{"title":"Bob Grannis","description":"\u003cp\u003eBOB GRANNIS was a Nashville-based photographer who began his career while serving in the Army in 1939 and chronicled the city for nearly six decades before retiring in 1997. His work supplied the images for \u003cem\u003eHistoric Photos of Nashville in the 50s, 60s, and 70s\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrannis was widely known as \"Nashville’s Largest Photographer.\" His archive, spanning the early 1940s through the late 1980s, includes images of the Grand Ole Opry, Nashville sports, weddings, and the city’s changing skyline, and is preserved by Grannis Photography in Nashville.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBob Grannis’s books are published by Turner Publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrowse more: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/books-new-releases\"\u003eNew Releases\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/award-winning-books\"\u003eAward-Winning Books\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"historic-photos-of-nashville-in-the-50s-60s-and-70s","title":"Historic Photos of Nashville in the 50s, 60s, and 70s","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn a nation reinventing itself following victory in World War II, Nashville’s self-portrait blended old with new. New businesses and skyscrapers, a shopping mall, the Interstate system, school integration, and other changes would ultimately bring Nashville into line with the direction of the nation at large, but alongside nationwide trends were treasures unique to the city: Fair Park for thrill-seekers, Sulphur Dell for baseball fans, the Grand Ole Opry at the Ryman for music, and the Maxwell House for visitors still arriving through Union Station and now from the air at Berry Field.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this companion volume to\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/turnerbookstore.com\/products\/historic-photos-of-nashville\" title=\"Historic Photos of Nashville\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e Historic Photos of Nashville,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e Ashley Driggs Haugen leads a tour past many Nashville landmarks from the recent past, reminiscing with Nashvillians who can remember and informing those new to the city who may not. Nearly 200 images reproduced in vivid black-and-white show the Opry at the Ryman, construction of the L\u0026amp;C Tower, 100 Oaks Mall, the Municipal Auditorium, Harveys Department Store downtown, and countless other subjects from yesteryear that remain key to the city’s past and present.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eWe earn a commission for purchases made through the following links.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1684420938\/ref=nosim?tag=tpcecomm-20\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Amazon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003c!-- bookshop-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/book\/9781684420933\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Bookshop.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/bookshop-buylink --\u003e","brand":"Ashley Driggs Haugen, Bob Grannis","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43297520222424,"sku":"9781684420933","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/7786\/8475\/files\/9781684420933_FC_mockup_v2_1663692081_658b225f-b10f-4d53-829f-70c1f38af7a3.jpg?v=1791050885"}],"url":"https:\/\/turnerpublishing.com\/collections\/author-bob-grannis.oembed","provider":"Turner Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}