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Mayor Ben West with Japanese representatives at Genesco, 1961 March 09

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Mayor Ben West with Japanese representatives at Genesco, 1961 March 09

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Title	Mayor Ben West with Japanese representatives at Genesco, 1961 March 09
Personal name	West, Ben, 1911-1974; Klausner, Stephen
Corporate name	Genesco, Inc.--History
Topical entry	Business enterprises--Tennessee--Nashville Commerce--Tennessee--Nashville Businesspeople--Tennessee--Nashville Buildings--Tennessee--Nashville Mayors--Tennessee--Nashville Businessmen--Tennessee--Nashville Businessmen--Japan--Tokyo
Geographic entry	Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources Nashville (Tenn.)--Buildings, structures, etc. Nashville and Davidson County (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Description	Pictured left to right: Stephan Klausner, president of Genesco’s Intercontinental Shoe Company; Nashville Mayor Ben West; Toshinoshin Sakurai; Yanosuke Yoshioka; Kyo Kaneko, and Yasuma Oda. At the opening ceremony the visitors presented special colorful carp fish flags on the first day of their 10 days tour and inspection of the enterprise. The Tokyo businessmen were awarded gold keys and honorary citizenship of Nashville by Mayor Ben West. Genesco was originally founded as the Jarman Shoe Company in 1924 as a footwear manufacturer, they were later renamed the General Shoe Company in the 1930s. The company took its current name, Genesco, in 1959. Under the leadership of W. Maxey Jarman, the son of co-founder J.F. Jarman, the company began the process of diversifying and expanding the business into an international apparel conglomerate. 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	1961-03-09
Type	Still Image; Negatives
Format	image/jpeg
Identifier	RG 3 819 Genesco Japanese Reps w MayorWest mar9 1961 006
Relation	Record Group 3
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 Metro Archives, Nashville Public Library, 615 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 37219. Telephone (615) 862-5880.
Location	Closed Stacks, Metro Archives RG3