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Police build boat as drownings increase, from the Nashville Times, 1940

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Title	Police build boat as drownings increase, from the Nashville Times, 1940
Personal name	Wooden, Odell; Griffin, John F.
Topical entry	Boatbuilding--Tennessee--Nashville Boats and boating--Tennessee--Nashville Police chiefs--Tennessee--Nashville Drowning--Tennessee--Nashville
Geographic entry	Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources Nashville (Tenn.)--Social life and customs Nashville and Davidson County (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Description	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 John F. Griffin Saturday had a 35-foot boat built for the purpose of dragging local rivers. Pictured above with the boat, which cost the City of Nashville $8.50, is Odell Wooden, of the maintenance department.” Forms part of the Nashville Times newspaper collection. 1 digital photo.
Publisher	Metropolitan Nashville/Davidson County Archives, Nashville Public Library
Date	1940
Type	Still Image; Text
Format	image/jpeg
Identifier	PoliceBuildBoat--NT-1940
Language	English
Relation	Nashville Times Newspaper Collection
Coverage	1940-1949
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 Metro Archives, Nashville Public Library, 615 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 37219. Telephone (615) 862-5880.
Location	Closed Stacks, Metro Archives-Nashville Times, hardbound volume