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Italian Street Fair event sponsored by the Nashville Symphony Guild benefiting the Nashville Symphony Orchestra, 1956 October 06
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Title
Italian
Street
Fair
event
sponsored
by the
Nashville
Symphony
Guild
benefiting
the
Nashville
Symphony
Orchestra
,
1956
October
06
Corporate name
Nashville Symphony Orchestra
Topical entry
Performing Arts
Sports & Recreation
Popular Culture
Entertainment
Entertainment events--Tennessee--Nashville
Performing arts--Tennessee--Nashville
Fairs--Tennessee--Nashville
Moneymaking projects--Tennessee--Nashville
Fund raising--Tennessee--Nashville
Manners & customs--Tennessee--Nashville
Geographic entry
Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Nashville (Tenn.)--Social life and customs
West End Avenue (Nashville, Tenn.)
Natchez Trace (Nashville, Tenn.)
Description
A
photograph
of
four
women
in
costume
selling
tickets
to the
Italian
Street
Fair
. An
article
about
the
event
appeared
in the
Nashville
Banner
newspaper
on
October
8
,
1956
,
citing
: "
Pizza
,
pepperoni
and
puppets
abounded
Saturday
afternoon
and
evening
as the
gates
of the
second
annual
Italian
Street
Fair
swung
open
at the
corner
of
Natchez
Trace
and
West
End
Ave
,
(Nashville
,
TN)
.
All
the
color
and
charm
of the
boot
country
were
transported
to the
Nashville
scene
as
gaily
costumed
workers
for the
Nashville
Symphony
Association
hawked
everything
from
succulent
spaghetti
to
baby
bootees
midst
a
scene
made
gay
by
folk
dances
,
strolling
street
singers
, and
contests
galore
designed
to
catch
the
eye
of
toddlers
,
teenster
et
al
. The
Fair
,
which
launched
Symphony
Week…..was
sponsored
by the
Nashville
Symphony
Guild
for the
benefit
of the
Nashville
Symphony
Orchestra.
"
Forms
part
of the
Nashville
Banner
Archives
.
1
photograph
negative
:
b
&
w
;
3.25
x
4.25
in.
Creator
Schleicher
,
Paul
(Photographer)
Publisher
Special
Collections
Division
of the
Nashville
Public
Library
,
615
Church
Street
,
Nashville
,
Tennessee
,
37219
Date
1956-10-06
Type
Still
Image
;
Photographs
Format
image/jpeg
Identifier
BN 1956-2722-01
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
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