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RE: Memphis Landmarks - Hernando Hills Tiger - 09-18-2017 07:06 PM

(09-17-2017 10:53 PM)AlonsoWDC Wrote:
(09-14-2017 03:47 AM)Cletus Wrote:

Memphis Fairgrounds Art Deco Entrance, East Parkway South, Memphis TN - Circa 1956

What intersection is this, Young?

Down from Young. It is across from what I think now is a pawn shop but back then was a restaurant. The traffic light was for a cross walk.

RE: Memphis Landmarks - karter25 - 09-18-2017 08:54 PM

(09-15-2017 01:00 PM)Cletus Wrote:

Gay Hawk Restaurant, 685 S Danny Thomas Blvd, Memphis TN
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I wouldn't want to spend any time there these days.

RE: Memphis Landmarks - karter25 - 09-18-2017 08:59 PM

(09-18-2017 07:06 PM)Hernando Hills Tiger Wrote:
(09-17-2017 10:53 PM)AlonsoWDC Wrote:
(09-14-2017 03:47 AM)Cletus Wrote:

Memphis Fairgrounds Art Deco Entrance, East Parkway South, Memphis TN - Circa 1956

What intersection is this, Young?

Down from Young. It is across from what I think now is a pawn shop but back then was a restaurant. The traffic light was for a cross walk.

Wasn't it the Farrisview? 2 Polar Bear statues.

Went thru that very intersection twice today.

RE: Memphis Landmarks - Hernando Hills Tiger - 09-18-2017 09:30 PM

(09-18-2017 08:59 PM)karter25 Wrote:
(09-18-2017 07:06 PM)Hernando Hills Tiger Wrote:
(09-17-2017 10:53 PM)AlonsoWDC Wrote:
(09-14-2017 03:47 AM)Cletus Wrote:

Memphis Fairgrounds Art Deco Entrance, East Parkway South, Memphis TN - Circa 1956

What intersection is this, Young?

Down from Young. It is across from what I think now is a pawn shop but back then was a restaurant. The traffic light was for a cross walk.

Wasn't it the Farrisview? 2 Polar Bear statues.

Went thru that very intersection twice today.

Fairview I think. I couldn't remember the name.

RE: Memphis Landmarks - Hernando Hills Tiger - 09-18-2017 09:32 PM

"The Fairview Drive In - Steaks - Pit Bar-B-Q - Chicken" and "Old Fashioned Frozen Custard"

The drive-in closed and it's now a pawn shop but the two polar bears are still standing out front.

Happy Hocker Fairview, 975 E. Parkway S. - right across the street from the Fairgrounds

a nice watercolor of the Fairview from around the same time by Memphis artist and art teacher Helen Stahl: http://www.flickr.com/photos/51992558@N00/4874537854

RE: Memphis Landmarks - Cletus - 09-19-2017 02:54 PM

(09-17-2017 10:53 PM)AlonsoWDC Wrote:
(09-14-2017 03:47 AM)Cletus Wrote:

Memphis Fairgrounds Art Deco Entrance, East Parkway South, Memphis TN - Circa 1956

What intersection is this, Young?

About half a block from Young Ave.

The City tore this Gate down in the early 60's.

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RE: Memphis Landmarks - dan o - 09-19-2017 07:22 PM

(09-19-2017 02:54 PM)Cletus Wrote:
(09-17-2017 10:53 PM)AlonsoWDC Wrote:
(09-14-2017 03:47 AM)Cletus Wrote:

Memphis Fairgrounds Art Deco Entrance, East Parkway South, Memphis TN - Circa 1956

What intersection is this, Young?

About half a block from Young Ave.

City tore this Gate down in the early 60's.

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They must have thought it was a Confederate totem pole

RE: Memphis Landmarks - karter25 - 09-19-2017 08:40 PM

(09-19-2017 08:34 PM)snowtiger Wrote: Look at those automobiles. The grills. I always thought they were big moufs with eyes.

Great examples of classic Detroit built cars. Chrome bumpers that weigh 50lbs or more. Todays bumpers are nothing more than a vinyl cover on a piece of styrofoam.

RE: Memphis Landmarks - AlonsoWDC - 09-19-2017 08:56 PM

I didn't realize the world was that colorful in 1956.

RE: Memphis Landmarks - Cletus - 09-20-2017 03:26 AM

(09-14-2017 03:47 AM)Cletus Wrote:

Memphis Fairgrounds Art Deco Entrance, East Parkway South, Memphis TN - Circa 1956

About 10 years earlier

Memphis Fairgrounds Art Deco Entrance, East Parkway South, Memphis TN - Circa 1946

RE: Memphis Landmarks - Hernando Hills Tiger - 09-23-2017 12:02 PM

music

RE: Memphis Landmarks - Cletus - 09-23-2017 05:12 PM

(09-23-2017 12:24 PM)snowtiger Wrote: I wanted them to spin in a circle and throw out free dreamsicles.
They were so round. lol. Did they backup?

Absolutely; they had a standard gear box with a stick shift

RE: Memphis Landmarks - Cletus - 10-01-2017 11:59 PM

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Police Riot Squad after assasination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Main St., Memphis TN - Circa 1968
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RE: Memphis Landmarks - Cletus - 10-08-2017 10:50 PM

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Victoria Station Restaurant, S. Mendenhall Rd., Memphis TN
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RE: Memphis Landmarks - Cletus - 10-12-2017 06:47 PM

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Memphis Chicks Team Photo, Tim McCarver Stadium, Memphis TN - Circa 1981
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RE: Memphis Landmarks - Cletus - 10-15-2017 05:55 PM

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Brother & Sister posing with the Merrymobile Ice Cream Vendor, Memphis TN - Circa 1959
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RE: Memphis Landmarks - MemTigers1998 - 10-16-2017 09:41 AM

(10-08-2017 10:50 PM)Cletus Wrote:

Victoria Station Restaurant, S. Mendenhall Rd., Memphis TN
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Was that the place with the old railroad caboose? I had totally forgotten about it.

RE: Memphis Landmarks - MemTigers1998 - 10-16-2017 09:51 AM

(10-12-2017 06:47 PM)Cletus Wrote:

Memphis Chicks Team Photo, Tim McCarver Stadium, Memphis TN - Circa 1981
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Razor Shines and Terry Francona in there

RE: Memphis Landmarks - UofMark - 10-16-2017 01:35 PM

(10-16-2017 09:51 AM)MemTigers1998 Wrote:
(10-12-2017 06:47 PM)Cletus Wrote:

Memphis Chicks Team Photo, Tim McCarver Stadium, Memphis TN - Circa 1981
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Razor Shines and Terry Francona in there

Plus the man in the second row, red collar with white shirt is Jeff Porter. He has been with the Atlanta Braves 33 years now, the past many as their head athletic trainer. On a sad side note, Porter's wife was killed in a auto accident with a Georgia state trooper in 2011.

http://m.mlb.com/news/article/44983578/trooper-sentenced-in-death-of-braves-trainers-wife/

RE: Memphis Landmarks - MemTigers1998 - 10-16-2017 02:12 PM

(10-16-2017 01:35 PM)UofMark Wrote: Plus the man in the second row, red collar with white shirt is Jeff Porter. He has been with the Atlanta Braves 33 years now, the past many as their head athletic trainer. On a sad side note, Porter's wife was killed in a auto accident with a Georgia state trooper in 2011.

http://m.mlb.com/news/article/44983578/trooper-sentenced-in-death-of-braves-trainers-wife/

Didn't know that. Really would love for the Redbirds to offer that "M" cap as part of their Chicks throwback items. I had one as a kid and even had an old plastic batting helmet like that that my grandfather bought me at Timmy Mac.