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Source Collection
Twentieth century photograph collection, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries
Identifier
sc.0462.010_005.009
Description
Block on North Second Street opposite the northeast corner of Court Square, Memphis, Tennessee, under demolition around 1937. Constructed in 1860 as an office building, the Irving Block was a hospital in the early part of the Civil War and then became a notorious prison when Union forces occupied Memphis.
Date Created
2021
Date
circa 1937
Recommended Citation
"North Second Street block, Memphis" (2021). Other images. 261.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-20thcenturyphoto3/261
Keywords
Memphis (Tenn.)
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