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Source Collection
Memphis Press-Scimitar newspaper morgue, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries
Identifier
sc.0475.0235a_011.003
Description
This granite obelisk was erected in 1954, two years after the death of Tom Lee, in a section of the Memphis riverfront renamed in his honor. Lee had saved 32 passengers from the sinking steamboat "M.E. Norman" in 1925. The obelisk was knocked over by wind in 2003 and again in 2017.
Date Created
6-28-2021
Date
1950s
Recommended Citation
"Tom Lee Memorial obelisk, Memphis, TN, 1954" (2021). Memphis. 3.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-mpressscimitar5/3
Keywords
Lee, Tom, 1885-1952, Public parks--Tennessee--Memphis
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Archival Statement
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