Object Details
- Associated Name
- Bess, "Tootsie" Hattie Louise Tatum
- Horenstein, Henry
- Description
- 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
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Horenstein, Henry
- negative
- 1974
- 2003
- ID Number
- 2003.0169.106
- catalog number
- 2003.0169.106
- accession number
- 2003.0169
- Object Name
- photograph
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 11 in x 14 in; 27.94 cm x 35.56 cm
- Place Made
- United States: Tennessee, Nashville-Davidson
- Associated Place
- United States: Tennessee, Nashville-Davidson, Tootsies Orchid Lounge
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- Work and Industry: Photographic History
- Popular Entertainment
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Cultures & Communities
- Photography
- Art
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1271279
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-62a5-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
