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Source Collection
Commercial Appeal newspaper morgue, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries
Identifier
sc.0452.01.060_03.02.001
Description
Concert at the Shell at Overton Park, Memphis, Tennessee, 1957. The Overton Park Shell (now called the Levitt Shell) is an open air amphitheater built in 1936. Elvis Presley played his first paid concert there on July 30, 1954.
Date Created
7-14-2021
Date
1957 July
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Recommended Citation
"Overton Park Shell, Memphis, Tennessee, 1957" (2021). Memphis. 222.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-commercialappeal4/222
Keywords
Overton Park (Memphis, Tenn.), Memphis (Tenn.)--Music., Memphis (Tenn.)--Landmarks.
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