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Graceland New Graceland Historical Exhibit Focuses on Elvis's
Life In Memphis
Graceland:
Vintage Black & White photos by famous Memphian photographer
Don Newman help tell the story of where Elvis lived, worked,
shopped & performed.
Memphis
Heritage involved with Exhibit and will benefit from special
Calendar. Visitors to Graceland this year will be treated
to an extraordinary new exhibit about Elvis's life in Memphis,
featuring several mural-size Don Newman photographs taken
in the late 30's, 40's, 50's and displayed with Elvis artifacts
from the Graceland Archives.
The
"Elvis Presley's Memphis" exhibit is located in the Sincerely
Elvis Museum in the visitor center complex across the street
from Graceland Mansion. The exhibit, which will be in place
for one year, explores Elvis Presley's ties to the city he
loved and called home, and was mounted with the support of
Memphis Heritage, a local historical organization.
The
new exhibit includes a downtown Goldsmith's department store
display featuring a Newman photo of the Main Street landmark
from the days when Elvis shopped at the city's finest store.
Items in that display include a record cabinet, a phone lamp
and a black circular chair with leopard print seat cushion
- all purchased by Elvis at the downtown Goldsmith's - plus
samples from Elvis's personal record collection.
The
exhibit follows the life of Elvis in Memphis through other
displays such as The Claridge Hotel, Lansky Bros., Mid-South
Coliseum, Lowenstein's and the Sears superstore on Cleveland.
The Britling's Cafeteria display is dedicated to Elvis's mother
Gladys, who once worked at the local restaurant, and offers
a rare look at some of her personal effects and the Presley's
1953 tax return.
The
exhibit was made possible with the help of Memphis Heritage.
The organization's annual fundraising Memphis Heritage calendar
is sponsored entirely by Elvis Presley Enterprises, and is
a unique 18-month edition featuring Newman photographs of
Memphis as they relate to Elvis and the Memphis he knew. The
content is supplemented by anecdotes and images of artifacts
and documents from the Graceland Archives.
The
calendar is available on www.memphisheritage.org and
in Graceland stores and elsewhere in the city.
Contact:
for Elvis Presley Enterprises David Beckwith, 323-845-9836
david@thebeckwithcompany.com
(News,
Source: EPE, 3 March 2005)
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