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Photograph of Charles Trabue, Beverly Briley, and Ben West at the groundbreaking for a new main library in Nashville, Tennessee, circa 1963

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Title	Photograph of Charles Trabue, Beverly Briley, and Ben West at the groundbreaking for a new main library in Nashville, Tennessee, circa 1963
Personal name	Briley, Beverly, 1914-1980; Estes, Nellie Jackson; West, Ben, 1911-1974; Trabue, Charles Clay, Jr., 1910-2002
Corporate name	Public Library of Nashville and Davidson County--History
Topical entry	Buildings Libraries Capital City Downtown Nashville Metropolitan Government Popular Culture Public libraries--Tennessee--Nashville Carnegie libraries--Tennessee--Nashville Ground breaking ceremonies--Tennessee--Nashville Mayors--Tennessee--Nashville Government officials--Tennessee--Nashville
Geographic entry	Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Description	A photograph of the groundbreaking ceremonies for the main library in Nashville, Tennessee, located at 8th Avenue North and Union Street, circa December 1963. Pictured are, from left to right, Chairman of the Nashville Public Library Board Charles Clay Trabue, Jr., Metro Mayor Beverly Briley, Mrs. Nellie Jackson Estes, and former Mayor Ben West. Mrs. Estes was present at the original groundbreaking of the Carnegie Library of Nashville in 1903, which the new facility replaced. Administered under the new Metropolitan Government, the library was dedicated on January 16, 1966; it was named the Ben West Library on June 5, 1977 in memory of Mayor Ben West. Designed by the architectural firm of Taylor & Crabtree, Inc., this downtown main library served the public from 1963 until 2001. Photographed by Milton McClurkan. Forms part of the Nashville Room Historic Photographs Collection. 1 photograph : b & w ; 8 x 10 in.
Publisher	Special Collections Division of the Nashville Public Library, 615 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 37219.
Date	1963
Type	Still Image; Photographs
Format	image/jpeg (156 KB)
Identifier	P-2222
Relation	Nashville Room Historic Photographs Collection
Coverage	1960-1969
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 Special Collections Division of the Nashville Public Library, 615 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 37219. Telephone (615) 862-5782.
Location	Closed Stacks -P-2222