distributed
for any
other
purpose
without
written
permission
.
Please
contact
:
Metro
Nashville
Archives
,
615
Church
Street
,
Nashville
,
Tennessee
,
37219
.
Telephone
(615)
862-5880
.
Location
Closed Stacks, Metro Archives RG3
Description
Title
Aladdin
Industries
on
Murfreesboro
Road
,
Nashville
,
Tennessee
,
1956
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Content
Aladdin Industries on Murfreesboro Road, Nashville,...
RG 3 587 Buildings, companies 001
RG 3 587 Buildings, companies 002
RG 3 587 Buildings, companies 003
RG 3 587 Buildings, companies 004
RG 3 587 Buildings, companies 005
Aladdin Industries on Murfreesboro Road, Nashville,...
RG 3 587 Buildings, companies 001
RG 3 587 Buildings, companies 002
RG 3 587 Buildings, companies 003
RG 3 587 Buildings, companies 004
RG 3 587 Buildings, companies 005
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