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Source Collection
Commercial Appeal newspaper morgue, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries
Identifier
sc.0452.01.008_004.05.001
Description
Opened in 1931 at 51 S. Cooper, Memphis, Tennessee, The Memphian operated as a movie theater until 1985. Then it was bought and renovated into a live theater in 1986 under the name Playhouse on the Square.
Date Created
7-2-2021
Date
1972 October 12
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Recommended Citation
"Memphian Theater, Memphis, TN, 1972" (2021). Memphis. 80.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-commercialappeal4/80
Keywords
Theaters--Tennessee--Memphis.
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