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Prentice Cooper campaign banner, Shelbyville, Tennessee, 1938 August 02
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Title
Prentice
Cooper
campaign
banner
,
Shelbyville
,
Tennessee
,
1938
August
02
Personal name
Cooper
,
Prentice
,
1895-1969
Topical entry
Governors--Tennessee
Buildings--Tennessee--Shelbyville
Geographic entry
Bedford County (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Nashville and Davidson County (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Shelbyville (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Description
A
street
scene
with the
banner
“Home
of
Prentice
Cooper
,
Candidate
for
Governor,”
in
Shelbyville
,
Bedford
County
,
Tennessee
circa
August
2nd
,
1938
. This was the
year
that
William
Prentice
Cooper
ran
for his
party’s
nomination
for
governor
and
later
won
the
general
election
.
Governor
Cooper
served
in
office
from
January
16
,
1939
-
January
16
,
1945
. The
Victorian-styled
brick
home
,
located
at
413
E
.
Lane
Street
, was
named
to the
Nashville
Register
of
Historic
Places
in
1975
.
William
Prentice
Cooper
was a
native
of
Bedford
County
and
graduate
of
Webb
School
,
Princeton
and
Harvard
Law
School
, he was
Attorney
General
of the
8th
Judicial
Circuit
, a
member
of the
63rd
and
70th
General
Assemblies
,
U.S
.
Ambassador
to
Peru
1946-1948
.
President
of the
1953
Tennessee
Constitutional
Convention
,
Veteran
of
WW
I
and
State
Commander
of the
American
Legion
. He
reactivated
the
Tennessee
Historical
Commission
and was a
member
1941-1969
.
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
1938-08-02
Type
Still
Image
;
Negatives
Format
image/jpeg
Identifier
RG 412 393 Prentice Cooper home Shelbyville Aug2 1938 009
Relation
Record
Group
412
Coverage
1930-1939
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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