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Nashville Vols versus All-Star team at Sulphur Dell, Nashville, Tennessee, 1957 May 17
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Nashville Vols versus All-Star team at Sulphur Dell, Nashville, Tennessee, 1957 May 17
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Title
Nashville
Vols
versus
All-Star
team
at
Sulphur
Dell
,
Nashville
,
Tennessee
,
1957
May
17
Corporate name
Nashville Vols (Baseball team)
Topical entry
Baseball--Tennessee--Nashville
Baseball players--Tennessee--Nashville
Baseball teams--Tennessee--Nashville
Sports--Tennessee--Nashville
Sports teams--Tennessee--Nashville
Athletes--American--Tennessee--Nashville
Geographic entry
Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Nashville (Tenn.)--Social life and customs
Nashville and Davidson County (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Fourth Avenue (Nashville, Tenn.)
Description
A
scene
from the
May
17th
,
1957
baseball
game
between
Nashville
Vols
and the
All-Star
team
,
played
at
Sulphur
Dell
ballpark
located
in
Nashville
,
Tennessee
.
Sulphur
Dell
was the
home
of the
Nashville
Vols
in the
Southern
Association
from
1901
until
1961
and in the
South
Atlantic
League
in
1963
.
According
to the
Sulphur
Dell
historical
marker
:
“Nashville’s
first
(1885)
professional
baseball
was
played
in the
Athletic
Park
which
formerly
occupied
this
block
.
Traditionally
baseball
was
introduced
in
Nashville
in
1862
by
soldiers
of the
Union
army
of
occupation
who
played
the
game
here. This
low-lying
area
,
originally
called
Sulphur
Spring
Bottom
, was
first
called
“Sulphur
Dell”
by
local
sports
writer
,
Grantland
Rice
. In
1963
this was the
oldest
playing
grounds
still
in
use
in
professional
baseball.”
The
historical
marker
is
on
Fourth
Avenue
near
where
the
centerfield
fence
once
stood
.
Forms
part
of
Record
Group
412
,
Photographs
Collection
.
1
photograph
negative
:
b
&
w
;
4
x
5
in.
Publisher
Metropolitan
Nashville/Davidson
County
Archives
,
Nashville
Public
Library
Date
1957-05-17
Type
Still
Image
;
Negatives
Format
image/jpeg
Identifier
RG 412 864 Vols vs All Stars at Dell 014
Relation
Record
Group
412
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
the
Metro
Archives
,
Nashville
Public
Library
,
615
Church
Street
,
Nashville
,
Tennessee
,
37219
.
Telephone
(615)
862-5880
.
Location
Closed Stacks, Metro Archives RG412
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