“We’re not out of the woods yet. We could still become a parking lot.” ~Hillsman Lee Wright, Orpheum project manager, in September, 1978 In the…
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Tag: Memphis History
The Basement is Open: the First Set of Items out of the A. Schwab Collection to be Released
A. Schwab, DIG Memphis, and StoryBoard Memphis release the first few thousand digitally scanned items from the A. Schwab Collection with a Digital Scavenger Hunt…
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Wayne Dowdy’s Dateline: Memphis February – April 1962
This article originally appeared in Volume I, Issue II of StoryBoard Memphis Quarterly in March 2022. Your correspondent takes you to events that occurred in February, March,…
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A. Schwab Archives: Box 1 Finds and Theories
This article originally appeared in Volume I, Issue II of StoryBoard Memphis Quarterly in March 2022. As I stood in the basement at A. Schwab looking over…
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Victory House in Court Square: WWII in Memphis
On the evening of May 13, 1942, a bugler called Assembly in front of a small house in Downtown Memphis’s Court Square. The Bartlett High…
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East End Park: Memphis’s First Amusement Park
East End Park has a mythical quality about it. Where was it? When was it? Are you sure that it was in Memphis? Was there a roller coaster there,…
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Before the Tigers: The First University of Memphis
The University of Memphis, with its multiple campuses, R1 research designation, and high achieving NCAA Division 1 sports program, is an anchor in the Memphis…
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Who Is The Hiker & Why Is He There?
This article originally appeared in Volume I, Issue I of StoryBoard Memphis Quarterly in November 2021. Looking out over the Central and East Parkway intersection, tucked back…
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Saving, Sacrificing and Sailing: A Tom Lee Poem
Saving, Sacrificing and Sailing By Jeanine Jones No walking on water or calming the sea Though, like the savior, he stretched his hands to thee…
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East Buntyn: Historic Neighborhood in the Center of Memphis
East Buntyn Historic District Neighborhood East Buntyn is a well-defined and compact neighborhood bounded by Greer Street, Central Avenue, Highland Street, and Southern Avenue. The…
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