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(02-07-2023 11:19 PM)Cletus Wrote: .
Another view of Mud Island & the Mississippi River
Mud Island, Wolf River Harbor, Downtown Airport on Mud Island & the Mississippi River looking north, Memphis TN - Circa 1966
US Corp of Engineers Dredge is working to clear shipping channel during low water. Erosion effects Mud Island.
Anyone remember when they had the Cotton Carnival in Tom Lee Park in the early 1960's ?
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Remember it well. The parades and midway. Downtown was packed with people. Good times.
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(02-08-2023 02:48 PM)tigerich Wrote: Remember it well. The parades and midway. Downtown was packed with people. Good times.
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(02-08-2023 03:34 PM)Redbanksdog Wrote: (02-08-2023 02:48 PM)tigerich Wrote: Remember it well. The parades and midway. Downtown was packed with people. Good times.
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Cotton Carnival Midway Entrance, Jefferson Ave at Riverside Dr., Memphis TN - Circa 1962
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(02-09-2023 01:07 AM)Cletus Wrote: .
Cotton Carnival Midway Entrance, Jefferson Ave at Riverside Dr., Memphis TN - Circa 1962
I knew you would have one,
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Tom Lee Park Monument, 30-foot granite obelisk, Memphis TN - Circa 1952
The obelisk at Tom Lee Park was constructed to honor "a worthy negro", Tom Lee (1885-1952), who single-handedly rescued 32 survivors of a sinking steamboat, the "M.E. Norman", in 1925 using only his 17 foot fishing boat. This monument was destroyed during a storm in June 2017.
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Traffic approaching the Frisco Yale Yards Bridge, Airways Boulevard, Memphis TN - Circa 1951
Note the Tennessee license plates in the shape of the state.
January 16, 1952 — U.S. Bureau of Public Roads at Washington is expected to reply soon on the long pending-recommendation of the Tennessee Highway Department that Airways Boulevard be declared a Federal highway project and thus become eligible for 50 percent Federal matching funds for widening and improvement, the rest to be contributed by state and local agencies. Major item would be construction of a new bridge — estimated to cost $1,500,000 — to replace the present narrow and dangerous structure spanning the Frisco Railroad's Yale Yards. The entire project would link Airways and Lamar with Highway 51, near Whitehaven, via Airways Boulevard and Winchester Road. Memphis General Depot (Army) at south end of bridge has threatened to cancel proposed $10,000,000 expansion unless the bridge bottleneck is removed. Architects are still working on warehouse plans, subject to decision later.
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Japanese Garden, Overton Park, Memphis TN - Circa 1940
The Japanese Garden at Overton Park was installed in the early 1900s by Robert Galloway, Memphis Park Commissioner. It was demolished in 1941 due to anti-Japanese sentiment after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
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Interesting contrast between Post #s 1747 & 1748
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(02-16-2023 04:23 PM)dan o Wrote: Interesting contrast between Post #s 1747 & 1748
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(02-18-2023 10:16 AM)Redbanksdog Wrote: (02-16-2023 04:23 PM)dan o Wrote: Interesting contrast between Post #s 1747 & 1748
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I think dan o' wants to start a kerfuffle ?
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(02-18-2023 08:03 PM)Cletus Wrote: (02-18-2023 10:16 AM)Redbanksdog Wrote: (02-16-2023 04:23 PM)dan o Wrote: Interesting contrast between Post #s 1747 & 1748
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I think dan o' wants to start a kerfuffle ?
Just a conversation perhaps
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Television host George Klein, on the set of Talent Party, WHBQ TV, 485 S. Highland St., Memphis TN - Circa 1968
The 12 young ladies were college students who appeared on the program for a fashion show. Seated (l to r): Marcia Swett, Terry Taylor. Standing (l to r): Anita Grayson, Pearlene Collins, Julie Adkins, Debora Curry, Michele Rosenthal, Laura Lewis, Becky Casey, Joy Wimberly, Yvette Turner, and Ellen Elder.
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(02-20-2023 11:37 AM)Cletus Wrote: .
Television host George Klein, on the set of Talent Party, WJBQ TV, 485 S. Highland St., Memphis TN - Circa 1968
The 12 young ladies were college students who appeared on the program for a fashion show. Seated (l to r): Marcia Swett, Terry Taylor. Standing (l to r): Anita Grayson, Pearlene Collins, Julie Adkins, Debora Curry, Michele Rosenthal, Laura Lewis, Becky Casey, Joy Wimberly, Yvette Turner, and Ellen Elder.
so mod
i really loved talking to george at the memphis basketball games
such great stories
(and rufus at the bar in bb kings)
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(02-20-2023 11:37 AM)Cletus Wrote: .
Television host George Klein, on the set of Talent Party, WJBQ TV, 485 S. Highland St., Memphis TN - Circa 1968
The 12 young ladies were college students who appeared on the program for a fashion show. Seated (l to r): Marcia Swett, Terry Taylor. Standing (l to r): Anita Grayson, Pearlene Collins, Julie Adkins, Debora Curry, Michele Rosenthal, Laura Lewis, Becky Casey, Joy Wimberly, Yvette Turner, and Ellen Elder.
Shouldn't it be WHBQ ?
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(02-20-2023 06:22 PM)Redbanksdog Wrote: (02-20-2023 11:37 AM)Cletus Wrote: .
Television host George Klein, on the set of Talent Party, WJBQ TV, 485 S. Highland St., Memphis TN - Circa 1968
The 12 young ladies were college students who appeared on the program for a fashion show. Seated (l to r): Marcia Swett, Terry Taylor. Standing (l to r): Anita Grayson, Pearlene Collins, Julie Adkins, Debora Curry, Michele Rosenthal, Laura Lewis, Becky Casey, Joy Wimberly, Yvette Turner, and Ellen Elder.
Shouldn't it be WHBQ ?
Fixed it. Thanks .........
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Enjoyed going to dances downtown back then where George was the mc and the whbquties would show up sometimes. Everyone dressed in mod clothes (early beatles) for the guys.
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E. H. Crump Memorial Teaching Hospital for the black community under construction, corner of Jefferson Ave. & Dunlap St., Memphis TN - Circa 1954
The facility opened two years later in 1956.
In 1968 the Newborn Center opened its doors with a focus on reducing the infant mortality rate of African-Americans.
In 1983 the hospital was officially renamed the Regional Medical Center at Memphis, or The MED. The Elvis Presley Trauma Center also opened this year.
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Hey Cletus, after seeing your photos of the Wolf River recently I was wondering if you have any pics of the Wolf River in the Raleigh area? I have heard that people used to swim and party at a beach on that portion of the Wolf, back before water pollution became a problem.
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