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Dixie Johnson

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Vintage-style photo of an older woman in a green dress and large black hat, looking surprised next to a butterfly.
Nashville's history with theatre and the performing arts is long and storied. You can find treasure after treasure documenting this history in NPL Special Collections. On May 25, Special Collections is playing its own role in the story.
Blue triangle with YWCA.
The Nashville Room has a small exhibit of photographs to celebrate the availability of a new collection documenting the activities of the YWCA Blue Triangle Branch. Come see our resources!
A woman in a pink dress speaks into a microphone at an event, with blurred guests sitting at tables in the background. The text "You're the singing star" is at the top of the image.
One of our most-utilized resources here in Special Collections is the Nashville Banner clippings: articles about every aspect of Nashville life from the 1950s through the 1990s. In this post, I use Banner clippings to tell you the story of two popular types of night spot entertainment: mechanical bull riding and karaoke!