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Source Collection
Commercial Appeal newspaper morgue, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries
Identifier
sc.0452.01.060_03.01.001
Description
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.
Date Created
7-14-2021
Date
1940 February
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Recommended Citation
"Japanese Garden, Overton Park, Memphis, TN, 1940" (2021). Memphis. 211.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-commercialappeal4/211
Keywords
Parks--Tennessee--Memphis., Overton Park (Memphis, Tenn.)
Archival Statement
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