Memphis, TN Photos

Memphis was put on the map by Elvis Presley & his home of Graceland. Memphis is also the town where Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel, now the National Civil Rights Museum. Fronted on the Mississippi River, Memphis offers steamboat river traffic, the jazz & nightlife of Beale Street, & antique trolleys in the streets.

See also: Tennessee, Graceland Mansion of Elvis Presley
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American Queen Riverboat at Mud Island with Interstate 40 bridge.

Riverboats on Mississippi River with Interstate 55 bridge.

Interstate 55 bridge crosses Mississippi River.

Antique River Loop Trolley acquired from Rio De Janeiro.

Antique Main Street Trolley.

Peabody Place.

Fanciful jazz musician figures in window of Memphis Music store on Beale Street.

Elvis Presley's Memphis Club on Beale Street, center of nightlife.

Gates of National Ornamental Metal Museum.

Detail of gate at National Ornamental Metal Museum.

Lorraine Motel where Martin Luther King was shot in Memphis is now National Civil Rights Museum.

Wreath on Lorraine Motel marks site of assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King.


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