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Source Collection
Memphis Press-Scimitar newspaper morgue, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries
Identifier
sc.0475.0312a_002.001
Description
South Main Street, Memphis, Tennessee, circa 1942. Loews' State Theater at 152 S. Main is at right. The photograph was taken after the lights were turned off for a blackout during World War II. A blackout drill was held in June 1942 across Tennessee and this photograph may have been taken on that evening.
Date Created
6-30-2021
Date
circa 1942
Recommended Citation
"Main Street, Memphis, circa 1942" (2021). Memphis. 66.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-mpressscimitar5/66
Keywords
Streets--Tennessee--Memphis., Blackouts in war.
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