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Source Collection
Commercial Appeal newspaper morgue, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries
Identifier
sc.0452.01.008_004.01.002
Description
Opened in 1913 at 329 Beale, the Daisy Theater was the prime entertainment venue for African-American performers well in the 1960s. In the 1980s it was extensively renovated and reopened after years of disrepair.
Date Created
6-2-2021
Date
1966 October
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Recommended Citation
"Old Daisy Theater, Memphis, TN, 1966" (2021). Memphis. 89.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-commercialappeal4/89
Keywords
Theaters--Tennessee--Memphis.
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