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Title	James Melton arrives with his English car, 1951 February 19
Personal name	Melton, James, 1904-1961
Corporate name	Hermitage Hotel (Nashville, Tenn.)
Topical entry	Performing Arts Music Architecture Capital City Downtown Nashville Popular Culture Entertainment Singers--Tennessee--Nashville Male singers--Tennessee--Nashville Opera singers Entertainers--Tennessee--Nashville Daimler automobile
Geographic entry	Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources Sixth Avenue (Nashville, Tenn.)
Description	A photograph of James Melton, the noted Metropolitan Opera tenor pictured in front of the Hermitage Hotel at 231 6th Avenue North, Nashville, Tennessee. James Melton was in town to speak at his alma mater Vanderbilt and visit old friends. In the start of his career he played saxophone and sang with Francis Craig's orchestra which was the house band at the Hermitage Hotel for many years. Nashville Banner newspaper article that accompanied similar photo reads: "The vehicle is a new English Daimler the largest automobile in the world with a 147-inch wheel base and weight of 6,800 pounds. It travels by the way about six miles to a gallon of gasoline." Forms part of the Nashville Banner Archives. 1 photograph negative : b & w ; 3.25 x 4.25 in.
Creator	Underwood, Doug (Photographer)
Publisher	Special Collections Division of the Nashville Public Library, 615 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 37219
Date	1951-02-19
Type	Still Image; Photographs
Format	image/jpeg
Identifier	BN 1951-393
Relation	Nashville Banner Archives
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 Special Collections Division of the Nashville Public Library, 615 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 37219. Telephone (615) 862-5782.
Location	Closed Stacks-BN 1951-393