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Elvis, an Auction, February 27th

Online Auction open to the public with rare items of Elvis Memorabilia and other Local Memphis Artists Morris Realty & Auction is hosting an online…

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It’s Tupelo, Honey

Ken Billett October 5, 2023 Elvis Elvis Presley Tupelo Mississippi

Words and photos by Ken Billett Wearing a royal blue golf shirt, featuring a logo or nametag on the chest, the woman beckoned to us…

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Before Libertyland: Memories of the Old Fairgrounds Amusement Park

Charlie Lambert September 8, 2023 East Parkway Elvis Presley Fairgrounds Fairgrounds Amusement Park LibertyLand Memphis Fairgrounds Memphis Heritage Keystone Mid-South Coliseum Zippin Pippin

Nothing says ‘Memphis’ like the old Fairgrounds Amusement Park of Memphis memories, beautifully captured here by fan-favorite Charlie Lambert. Originally published June 2019 for both…

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Elvis is My Co-Pilot

Ken Billett August 11, 2023 Elvis Elvis Presley Elvis Week

Word and photos by Ken Billett One unique advantage of living in Memphis, Tennessee, compared with other mid-sized American cities, is that everyone knows Memphis.…

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‘ANARCHY IN MEMPHIS’ Looking Back At The Infamous 1978 Fire (and Police) Department Strikes

Mark Fleischer July 5, 2023 1978 1978 Fire Department Strike Beale Street Cooper Street Downtown Memphis Elvis Elvis Presley Empty Lots Fire Firefighters Mayor Wyeth Chandler Memphis Memphis Development Foundation Memphis Police Department Strike The Orpheum Theatre Vance Avenue Vance-Pontotoc

A half-mile away, a two-alarm blaze was consuming the library on Vance. Once known as the “colored branch,” the Vance Library was the prime repository…

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Elvis Week Revisited: Elvis is Everywhere

Ken Billett August 19, 2021 Arizona Elvis Elvis Presley Verde Valley

A ‘Little’ Memphis in the Verde Valley, AZ Time Capsules – this story was originally published in December 2019 Story and Photos By Ken Billett…

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Wayne Dowdy’s Dateline: An Elvis Story, Memphis, August 20, 2020

Wayne Dowdy August 20, 2020 Elvis Elvis Presley Elvis Week

By G. Wayne Dowdy In another letter to Colonel John McLeod Keating, managing editor of the Memphis Daily Appeal during the 1878 yellow fever epidemic,…

Historic Preservation

Off the Endangered List: The Hotel Chisca

Gordon Alexander December 30, 2019 Dewey Phillips Elvis Presley Historic District Historic Preservation Hotel Chisca Memphis Heritage Keystone Sam Phillips South Main Arts District South Main Street Sun Studios WHBQ

Profile #1 in StoryBoard’s look at progress in historic preservation over the last decade HISTORIC PRESERVATION By Gordon Alexander Located at the corner of Martin…