Old Hickory industrial plant, near Nashville, Tennessee, circa 1940

Subjects: Aerial Views & Panoramas Factories & Mills Manufacturing
Card type: Linen
Date: c. 1930 (White Border)

Back of Old Hickory industrial plant, near Nashville, Tennessee, circa 1940, c. 1930 linen postcard — Back

About this postcard

An elevated view looks down on a sprawling industrial works set among wooded hills, with long parallel rows of dark drying racks or sheds, several tall smokestacks, and white multi-story buildings at the edges of the complex. The caption names the site as Old Hickory, near Nashville, Tennessee. Old Hickory was a planned company town built by E. I. du Pont de Nemours during World War I to house workers at a massive smokeless powder plant on the Cumberland River, and the town remained an industrial community afterward.

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PublisherE. C. Kropp Co.

OLD HICKORY—NEAR NASHVILLE—TENN.—69 --- 22036 OLD HICKORY, TENN. Old Hickory, situated a few miles south of Nashville, on the Cumberland River, presents excellent industrial conditions and ideal housing facilities. The DuPont Rayon Company has several completed units, operating on a twenty-four hour schedule, with a constantly increasing force, at present numbering approximately six thousand. POST CARD PLACE STAMP HERE MADE IN U.S.A. BY E. C. KROPP CO., MILWAUKEE, WIS.

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Postcard record

Publisher	E. C. Kropp Co.
Series	69
Condition	Very good
Place depicted	Old Hickory, TN
Place mentioned	Nashville, TN
Publisher	E. C. Kropp Co., Milwaukee, WI
Notes	White border; visible linen crosshatch texture; card number 69 printed at the end of the caption. No postmark or cancellation; unused card. Divided-back linen-texture card with white border, printed description of Old Hickory, Tenn. and DuPont Rayon Company; light foxing/staining on the address half.

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Old Hickory industrial plant, near Nashville, Tennessee, circa 1940, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/old-hickory-industrial-plant-near-nashville-tennessee-circa. Accessed October 25, 2026.