Here’s a real Throwback Thursday post for ya! Snapped inside the Sears Crosstown building here in Memphis, this sign is a fun reminder of the history of this iconic building. It’s being completely revamped in the next few years which is really exciting. Until we all enjoy the updated digs for art, education, and health […]
An employee at Leahy’s tells us this was their park sometime in the 80’s. Isn’t it lovely? If you have your own photos of Memphis during past holiday seasons, we ask that you please submit them so that we may see what this city looked like in Christmastime during the lives of others among us! […]
A written word from the dapper Jeremy Greene himself… “Dear Internets, Here is the account of the Memphis Type photographs. One summer, I had an intern who was learning digital photography. I had the idea that an interesting way to help teach some technique was to do an actual project rather than point at […]
“And we’ve got a sign out here now that was Graceland Liquor Store that was an old-type neon sign across the street from Graceland. And it’s just sitting on the shop out here.” Jeff Balton, of Balton Sign Co., so kindly presented me a tour of their great sign shop which holds a fascinating […]
Video via www.agilitynut.com/sca/roto.html There are only few functional Roto-Spheres (or Sputniks) on this planet and Memphis holds one of them. Take a viewing of this dazzling footage by the inventor Warren Milks, compiled by Debra Jane Seltzer of RoadsideArchitecture.com. In this video there are Roto-Spheres as well as their “siblings,” Turn-Stars and Roto-Rings. Debra Jane […]
So there’s this blog full of eclectic wonder called Messy Nessy Chic that I really love. I could get lost for hours (but I don’t… willpower y’all!) This post documenting the “ghost signs” photographed by Derek Stenborg was too good not to share, especially here. Painted ads are always catching my eye. I bet they […]
In poring through the Universal Life Insurance Company’s commemorative books, I’ve realized there were quite a lot of beauty queens who were crowned and represented the company. I would love to interview any Miss Universals out there to learn more about how these queens were crowned and what your role was like. If you once […]
You may have recently seen creepy Peter Pan at the Children’s Museum but did you know he was once employed by Peter Pan’s Pantry as their sign boy? The lad seems pretty happy wherever he goes. I think he likes Memphis. Now who can recall where the location of Peter Pan’s Pantry was?
At different art shows I’ve had people come up to me and ask if this painting is of Casey’s Motel on Elvis Presley Blvd or Bellevue. And the answer is both! Drive far enough south on S. Bellevue and you’ll discover at some point Elvis Presley Blvd occupies the street name, though there was a […]
Leahy’s was inspirational for a lot of writers, artists, and musicians like Charlie Musselwhite. He wrote in the liner notes of his 2002 album One Night in America… Where I grew up, if I went out the back gate I was in Leahy’s Trailer Court. I had a lot of friends there and hung out […]