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Source Collection
Memphis Press-Scimitar newspaper morgue, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries
Identifier
sc.0475.54338_01.001.01
Description
Lauderdale Courts was developed in the 1930s as a housing project for whites. Elvis Presley and his family lived there when they first moved to Memphis from Mississippi in 1949.
Date Created
6-28-2021
Recommended Citation
"Lauderdale Courts, Memphis, Tennessee" (2021). Buildings. 41.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-mpressscimitar7/41
Keywords
Lauderdale Courts (Memphis, Tenn.), Public housing--Tennessee--Memphis, Presley, Elvis 1935-1977
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