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Source Collection
Memphis Press-Scimitar newspaper morgue, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries
Identifier
sc.0475.0110a_08.11
Description
Fortune's Jungle Garden, located at 1129 Union Avenue, Memphis, in 1962, was started by restaurateur Harold Fortune and was purported to be one of the first drive-in restaurants. The neon sign dated back to around 1929 and was the first in Memphis.
Date Created
6-28-2021
Date
1960s
Recommended Citation
"Fortune's Jungle Garden, Memphis, Tennessee, 1962" (2021). Buildings. 40.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-mpressscimitar7/40
Keywords
Drive-in restaurants--Tennessee--Memphis, Memphis (Tenn.)--Landmarks
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