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Source Collection
Commercial Appeal newspaper morgue, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries
Identifier
sc.0452.01.003_02.012
Description
The Wilson Drug Company building at the northeast corner of Beale and Fourth Streets, Memphis, Tennessee, in April 1969. This, and the neighboring building, were demolished during the Beale Street Urban Renewal Project. Note on the verso of the photograph states that these buildings had been damaged in the previous year's riots.
Date Created
7-19-2021
Date
1969 April
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Recommended Citation
"Wilson Drug Company, Beale Street, Memphis, 1969" (2021). Memphis. 262.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-commercialappeal4/262
Keywords
Beale Street (Memphis, Tenn.), Urban renewal.
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