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Source Collection
John A. Elkington Beale Street collection
Identifier
sc.0494.005_027.001
Description
Photograph of the Rufus Thomas, Jr., sign dedication on Beale Street near B. B. King Boulevard in downtown Memphis, TN, 1990s. It shows Rufus Thomas, Jr., Isaac Hayes hugging with John A. Elkington behind them in the pink shirt and tie.
As a commercial developer, John A. Elkington and his real estate company spearheaded the move to resuscitate Beale from an abandoned and decayed, but historic street, into a thriving commercial and entertainment area. The materials in this collection regard the redevelopment of Beale Street as a commercial and tourist entertainment district, predominately from the 1980s to the early 2000s.
Date Created
2024
Date
1990s
Recommended Citation
"Photograph, Rufus Thomas, Jr., sign dedication, Beale Street, Memphis, TN, 1990s" (2024). Images. 19.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-elkingtonja2/19
Keywords
Photographs--20th Century; Beale Street (Memphis, Tenn.); Redevelopment, Urban
