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Title
Salvage
scrap
drive
in
Nashville
and
Middle
Tennessee
region
,
1942
October
Corporate name
Highland Heights Junior High School (Nashville, Tenn.)
Nashville Banner
Topical entry
World War, 1939-1945--War work--Tennessee, Middle
World War, 1939-1945--Civilian participation--Tennessee, Middle
Salvage--Tennessee, Middle
Buildings--Tennessee--Nashville
Geographic entry
Tennessee, Middle--History--Sources
Nashville (Tenn.)--Social life and customs
Nashville and Davidson County (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Description
Pictured
:
“Scrap
literally
rolls
in:”
A
few
minutes
after
the
Highland
Heights
Junior
High
School
was
entered
in the
Banner
scrap
contest
by
Principal
James
C
.
Armistead
,
“Colonel”
Dewey
Russell
(second
from
left)
of the
school’s
Junior
Service
Army
marshaled
his
assistants
into the
field
to
collect
scrap
. A
teacher
at the
school
,
Miss
Laura
Malone
,
told
the
boys
she would
give
them a
200-pound
tennis
court
roller
for their
drive
if they would
transport
it
from her
home
at
…
to the
school
.
Russell
and his
schoolmates
are
seen
as they
trudged
across
town
pushing
the
roller
and
carrying
a
load
of
scrap
a
patriotic
citizen
gave
them on the
way
. They are
(left
to
right)
Bobby
Abbott
…
Russell
…
;
James
Derseweh
…
and
Bobby
Evans.”
During
World
War
II
Americans
were
active
with
scrap
drives
to
help
the
war
effort
.
Local
communities
were
salvaging
raw
materials
such
as
metal
,
rags
,
rubber
, and
paper
to be
used
to
supply
troops
. These
special
home
front
war
programs
were
often
well-coordinated
through
committees
that
engaged
widespread
urban
and
rural
participation
and
motivated
patriotism
and
community
spirit
.
Forms
part
of
Record
Group
412
,
Photographs
Collection
.
1
photograph
negative
:
b
&
w
;
4
x
5
in.
Publisher
Metropolitan
Nashville/Davidson
County
Archives
,
Nashville
Public
Library
Date
1942-10
Type
Still
Image
;
Negatives
Format
image/jpeg
Identifier
RG 412 202 Salvage scrap drive 022
Relation
Record
Group
412
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 RG 412
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