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RE: Memphis Landmarks - Cletus - 02-08-2016 06:00 PM

(02-08-2016 01:45 AM)snowtiger Wrote:  Also found this. Gotta be the oldest credit card known to man, from the late forties/early fifties: A metal card with raised name and address, encased in embossed leather. Says Memphis on one side and Charge Plate Service on the other. I wonder what Memphis stores took these charge plates. Does anyone know?

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Goldsmith's, Lowenstein's, & Gerber's used similar plates.

Maybe more.

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RE: Memphis Landmarks - Tiger46 - 02-09-2016 01:05 PM

(02-08-2016 01:34 AM)snowtiger Wrote:  So I'm a little late to get the savings on a car washy. I found the coupon in an old wallet of my dad's while cleaning out a drawer.

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I miss Mr Pride. Was loyal customer of the one on Poplar for 30+ years before we moved. First car I took through there was my 72 Grand Prix that I had when I first moved to Memphis.


RE: Memphis Landmarks - Cletus - 02-10-2016 03:50 PM

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Man exiting Memphis Street Railway streetcar #320 on the National Ave. line, Memphis TN - Circa 1947
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RE: Memphis Landmarks - Cletus - 02-11-2016 03:38 PM

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Old Shelby County Jail, Captured illegal stills, Auction & Front St., Memphis TN - Circa 1922

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Old Shelby County Jail, Front St at Auction Ave., Memphis TN - Circa 1918

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Print of Old Shelby County Jail, Front St at Auction Ave., Memphis TN


RE: Memphis Landmarks - Cletus - 02-18-2016 02:54 PM

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Civil War street map with public places and city blocks numbered and keyed to the City Directory Plan, Memphis TN - Circa 1861

Huge Hi-Res file

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RE: Memphis Landmarks - snowtiger - 02-25-2016 12:20 PM

I never heard of this place but it was in my mom's stuff that she kept for almost 70 years....so I brought it back with me. Guess what's inside.


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RE: Memphis Landmarks - Redbanksdog - 02-25-2016 03:08 PM

(02-25-2016 12:20 PM)snowtiger Wrote:  I never heard of this place but it was in my mom's stuff that she kept for almost 70 years....so I brought it back with me. Guess what's inside.


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The Silver Slipper was in the county, on Macon Road, just outside the city border. And it was "the place to be" in the 1940s and 1950s. The food and music were very good. It was built of white stucco with a tile roof and rows of arched windows. And on the sign at the main entrance sported a huge illuminated slipper. It was considered "Memphis' most luxurious nightclub". In addition to the fine dining and dancing, there was gambling. Generations of Memphians spent many evenings there. The Silver Slipper operated off and on from 1929 until it was destroyed by a fire in 1958.

What's inside??


RE: Memphis Landmarks - snowtiger - 02-26-2016 03:01 AM

The Silver Slipper was in the county, on Macon Road, just outside the city border. And it was "the place to be" in the 1940s and 1950s. The food and music were very good. It was built of white stucco with a tile roof and rows of arched windows. And on the sign at the main entrance sported a huge illuminated slipper. It was considered "Memphis' most luxurious nightclub". In addition to the fine dining and dancing, there was gambling. Generations of Memphians spent many evenings there. The Silver Slipper operated off and on from 1929 until it was destroyed by a fire in 1958.


party time

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RE: Memphis Landmarks - Cletus - 03-11-2016 07:16 PM

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Dr. McCleaves Clinic, 475 Vance, Memphis TN - Circa 1937
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RE: Memphis Landmarks - Cletus - 03-14-2016 11:48 PM

(03-11-2016 07:16 PM)Cletus Wrote:  [Image: 25225330669_fb9a4fe178_b.jpg]

Dr. McCleaves Clinic, 475 Vance, Memphis TN - Circa 1937
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From Memphis Museums ...............

Madame Florence C. McCleave, musician and opera singer

Madame Florence Cole Talbert McCleave was the first black person to sing a fully staged Aida in Europe. She taught music at Tuskegee, Fisk and Rust colleges. She married Dr. Benjamin F. McCleave of Memphis, and taught music at her home at 475 Vance. She organized the Memphis Music Association, wrote articles for the Tri-State Defender and gave recitals to raise money for schools and churches. She also brought such singers as Marian Anderson and Roland Hayes to Memphis.

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Florence Cole Talbert-McCleave (born Florence Cole, June 17, 1890 – April 3, 1961) was an African-American soprano born in Detroit, Michigan. Her family moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1910, where Talbert was the first African American to attend Los Angeles High School. She subsequently studied at the University of Southern California and in Chicago, Illinois, at the Chicago Musical College in 1916. She began singing in New York City in 1918, and later married a pianist and director named William P. Talbert. In 1924, she traveled to Europe to play in Aïda, and returned to the United States three years later. Talbert was one of the first African-American women to record commercially. In 1919 she recorded three songs for the Broome Special Phonograph label, including "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen" and "Villanelle". In 1921 she recorded at least four titles for the new Black Swan label, and in 1924 recorded two additional titles for Paramount Records.


Florence Cole Talbert
After retirement, Talbert became a singing teacher in Los Angeles, and also composed the words to Delta Sigma Theta's official hymn. She eventually moved to Memphis, Tennessee, and married Dr. Benjamin F. McCleave. She taught in historically black colleges and universities such as Fisk University, Tuskegee University and Rust College. Talbert died in Memphis in 1961.

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RE: Memphis Landmarks - memp600 - 03-23-2016 06:43 PM

What about the United Equipment tower on Lamar? What's the history on that building?


RE: Memphis Landmarks - Cletus - 03-23-2016 09:57 PM

(03-23-2016 06:43 PM)memp600 Wrote:  What about the United Equipment tower on Lamar? What's the history on that building?






RE: Memphis Landmarks - Cletus - 03-30-2016 09:32 PM

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Confederate States of America receipt of over $2500 of ordnance from the firm of Quinby & Robinson, Memphis TN - Circa 1862

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RE: Memphis Landmarks - tigerjeb - 04-01-2016 09:30 PM

(02-11-2016 03:38 PM)Cletus Wrote:  [Image: 24962007925_fbe63c9587_o.jpg]

Old Shelby County Jail, Front St at Auction Ave., Memphis TN - Circa 1918

ive always been told that the brick wall as you go over the auction st bridge from the east side is original from the old jail and the iron work along front street is also original to the old jail, just reused in newer construction

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RE: Memphis Landmarks - Cletus - 04-03-2016 10:34 PM

(04-01-2016 09:30 PM)tigerjeb Wrote:  
(02-11-2016 03:38 PM)Cletus Wrote:  [Image: 24962007925_fbe63c9587_o.jpg]

Old Shelby County Jail, Front St at Auction Ave., Memphis TN - Circa 1918

ive always been told that the brick wall as you go over the auction st bridge from the east side is original from the old jail and the iron work along front street is also original to the old jail, just reused in newer construction

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If you look at the photo from 1918 of the brick fence & iron work & compare it to your pic they match.

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RE: Memphis Landmarks - Tiger46 - 04-04-2016 10:05 AM

(03-23-2016 06:43 PM)memp600 Wrote:  What about the United Equipment tower on Lamar? What's the history on that building?

What was that place used for?


RE: Memphis Landmarks - Cletus - 04-05-2016 04:39 PM

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Plane owned by W.L. Gatz Jr, cotton farmer of Paragould AR sank at anchorage at Wolf River & taken to cobblestone levee to dry out, Memphis TN - Circa 1952

From the CA's Mid-South Memories


RE: Memphis Landmarks - Cletus - 04-05-2016 04:42 PM

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Silky Sullivan's at St. Patrick's Day Pub Crawl, Downtown Mid-America Mall, Memphis TN


RE: Memphis Landmarks - Cletus - 04-05-2016 06:07 PM

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Sears & Roebuck Laurelwood store, 4570 Poplar Ave. at Perkins Extended, Memphis TN - Circa 1958
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RE: Memphis Landmarks - Cletus - 04-09-2016 05:41 PM

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Court Square during the United Confederate Veterans Convention, Memphis TN - Circa 1909
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