Tootsie at Closing Time
date: label: negative
content: 1974
label: print
content: 2003
name: label: Associated Name
content: Bess, "Tootsie" Hattie Louise Tatum
label: maker
content: Horenstein, Henry
notes: label: Description
content: Tootsie [Hattie Louise Tatum Bess, d. 1978] took out her whistle at closing time. If that didn't work to get customers out the door, she used a jeweled hair pin--given to her by singer Charlie Pride--to give them a prod. Her contribution to country music has been immortalized in song. "She's Known the greats and nearly greats and some that never made it./If there's a thing of paying dues, well Tootsie's surely paid it. She's got all of their pictures hanging all around./But, what's Tootsie gonna do when they tear the Ryman down?" "What's Tootsie Gonna Do (When They Tear the Ryman Down)" By Bill Sterling and John E. Denny
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: Tennessee, Nashville-Davidson
label: Associated Place
content: United States: Tennessee, Nashville-Davidson, Tootsies Orchid Lounge
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content: Work and Industry: Photographic History
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Cultures & Communities
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content: Photography
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content: Art
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Horenstein, Henry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2003.0169.106
label: catalog number
content: 2003.0169.106
label: accession number
content: 2003.0169
objectType: label: Object Name
content: photograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 in x 14 in; 27.94 cm x 35.56 cm