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The "Catch All" Page |
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From time
to time, various items, photos, and articles are sent to this website which don't
exactly fit into any of the established Menu Categories. If
you don't find something anywhere else, it will probably be on this page.
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The ice cream shop is located on the corner of Bryan-Chelsea in the
Hollywood area. The building is still there.
The boys are wearing ROTC uniforms, which appear to be the type worn
during 1938 to 1942. The patch on one boy's arm could be a
"panther", indicating Messick HS.
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Mary Mount Curry was
going through her brother, Charlie Mount's belongings and found a
negative. She developed the negative and the photo above
appeared. She's trying to find out the names of the boys in
the photo. Mary writes:
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"The
ice cream store was long gone by the time I was old enough to have
remembered it. I was born in 1944, however, my brothers were born in
1924, 1926, 1928. This photo was in one of my brother Charlie
Mount's collection. I have no idea who these boys are but I think
they would enjoy seeing themselves in this picture. The street sign
behind the boys says BR the rest is blocked. My cousins Dolores and
Richard Martin were the ones who remembered the ice cream shop and
its location at Bryan and Chelsea. I would guess that this was
taken around the late thirties since it was in Charlie's photos and
he was born in 1926".
Email: Gene
Gill - gene.gill@verizon.net
or Mary Mount Curry -
MaryHere123@aol.com |
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Can you find
the "Poplar Avenue Castle"?
Maureen
Thoni White came across these aerial photos of Memphis in 1937
and in 1951. The old "Castle" is clearly visible in both
of them. Click on the small photos for an enlargement and
see if you can find it. |
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Aerial View of Memphis, 1937
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Aerial View of Memphis, 1951
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We
receive photos... |
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Don Arant, Tech
1961, sent
this photo of Elvis along with the comment that "Elvis liked feet".
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Posted 8/28/2010 |
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Elaine
Brademeyer McAdams, Tech 1957,
sent this photo of the Fairgrounds
from the Commercial Appeal archives in 1953.
Posted 8/28/2010 |
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Dave
French, Tech
1969, sent these photos of
Tennessee License plates from 1905-1959. Posted 8/28/2010 |
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1905 - 1919 |
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1920 - 1929 |
1930 - 1939 |
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1940 - 1949 |
1950 - 1959 |
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Maureen Thoni White sent these
photos taken when Dave French, Tech 1969, visited from
Georgia. That's Dave and his Memphis family on the
right. (Dave is "into" Tennessee license plates).
Posted 8/29/2010
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FOUND!!! 1968 Tech Ladies Ring
-Posted
11/12/2009 |
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This 1968 Tech ladies ring was found in 1999 by a student
on the campus of El Segundo High School, El Segundo, California.
The student turned the ring over to Student Activities at the
California school. They had no success in locating the
owner, so they sent the ring to Robin Dean at the Pyramid Academy in
the old Tech Building in Memphis. Robin tried to locate the owner thru various
Tech records and finally in September of 2009, she found our website
and contacted us to help. We are now the 3rd party to have the
ring.
Ordinarily we
wouldn't mention that the ring has initials inside, but they happen
to be initials that fit ONLY ONE STUDENT in the class of 1968.
We believe that the ring belongs to MARY E. WRIGHT. But
we have not been able to locate Mary or anyone who knows her after
1968.
If anyone has any information about Mary - perhaps a married name,
the names of children or a relative, please contact Gene Gill <gene.gill@verizon.net>,
Dave French <Retired2007@gmail.com>,
or Rob Jolly <Actingrob@aol.com> |
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Mary E. Wright
'68 |
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Letter from El Segundo High |
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September 2009 - Carolyn Elliott
writes:
"Jimmy Crosthwait ...works as artist, washboard
player, and puppeteer. He's an eccentric type,
well-known in the Mid-south for his Pink Palace puppet
shows.
Although he didn't graduate from Tech,
he was a student in 1961-62. He recently
designed and played a percussion art work at a
memorial concert for another local legend and bandmate,
musician and producer Jim Dickinson". |
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Jimmy Crosthwait will play his "16 Gauge John
Cage Cymballic Gongs" at a Jim Dickinson tribute
Monday at the Levitt Shell. |
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Jim
Crosthwait - 1961 |
Jim Crosthwait -
around 2009 |
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Jimmy Crosthwait
on stage at the Levitt Shell, Sep 2009 |
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