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Church Street Parade in celebration of the Nashville Vols triumph over the Atlanta Crackers, from the Nashville Times, 1940

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Title	Church Street Parade in celebration of the Nashville Vols triumph over the Atlanta Crackers, from the Nashville Times, 1940
Corporate name	Nashville Vols (Baseball team) Atlanta Crackers (Baseball team)
Topical entry	Parades--Tennessee--Nashville Baseball teams--Tennessee--Nashville Entertainment events--Tennessee--Nashville
Geographic entry	Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources Nashville (Tenn.)--Social life and customs Nashville and Davidson County (Tenn.)--History--Sources Church Street (Nashville, Tenn.)
Description	A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about “Here’s what downtown Nashvillians saw marching down Church Street just before noon today--Manager Gilbert and his victorious Vols returning from a three-game triumph over the Atlanta Crackers. The Vols, playing the Knoxville Smokies at Sulphur Dell this afternoon, in the first local game of the season, were met at Union Station today by a huge crowd of celebrating baseball fans and were led up the street, as shown in the above photograph, by the smart-strutting Tennessee Industrial School Band.” Title supplied by cataloger. 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	ChurchStreetParade--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