HISTORIC PHOTO EXHIBIT
TO BE SHOWN
DURING UNCLE DAVE MACON DAYS
MURFREESBORO, TN -- Macon Memories, a historic
photo exhibit, will be shown during the Uncle Dave Macon Days
Festival that will take place from July 11-13, 2008 in Cannonsburgh
Village. The exhibit will be shown in the Cotton Warehouse in
Cannonsburgh. Cannonsburgh Village is on Front Street located
behind the NW Broad Street Shoney's.Macon Memories is a collection
of Middle Tennessee history in photography. It traces the fifty-year
career of Dick Shacklett who was a retired Murfreesboro businessman
and photographer. The exhibit includes photographs from the
1860's through the mid 1950's. Relics and photographs of Uncle
Dave Macon and the era he lived in will be on display. Dick Shacklett
once said that old photographs are often the only mementos people
have of their ancestors and one of the few ways families have
of teaching younger generations about history.
Historical Photos
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Murfreesboro Courthouse |
Critchlow School |
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Street Square |
Filling Station |