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Dick Battle and photographers ready for a helicopter flight at the Nashville Airport, 1954 November
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Dick Battle and photographers ready for a helicopter flight at the Nashville Airport, 1954 November
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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
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 RG3
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