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Source Collection
Twentieth century photograph collection, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries
Identifier
sc.0462.010_005.016
Description
The Memphis Auditorium on the corner of Poplar Avenue and Front Street, Memphis, Tennessee, in early 1925. The Auditorium opened officially in October 1924 offering a 30,000 square foot facility for conventions, exhibitions and theatrical productions with seating for 12,000 people. It also included a retail produce market. Memphis businessman Robert R. Ellis was the driving force behind the Auditorium and when he died in 1930, the building was named after him. Ellis Auditorium was demolished in 1999.
Date Created
2021
Date
1925
Recommended Citation
"Memphis Auditorium, 1925" (2021). Other images. 175.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-20thcenturyphoto3/175
Keywords
Auditoriums--Tennessee--Memphis.
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