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Captain Eddie Rickenbacker at Berry Field, Nashville, Tennessee, 1950 June
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Captain Eddie Rickenbacker at Berry Field, Nashville, Tennessee, 1950 June
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Title
Captain
Eddie
Rickenbacker
at
Berry
Field
,
Nashville
,
Tennessee
,
1950
June
Personal name
Rickenbacker
,
Eddie
,
1890-1973
Corporate name
Eastern Air Lines
Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority--History--Sources
Topical entry
Airports--Tennessee--Nashville--History
Commerce--Tennessee--Nashville
Airlines--Tennessee--Nashville
Airways--Tennessee--Nashville
Celebrities
Air pilots--United States
Aeronautics--United States
Geographic entry
Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Nashville and Davidson County (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Nashville (Tenn.)--Social life and customs
Description
A
photo
related
to
Captain
Eddie
Rickenbacker’s
arrival
to
Berry
Field
via
an
Eastern
Airlines
jet
,
circa
June
1950
. The
famous
aviator
was
welcomed
to
Nashville
by
city
officials
, the
media
, and
admiring
fans
.
Edward
“Eddie”
Vernon
Rickenbacker
was an
American
fighter
ace
in
World
War
I
and
Medal
of
Honor
recipient
.
Rickenbacker
became
General
Manager
of
Eastern
Airlines
circa
1933
, and in
1938
, with a
group
of
investors
,
bought
the
company
and
became
its
president
,
managing
the
enterprise
profitably
for
twenty
years
.
Forms
part
of
Record
Group
3
,
Metro
Davidson
County
Photographer
.
1
photograph
negative
:
b
&
w
;
4
x
5
in.
Publisher
Metropolitan
Nashville/Davidson
County
Archives
,
Nashville
Public
Library
Date
1950-06
Type
Still
Image
;
Negatives
Format
image/jpeg
Identifier
RG 3 5200 Capt Eddie Rickenbacker at Berry Field June 1950 009
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
the
Metro
Archives
,
Nashville
Public
Library
,
615
Church
Street
,
Nashville
,
Tennessee
,
37219
.
Telephone
(615)
862-5880
.
Location
Closed Stacks, Metro Archives RG3
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