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Source Collection
Commercial Appeal newspaper morgue, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries
Identifier
sc.0452.01.045a_09.002
Description
Located on E. Parkway, the Fairgrounds Casino was built in 1930 and hosted public dances every Friday and Saturday night. It eventually became a basketball arena then was demolished in 1963.
Date Created
2021
Date
1963 August
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Recommended Citation
"Fairgrounds Casino, Memphis, 1963" (2021). Memphis. 336.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-commercialappeal4/336
Keywords
Dance halls--Tennessee--Memphis; Mid-South Fairgrounds
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