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Lake Watauga, Centennial Park, Nashville, Tenn., circa 1907
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Lake Watauga, Centennial Park, Nashville, Tenn., circa 1907
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Title
Lake
Watauga
,
Centennial
Park
,
Nashville
,
Tenn.
,
circa
1907
Corporate name
Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition (1897 : Nashville, Tenn.)
Topical entry
Sports & Recreation
Lakes
Parks
Capital City
Popular Culture
Entertainment
Postcards--Tennessee--Nashville
Parks--Tennessee--Nashville
Lakes--Tennessee--Nashville
Geographic entry
Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Description
A
postcard
view
of
row
boating
on
Lake
Watauga
,
Centennial
Park
. This
man-made
lake
was
built
for the
Tennessee
Centennial
Exposition
,
held
in
Nashville
in
1897
to
celebrate
Tennessee's
one-hundredth
anniversary
of
statehood
.
During
the
celebration
,
gondolas
were a
feature
with
native
gondoliers
from
Venice
,
Italy
. There was a
replica
of
Venice's
Rialto
Bridge
on the
lake
.
Lake
Watauga
lies
at the
foot
of the
terrace
in
Centennial
Park
which
is
crowned
by a
full-scale
replica
of the
original
Greek
Parthenon
.
Lake
Watauga
was
named
in
honor
of the
first
settlers
of
Tennessee
who
were
known
as the
Watauga
or
Cumberland
settlers
.
Forms
part
of the
Nashville
Room
Postcard
Collection
.
1
postcard
:
col
. ;
3.5
x
5.5
in.
Publisher
Special
Collections
Division
of the
Nashville
Public
Library
,
615
Church
Street
,
Nashville
,
Tennessee
,
37219
Contributors
Adolph
Selige
(Publisher)
Date
ca.
1907
Type
Still
Image
;
Postcards
Format
image/jpeg
Identifier
Nash - 282
Language
English
Relation
Nashville
Room
Postcard
Collection
Coverage
1900-1909
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
Special
Collections
Division
of the
Nashville
Public
Library
,
615
Church
Street
,
Nashville
,
Tennessee
,
37219
.
Telephone
(615)
862-5782
.
Location
Closed Stacks-Nash-282
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