Archivist Will Thomas recently took a walk through the abandoned streets of downtown Nashville (at a safe social distance, of course). He snapped several photographs to document this time in our collective history. We’re sharing a few of his photographs here...
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| Tennessee State Library and Archives Building, April 9, 2020. TSLA was closed to the public due to coronavirus effective Monday, March 16, 2020. |
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| Lower Broad, Broadway looking west from 1st Ave, April 9, 2020 |
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| Empty sidewalk on Broadway, looking west down Broadway from between 2nd Ave & 3rd Ave, April 9, 2020. |
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| Sign in window of Robert's Western World, Broadway between 4th Ave & 5th Ave, April 9, 2020. |
These photographs will become a permanent part of the State Library and Archives digital collection documenting our state’s response to COVID-19. View the entire digital collection
HERE.
For information on how you might document your own experiences during this time of social distancing, we encourage you to visit our
Education Outreach page, where you’ll find instruction from our staff on how to record your experiences for posterity.
The Tennessee State Library and Archives is a division of the Office of Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett
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