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Sonja Henie receives key to City of Nashville, Tennessee, 1954 April
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Sonja Henie receives key to City of Nashville, Tennessee, 1954 April
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Title
Sonja
Henie
receives
key
to
City
of
Nashville
,
Tennessee
,
1954
April
Personal name
Henie
,
Sonja
,
1912-1969
Topical entry
Celebrities
Women figure skaters--Norway--History--Sources
Figure skaters--Norway--History--Sources
Motion picture actors and actresses
Women Olympic athletes--Norway--History--Sources
Civic leaders--Tennessee--Nashville
Politicians--Tennessee--Nashville
Geographic entry
Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Nashville and Davidson County (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Nashville (Tenn.)--Social life and customs
Description
Celebrity
figure
skater
and
film
actress
Sonja
Henie
, with
two
unidentified
children
at the
airport
during
her
visit
to
Nashville
,
circa
April
1954
.
Henie
was
presented
a
key
to the
City
and also
Honorary
Citizenship
of the
City
of
Nashville
.
Henie
was a
Norwegian
figure
skater
and
film
star
who
won
more
Olympic
and
World
titles
than any
other
ladies
figure
skater
(Olympic
Champion
:
1928
,
1932
,
1936
;
World
Champion
1927-1936
, and
European
Champion
1931-1936
.
Henie
became
a
very
successful
Hollywood
movie
star
after
signing
a
long
term
contract
at
Twentieth
Century
Fox
circa
1936
. She
became
one
of the
wealthiest
women
in the
world
in her
time
through
her
film
career
,
figure
skating
and
ice
shows
, and
lucrative
endorsement
contracts
.
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
1954-04
Type
Still
Image
;
Negatives
Format
image/jpeg
Identifier
RG 3 4561 Sonja Henie key to city Apr1954 007
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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