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Memphis in Color, 1944
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| Chris Wild
Posted on 10/20/2012 8:09:54 PM PDT by djone
Photograps of Memphis Tennesse in 1944. See whats playing at the Palace Theater or the New Daisy. Or get some chop suey....
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TOPICS: History; Society
KEYWORDS: memphis
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To: JaguarXKE
“Presidio Ave. California & Market Streets” emblazoned across the front of the cable car is a clue too, lol.
To: djone
I might add, I also question the authenticity of the photos.
I do, however, remember may sailors from Millington Navel
Air Station, dressed in their whites, spending weekend nights
downtown.
My father ran a large clothing store, (Bond Clothes) on Main Street.
From about 1950, age 6, I spent many Saturdays at the store.
I knew downtown quite well.
Today, it is all “gone with the wind”
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posted on
10/20/2012 8:36:47 PM PDT
by
AlexW
To: Revolting cat!
...TCB baby
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posted on
10/20/2012 8:43:08 PM PDT
by
djone
(He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy,)
To: yarddog
no relation to Miss Crump of the Andy Griffith ShowI had a crush on Helen Crump when I was a kid (why couldn't my 3rd grade teacher look like her???)
But I digress.....
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posted on
10/20/2012 8:45:21 PM PDT
by
llevrok
(By comparison to Obama, at least Nero could play a fiddle.)
To: djone
Bodyguard looks like he’s about to stomp on the photographer!
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posted on
10/20/2012 8:47:13 PM PDT
by
Kolath
To: djone
Young Elvis around that time TCBing!
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posted on
10/20/2012 8:50:58 PM PDT
by
Revolting cat!
(Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
To: djone
Much later after he got out of the Army. TCBing too!
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posted on
10/20/2012 8:52:15 PM PDT
by
Revolting cat!
(Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
To: djone
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posted on
10/20/2012 8:52:27 PM PDT
by
Taliesan
To: GGpaX4DumpedTea
” So where ever you are now...this is still the best country in the world...and we will reestablish the country as it was founded, only better.”
_________________________________________
I left the USSA for good in Jan 2005, moving first to central Europe, but I am now in my final home in the Philippines.
It is unlikely, especially if Obumbo is reelected, that the USA will recover to its former glory.
This November it will be sink or swim, or it will be
Gone with the Wind.
Another note about Memphis...
Before I left, Memphis was still 60 percent white.
It had the nation’s number one fire department and utility district. Light, Gas, and Water, all under one roof.
Today, Memphis is now 60% black, and they run everything.
Crime is rampant, the Utility system has been split up and sold to companies outside of the state.
I have only a daughter, age 30, left near Memphis.
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posted on
10/20/2012 8:54:20 PM PDT
by
AlexW
To: Dallas59
"No one looking down texting, no talking loud on smart phones, no BOOM BOOM from passing cars...."And NO pants on the women. They all wore dresses.
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posted on
10/20/2012 8:55:34 PM PDT
by
Spunky
(Those)
To: Revolting cat!
Dead if they stayed in Memphis. LOL
To: Revolting cat!
I have a photo of my father with Elvis, but I forgot how to post them here.
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posted on
10/20/2012 8:57:25 PM PDT
by
AlexW
To: djone
That was then. Today it's all in ruins (and black & white.)
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posted on
10/20/2012 9:00:44 PM PDT
by
Revolting cat!
(Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
To: AlexW
“I also question the authenticity of the photos.”
Why???????????
Except for the misplaced San Fran trolley pic, they all authentic.
The New Daisy Theater
www.newdaisy.com/
Entertainment venue on Beale Street. Offerings include musical performances and boxing; beer is served. Calendar of upcoming events, map, and general ...
Score: 24 / 30 - 15 Google reviews
330 Beale Street Memphis, TN 38103
(901) 525-8981
One of the other pics clearly says Beale Ave.
BTW. took me 5 seconds to find that info.
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posted on
10/20/2012 9:08:30 PM PDT
by
wolficatZ
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To: Revolting cat!
..TCB necklace
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posted on
10/20/2012 9:08:37 PM PDT
by
djone
(He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy,)
To: Revolting cat!
---Right back at ya-
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posted on
10/20/2012 9:11:49 PM PDT
by
djone
(He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy,)
To: Revolting cat!
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posted on
10/20/2012 9:12:49 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
(1793 French Jacobins and 2012 American Liberals have a lot in common.)
To: 2banana; Dallas59
That's the first thing I noticed was about the dress. No woman of any respectibility would be seen downtown without her Sunday dress on and most wore hats and gloves as well.
What a difference a generation makes. What is the purpose of a DRESS shop today?
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posted on
10/20/2012 9:14:40 PM PDT
by
annieokie
(O)
To: JaguarXKE
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posted on
10/20/2012 9:18:01 PM PDT
by
Conservative4Ever
(The Obamas = rude, crude and socially unacceptable)
To: djone
Oh, yeah?
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posted on
10/20/2012 9:18:09 PM PDT
by
Revolting cat!
(Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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