Description
A bulldozer at the construction site in front of the Bijou Theatre in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, July 17th 1957. This entertainment venue, located at 423 Fourth Avenue N in downtown Nashville, was one of the first African American theatre chains in the south. It was razed in 1957 for construction of the new Municipal Auditorium. Forms part of Record Group 412, Photographs Collection. 1 photograph negative : b & w ; 4 x 5 in.
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Digital Library of TennesseeKeywords
- Architecture
- Bijou Theatre (Nashville, Tenn.)
- Buildings
- Buildings, Structures, Etc
- Central Business Districts
- Fourth Avenue (Nashville, Tenn.)
- Historic Buildings
- History
- Lost Architecture
- Nashville
- Nashville (Tenn.)
- Nashville And Davidson County (Tenn.)
- Social Life And Customs
- Sources
- Tennessee
- Theaters