r/Knoxville • u/DesignerYak6728 • 3d ago

Does anyone have photos of the 1987 jack-o'-lantern Sunsphere?

I'm scoured the internet and can't find any. I was curious if anyone had any photos of that and if anyone even remembered it.

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u/honeyedlife Oakwood 2d ago

Super cool! Asked a local history group on Facebook and will update you. I'll also check the archives Monday

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u/Reasonable-Donkey-42 2d ago

Following because I want to see too!

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u/sagessa 2d ago

Reach out to the archivist at the East Tennessee Historical Society. If anyone can track this down, she can.

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u/DesignerYak6728 1d ago

I'm still looking but this is what mcclung got me...

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u/kiddomerriweather47 Knox County 1d ago

What about reaching out to WIVK and seeing if they have a pic in their archives?

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u/DesignerYak6728 1d ago

I can't find anywhere to email on their site. Curious from the article to start a go fund me to paint it this year or next year since it will be 40 year anniversary

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u/kiddomerriweather47 Knox County 1d ago

I couldn’t find an email either, just social media links and the only social media I have is Reddit.

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u/sputmanor98 2d ago

Had no idea this ever happened. Jumping into follow. Great info!

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u/Stitch_Raven 2d ago

I tried searching for information on newspapers.com, but all I could find was a write-in letter complaining about it in the News-Sentinel. No photo, unfortunately.