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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
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