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Image 1 of 2: The Moskovitz family settled in Black Bottom, a former Nashville neighborhood comprised of poor white immigrants, in the 1870s along with immigrants and African American families. Attempting to support their growing families, the Moskovitz men opened a second hand shop that performed well. Their fortune did not last as adultery and murder divided the family. The brothers Barney and Clyde Moskovitz later worked together in business, but the family never escaped the notoriety of Barney’s crimes and Clyde’s madness. As of 2019, the Moskovitz Second Hand Shop was the Swingin’ Doors Saloon.
The Moskovitz family settled in Black Bottom, a former Nashville neighborhood comprised of poor white immigrants, in the 1870s along with immigrants and African American families. Attempting to support their growing families, the Moskovitz men opened a second hand shop that performed well. Their fortune did not last as adultery and murder divided the family. The brothers Barney and Clyde Moskovitz later worked together in business, but the family never escaped the notoriety of Barney’s crimes and Clyde’s madness. As of 2019, the Moskovitz Second Hand Shop was the Swingin’ Doors Saloon.
The Moskovitz family settled in Black Bottom, a former Nashville neighborhood comprised of poor white immigrants, in the 1870s along with immigrants and African American families. Attempting to support their growing families, the Moskovitz men opened a second hand shop that performed well. Their fortune did not last as adultery and murder divided the family. The brothers Barney and Clyde Moskovitz later worked together in business, but the family never escaped the notoriety of Barney’s crimes and Clyde’s madness. As of 2019, the Moskovitz Second Hand Shop was the Swingin’ Doors Saloon.

The Moskovitz family settled in Black Bottom, a former Nashville neighborhood comprised of poor white immigrants, in the 1870s along with immigrants and African American families. Attempting to support their growing families, the Moskovitz men opened a second hand shop that performed well. Their fortune did not last as adultery and murder divided the family. The brothers Barney and Clyde Moskovitz later worked together in business, but the family never escaped the notoriety of Barney’s crimes and Clyde’s madness. As of 2019, the Moskovitz Second Hand Shop was the Swingin’ Doors Saloon.

Moskovitz Second Hand Shop

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The Moskovitz family settled in Black Bottom, a former Nashville neighborhood comprised of poor white immigrants, in the 1870s along with immigrants and African American families. Attempting to support their growing families, the Moskovitz men opened a second hand shop that performed well. Their fortune did not last as adultery and murder divided the family. The brothers Barney and Clyde Moskovitz later worked together in business, but the family never escaped the notoriety of Barney’s crimes and Clyde’s madness. As of 2019, the Moskovitz Second Hand Shop was the Swingin’ Doors Saloon.

Title Moskovitz Second Hand Shop
Creator Nashville Historical Foundation
Author Kelsey Lamkin, MTSU Student; 2018
Date 1850s
Address 111 Fourth Avenue South, Nashville, TN, 37203
Type Building
Coverage Area 1
Source Barney Meyer Moskovitz, former owner; Clyde Moses Moskovitz, former owner
Contributor Swingin' Doors Saloon
Subject Businesses; Crime; Downtown; Immigration; New South; Race and Ethnicity
Keywords Adaptive Reuse, Buildings, Jewish History, Murders, Moskovitz Second Hand Shop
Rights CC BY-NC 4.0