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Title	Brazilian officials visit Nashville, Tennessee, 1956 June
Personal name	Hand, Irving; West, Ben, 1911-1974; Silva, Clovis N. da
Corporate name	Nashville Banner Colemere Club (Nashville, Tenn.)
Topical entry	Mayors--Tennessee--Nashville Buildings--Tennessee--Nashville Architecture--Tennessee--Nashville Businesses--Tennessee--Nashville Planning--Tennessee--Nashville Public officers--Tennessee--Nashville Public officers--Brazil
Geographic entry	Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources Nashville and Davidson County (Tenn.)--History--Sources Nashville (Tenn.)--Social life and customs Nashville (Tenn.)--Buildings, structures, etc. Nashville (Tenn.)--Officials and employees--History--Sources Brazil--Officials and employees--History--Sources São Paulo (Brazil)--Officials and employees--History--Sources
Description	Pictured left to right: Irving Hand, City-County Planning director, Clovis N. da Silva and Mayor Ben West as they “study one of the maps in the City-County Planning Commission offices at Second and Lindsley Ave.” This photo illustrated an article published in the Banner, June 16th, 1956, describing the visit of several Brazilian government officials and wives, who were on a goodwill tour of several United States cities to study government planning. Each of the Brazilian officials was made an honorary citizen of Nashville by Mayor Ben West, and was presented with a kit of reports which showed the full scope of Nashville’s county and city planning in regards to metropolitan government. 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	1956-06
Type	Still Image; Negatives
Format	image/jpeg
Identifier	RG3 8050 Brazilian visitors at Colemere Club etc June 1956 001
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