Title	Dick Battle and photographers ready for a helicopter flight at the Nashville Airport, 1954 November
Personal name	Battle, Dick
Corporate name	Nashville banner
Topical entry	Journalists--Tennessee--Nashville Photojournalists--Tennessee--Nashville Helicopter industry--Tennessee--Nashville Newspaper industry--Tennessee--Nashville
Geographic entry	Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources Nashville and Davidson County (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Description	Nashville Banner reporter Dick Battle (pictured on right) and two photojournalists on a helicopter flight at the airport, November 1954. Battle came to Nashville from his native St. Louis in 1916. He graduated from Goodlettsville High School in 1925. Battle next studied as a draftsman and commercial artist at Washington University in St. Louis. He returned to Nashville and joined the staff of the “Evening Tennessean” in 1932. He became a reporter for the “Banner” for 40 years, beginning in 1933 as a police reporter and graduating to the City Hall beat in 1937. His “City Hall” column gained a wide readership over the years and he became well known in the community. He retired from news reporting in 1973, and later worked with former Mayor Beverly Briley as a public relations consultant. Forms part of Record Group 3, Metro Davidson County Photographer. 1 photograph negative : b & w ; 4 x 5 in.
Publisher	Metropolitan Nashville/Davidson County Archives, Nashville Public Library
Date	1954-11
Type	Still Image; Negatives
Format	image/jpeg
Identifier	RG 3 3940 Dick Battle helicoper flight 001
Relation	Record Group 3 Metro Davidson County Photographer
Coverage	1950-1959
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Location	Closed Stacks, Metro Archives RG3