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Hap Townes in his restaurant. A second generation restaurateur, he took over in 1946 and retired in 1985.
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Photo of Hap by Greg Kinney
Also, here’s a brief interview with Hap that John Egerton did for the @southfoodways
July 17, 2006
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Travelers drive by the Weiss Liquors store and the Commerce Union Bank on Main Street in East Nashville on June 28, 1969.
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Robert Johnson / The @Tennessean
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Former Beatle Paul McCartney, left, and his family chat with Dolly Parton, and Porter Wagoner, backstage during the third annual Grand Masters fiddling contest at Opryland during Fan Fair on June 16, 1974.
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Jack Corn / The @Tennessean
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Metro General Hospital was located on Hermitage Avenue. It opened in 1890 and closed in 1998. The former hospital has since been redeveloped into the Rolling Hill Mill development.
Photos are from June 18, 1980.
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Billy Easley / The Tennessean
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The old Nashville Union Stock Yards building, that opened in 1921 and operated for more than half a century, just after renovation to turn the building into Mario Ferrari's Stock-Yard Restaurant.
June 25, 1980
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Dale Ernsberger / The @Tennessean
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The newly opened restaurant is at the corner of Second Avenue North and Whiteside Street.
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Nashville Experience retweeted
嘘みたいな景色だ。
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Holsum Bread and Cakes
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This is the current home of Lane Motor Museum and former home to Sunbeam Bread.
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Photo is from the Metro Nashville Archives.
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Longtime Grand Ole Opry announcer Bill Cody dies wkrn.com/news/local-news/lon…
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Motorists obviously ignored this sign to swim and play on the old Sewart Air Force Base beach on Percy Priest Lake June 30, 1972. The Little Sand beach at Sewart, which the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers closed two years ago, is open again…
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J.T. Phillips / The @Tennessean
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free to the public, with the aid of the Rutherford County Conservation Commission.
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A Metro police car, left, leads a motorcade of modified Volkswagens around the square toward the police station, June 6, 1973.
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Robert Johnson / The @Tennessean
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At the police station, Chief Hugh Mott and others can get a first-hand look at the vehicles that will be used in a new type driver training school by Actulator Vehicle Driving Systems.
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The view of downtown Nashville from the Goodyear blimp, The Mayflower. The blimp visited Nashville as part of its summer tour throughout the Southeast.
June 8, 1972
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Dale Ernsberger / The @Tennessean
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Photograph of the Old Hickory Munitions Plant with a farmer plowing.
Date unknown, but it’s between 1928-1958.
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Photo is from the Tennessee State Library & Archives.
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The US government purchased over 3,000 acres and contracted with the DuPont Corp. to construct the facility as well as worker housing and the Old Hickory Village. The munitions plant closed at the end of WWI. By 1928, DuPont returned and manufactured other products.
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They also began to lease some land to local farmers as evidenced by this photograph.
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Patrons are enjoying the late night outside of the Café Coco at 210 Louise Avenue off Elliston Place June 28, 1997.
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Peyton Hoge / The @Tennessean
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My interview with Cathy, of Sidekicks Cafe and Kickin’ Coffee & Tea, is live on Apple Podcasts. We talk about coffee, old Nashville and more. Y’all check it out!
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