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Source Collection
Grover Edward McCarver memorial collection, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries
Identifier
sc.0466.006_Theatres.001.jpg
Description
The Grand Opera House opened in 1890 at the corner of Main and Beale. It was renamed the Hopkins Grand Opera in 1900 and later the Orpheum in 1907. The building burned down in 1923 and a new grander Orpheum was built 5 years later on the same foundation.
Date Created
6-15-2021
Date
circa 1906
Recommended Citation
"Grand Opera House, Memphis, TN, c. 1906" (2021). Postcards. 23.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-mccarver1/23
Keywords
Postcards--Tennessee--Memphis, Postcards--20th century, Memphis (Tenn.)--photographs
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Archival Statement
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