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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
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