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Title	Cain-Sloan Department Store opening ceremonies, 1957 October 25
Personal name	Sloan, John E., 1904-1988
Corporate name	Cain-Sloan Department Store (Nashville, Tenn.)
Topical entry	Architecture Buildings Business Enterprise Capital City Downtown Nashville Popular Culture Shopping Architecture--Tennessee--Nashville Buildings--Tennessee--Nashville Central business districts--Tennessee--Nashville Business enterprises--Tennessee--Nashville Retail trade--Tennessee--Nashville Shopping--Tennessee--Nashville Stores, Retail--Tennessee--Nashville Department stores--Tennessee--Nashville Lost architecture--Tennessee--Nashville Commercial facilities--Tennessee--Nashville Mercantile facilities--Tennessee--Nashville Stores & shops--Tennessee--Nashville Business districts--Tennessee--Nashville
Geographic entry	Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources Church Street (Nashville, Tenn.) Nashville (Tenn.)--Buildings, structures, etc. Nashville (Tenn.)--Commerce
Description	A photograph of the opening of Cain-Sloan Department Store's new facility. A crowd of more than 500 persons stood in the early morning chill on Church Street to hear John Sloan, president of Cain-Sloan Co., officially open the firm's new $12,000,000 department store on the southwest corner of Fifth Avenue North and Church Street in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. In this photograph only a partial view of John Sloan is visible; he is seated behind the speaker. The store opened at 9:30 a.m. and an estimated over 32,000 shoppers and visitors had passed through its doors by 9:00 p.m. that evening. Many items were sold out during the first day. The Jackson building had earlier stood on this site and was demolished to make way for the new Cain-Sloan building. Forms part of the Nashville Banner Archives. 1 photograph negative : b & w ; 3.25 x 4.25 in.
Creator	Malone, John (Photographer)
Publisher	Special Collections Division of the Nashville Public Library, 615 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 37219
Date	1957-10-25
Type	Still Image; Negatives; Film negatives
Format	image/jpeg
Identifier	BN 1957-2698
Language	English
Relation	Nashville Banner Archives
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 Special Collections Division of the Nashville Public Library, 615 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 37219. Telephone (615) 862-5782.
Location	Closed Stacks-BN 1957-2698