Gay Street, Through the Years
Gay Street is the main downtown thoroughfare in Knoxville, Tennessee (my adopted "hometown"). Some scenes through the years from various vantage points.
April 27, 1861
Note the two flags. Recruiting soldiers for Union and Confederate armies on Gay Street.
The US Flag is at the corner of Gay Street & Main, near the Third Courthouse.
The Confederate flag is a block
north at the corner of Gay Street & Cumberland Avenue.
General Ambrose Burnside recaptured the city in September 1863.
1869
Near the dog-leg intersection of Union Avenue.
Note the Chamberlain Bros. Drug sign.
April 8, 1897
"Million Dollar Fire" burns two blocks of Gay Street
Early 1900s
Note the Chamberlain & Albers sign. They've done well!
1903
1910-13
November 17, 1934 - FDR Motorcade
Tennessee Theater is "cooled" and playing the Bing Crosby musical-comedy film 'Rhythm on the River'.
Late 1930s-Early 1940s
August 1, 1947 - Last Electric Street Car Run
1951
1960s - "Urban Renewal"
2019