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Cain-Sloan Department Store opening ceremonies, 1957 October 25
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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
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