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- Police build boat as drownings increase, from the Nashville Times, 1940
- A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about a boat built by the police maintenance department. The caption reads: “Because of recent difficulties in recovering bodies drowned in streams in the vicinity of Nashville, Chief of Police...
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- A rescue boat in the River Plantation neighborhood during the May 2010 flood
- A photograph of a rescue boat group in the River Plantation neighborhood of Bellevue during the May 2010 Nashville flood. Forms part of the Nashville Room Flood 2010 Digital History Project.
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- A rescue boat moves through the River Plantation neighborhood during the May 2010 flood
- A photograph of a rescue boat in the River Plantation neighborhood in Bellevue during the May 2010 Nashville flood. Forms part of the Nashville Room Flood 2010 Digital History Project.
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- Two men stand with a rescue boat in the River Plantation neighborhood during the May 2010 flood
- A photograph of two men with a rescue boat amidst the flooding in the River Plantation neighborhood of Bellevue during the May 2010 Nashville flood. Forms part of the Nashville Room Flood 2010 Digital History Project.
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- Water from the Cumberland River moves up the boat ramp of Lock Two Park in Pennington Bend during the May 2010 flood
- A photograph of water from the Cumberland River moving up the boat ramp of Lock Two Park in the Pennington Bend area during the May 2010 Nashville flood. Forms part of the Nashville Room Flood 2010 Digital History Project.
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- A man guides a rescue boat through the Pennington Bend neighborhood during the May 2010 flood
- A photograph of a man guiding a rescue boat through the water in the Pennington Bend neighborhood during the May 2010 Nashville flood. Forms part of the Nashville Room Flood 2010 Digital History Project.
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- Volunteers load debris into a boat during a river cleanup with the Harpeth River Watershed Association after the May 2010 flood
- A photograph of volunteers loading debris into a boat during a river cleanup with the Harpeth River Watershed Association after the May 2010 flood. A photograph of Michael Cain pulling a canoe of debris with his kayak during a river cleanup with...
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- A rescue boat travels through a flooded neighborhood in Bellevue during the May 2010 flood
- A photograph of a rescue boat traveling through a flooded neighborhood in Bellevue during the May 2010 flood. Forms part of the Nashville Room Flood 2010 Digital History Project.
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- Letter from Governor Prentice Cooper to Mrs. John M. Donnelly, 1940 December 12
- A typed letter, signed, dated 12 December 1940, from Tennessee Governor Prentice Cooper, to Mrs. John M. Donnelly, the Christmas Carol Publicity Chairman of the Fannie Battle Day Home Social Workers in 1940. In the letter, Governor Cooper commends...
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- Excerpt from Charlotte Disney Oral History Interview, 2011 October 28
- Excerpt from an oral history interview with Charlotte Disney, conducted on October 28 2011 by Susannah Gibbons as part of the Flood 2010 Digital History Project. The topics discussed include the flooding of Disney’s home in Pennington Bend and...
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- Excerpt from Tiffani Zuch Oral History Interview, 2011 April 16
- Excerpt from an oral history interview with Tiffani Zuch, conducted on 16 April 2011 by Robin Robinson as part of the Flood 2010 Digital History Project. Tiffani describes the flooding of her Pennington Bend neighborhood, her evacuation by boat,...
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- Volunteers assist with a water rescue in Bellevue during the May 2010 flood
- A photograph of volunteers assisting with a rescue in Bellevue during the May 2010 Nashville flood. Photo text reads: “Volunteers came from 5-10 mi away. I recognize only 2 or 3 neighbors in this photo. Lord knows where the boat came from. We...
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- A man looks back at an inundated home in the Pennington Bend neighborhood during the May 2010 flood
- A photograph of a man looking back from a boat at an inundated home in the Pennington Bend neighborhood during the May 2010 Nashville flood. Forms part of the Nashville Room Flood 2010 Digital History Project.
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- Shelby Street Bridge, Nashville, Tennessee, 1921 June 09
- The Sparkman Street Bridge, later renamed Shelby Street Bridge was completed in 1909, spanning the Cumberland River to link East Nashville to the downtown area. A river boat can be seen in the foreground, as well as a mule/horse-drawn wagon. The...
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- Edgefield ferry along the Cumberland River, circa 1954
- Pictured: The sturdy “Edgefield” ferry with an unidentified group of people along the Cumberland River. Ferries were an important part of Davidson County Tennessee river history. The ferry was started in 1871 by Joseph and Theodore Clees....
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