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Updated entries highlighted in bold
Jim Melton, Nashville Vols pitcher in 1955
Courtesy Mrs. Jo L. Melton
Drew "Buddy" Gilbert, outfielder for the Nashville Vols in
1958, 1959 and 1961.
Courtesy Buddy Gilbert
Eddie Irons, catcher for the Nashville Vols in 1959
Personal Collection
Country music's Hank Williams in Nashville Vols cap
Courtesy Brian Turpen
Original Sulphur Dell stadium seats
on display at Metro Archives
Courtesy
Mickey Holton
1957 Southern Association All Star Game in Nashville souvenir
pin
Personal Collection
1954 Photo of Nashvile Vols player Ted Tappe
Personal Collection
1960 Photo of manager Jim Turner
Personal Collection
1943 Photo of pitcher Eldon Lindsey
Courtesy Jim Lindsey
1960 Junior Vols Booster Season Pass
Courtesy Fred Sadler
1960 game ticket to Braves vs. Reds exhibition game at Sulphur
Dell
COurtesy Fred Sadler
1903 Nashville Vols season ticket booklet
Personal Collection
1935 Nashville Elite Giants team photo
Personal Collection
1940 Nashville Vols team photo
Personal Collection
Complimentary 1932 Season Pass for Mrs. John Gooch, wife of
catcher John Gooch. Gooch batted .334 for the Vols in
1932
Personal Collection
Jersey Farms Nite Team Photo give-away, August 16, 1955
Personal Collection
September 6, 1957 Assignment Sheet for Reinaldo Alonso,
sending him to Wausau of the Northern League
Personal Collection
1957 Nashville Vols Pressbook Cover
Personal Collection
1955 Nashville Vols Team Picture
Personal Collection
1956 Nashville Vols Team Picture
Personal Collection
 Inside
view of Sulphur Dell
CourtesyBill Traughber
Former Nashville Vols infielder, Tommy
Brown
Personal Collection
 Jim Turner, Appreciation Day,
April 7, 1953! Herman Grizzard,
Sulphur Dell public address announcer, Governor Frank Clement,
Turner, Mayor Ben West, and Yankees manager Casey Stengel!
(l-r)
CoCourtesy Metro Nashville Archives/Green Hills
 Nashville Mayor Ben West reading the Jim Turneer Appreciation Day
proclamation!
Courtesy Metro Nashville Archives/Green Hills
Former Vols manager and co-owner, Larry
Gilbert, attending a Larry Gilbert league all star game at
Sulphur Dell. The league was named after him!
Courtesy
Lindy Freeman
The Werthan Bag team in the Larry Gilbert League at Sulphur
Dell!
Courtesy Lindy Freeman
Satchel Paige and Goose Tatum, visiting Sulphur Dell in a 1962
exhibition game!
Courtesy Metro Nashville Archives/Green Hills
 That famous right field porch!
Courtesy Grannis Photography
 Larry Gilbert, Nashville Vols manager from 1939 through 1948!
Courtesy Metro Nashville Archives/Green Hills
 Vols third baseman, Rance Pless, swinging away in 1952!
Courtesy Grannis Photography
 Nashville
Vols plastic baseball bank!
Courtesy Shawn Hunt
 Nashville
Vols player Bama Ray checks out a Mobile Bears player's legs
in 1949. The Mobile team wore shorts for a portion of
that season!
Courtesy Mickey Holton
In
1954 Bob Lennon cranked 64 homers for the Nashville Vols!
Personal
Collection
 1912
Southern League pocket schedule!
Personal Collection
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Thanks Tony B!
Thanks Tony B!
  1950
Nashville Vols pocket schedule!
Personal Collection
 1956
Nashville Vols season pass!
Personal Collection
Nashville Vols player Bob Anderlik!
Personal Collection
Nashville Vols player Roy Pardue!
Personal Collection
Nashville Vols player Don Alfano!
Personal Collection
Junior
Gilliam at Sulphur Dell with equipment manager Willie White!
Courtesy Grannis Photography
Exhibition
game overflow crowd during Braves and Dodgers game!
Courtesy
Grannis Photography
Photo
of young Russ Brecheen with Vols player Blamire in 1939 or
1940!
Courtesy
Russell Brecheen
Stadium
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Tennessean
 Vols,
Inc. stock certificate, issued in 1959!
Personal Collection
1937
Nashville Vols team picture!
Courtesy Tony Roberts
 Cook
Gas tank near the parking lot at Sulphur Dell, circa 1957!
Courtesy Metro Nashville Archives/Green Hills
1955
flyer commemorating Bob Lennon's amazing 64 homers hit in 1954
as a Nashville Vol!
Personal Collection
 1927
Sulphur Dell construction!
State of Tennessee Archives/Tony Roberts
1947
Nashville Vols program cover!
Personal Collection
 Vols players Larry Taylor (L) and Bobby Durnbaugh (R) stand
by legendary Music City bass player Bob Moore at a charity game between the Vols
and local musicians in the mid-1950's.
Courtesy Stevie Moore
 That famous sign from outside the park!
Courtesy Metro Nashville Archives/Green Hills
 Field view from behind the plate; check out the right
fielder
Courtesy
Metro Nashville Archives/Green Hills
 Third-base side view of the grandstands
Courtesy
Metro Nashville Archives/Green Hills
 Another view of the grandstands
Courtesy Metro Nashville
Archives/Green Hills
 Hometown favorite, Buster Boguskie!
Courtesy Bill Traughber
 Nashville Vols player, Lance Richbourg
at the Dell in 1923!
Courtesy Bill Traughber
Jimmy Hamilton, Nashville Vols manager in 1923 through 1928!
Courtesy Bill Traughber
 LBJ tossing out the first pitch before a game at Sulphur
Dell in 1961!
Courtesy Metro Nashville Archives/Green Hills
Nashville Vols outfielder Buddy Gilbert's Cincinnati Reds
baseball card!
Personal
Collection
 
Nashville Vols fan sold at Sulphur Dell for 10 cents
in 1953!
Personal
Collection
Larry Gilbert letter to Memphis Chicks owner Frank Longinotti
in 1938!
Personal
Collection
Ticket to 1948 Southern Association All Star Game vs.
Nashville Vols!
Personal
Collection
View from the grandstand!
Courtesy Mike Cunningham
Photo of Hal Jeffcoat!
Courtesy Mike Cunningham
Nashville Americans team photo, circa 1886!
Courtesy Chhris Catignani
 Sulphur
Dell, opening day, 1932!
Courtesy Nashville Historical Society
 Sulphur
Dell after 1937 Cumberland River flood!
Personal
Collection
1945 North
High School baseball team in front of 3rd base dugout at Sulphur Dell!
Personal
Collection
Manager Ernie White on cover of 1956 Spring Roster!
Personal
Collection
Official Nashville Vols Program, 1961!
Personal
Collection
Nashville Vol Smoky Burgess!
Personal
Collection
Mayor Ben West as umpire; manager Dick Sisler is on 2nd row, far
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Courtesy Metro Nashville Archives/Green Hills
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