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Motor Express Softies ready to ride, from the Nashville Times, 1940

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Title	Motor Express Softies ready to ride, from the Nashville Times, 1940
Corporate name	Hoover Motor Express (Nashville, Tenn.)
Topical entry	Softball players--Tennessee--Nashville Business enterprises--Tennessee--Nashville
Geographic entry	Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources Nashville (Tenn.)--Social life and customs Nashville and Davidson County (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Description	A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about the Hoover Motor Express Softball Team. The caption reads: “Here is a softball team that should be ready to roll when it enters one of the regular leagues next week. It’s the recently organized Hoover Motor Express club, said one of the strongest independent softball outfit[s] in the city. The team, left to right, bottom row: Cartwright, Montgomery, Jones Locke, Harris and Puckett. Top row: Barton, Manning, Sircy, Bass, Meadors, S. W. Barton and Miller, manager.�� The 1941 City Directory cites the address of the Hoover Motor Express Company at “Fast Freight Lines, 414 5th Av S.” Forms part of the Nashville Times newspaper collection. 1 digital photo.
Publisher	Metropolitan Nashville/Davidson County Archives, Nashville Public Library
Date	1940
Type	Still Image; Text
Format	image/jpeg
Identifier	HooverMotorExpressSoftballTeam--NT-1940
Language	English
Relation	Nashville Times Newspaper Collection
Coverage	1940-1949
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 the Metro Archives, Nashville Public Library, 615 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 37219. Telephone (615) 862-5880.
Location	Closed Stacks, Metro Archives-Nashville Times, hardbound volume