A sample ballot of the "Walter Chandler Ticket," the Democratic Party Ticket. Includes members of both parties: Adlai E. Stevenson, John Sparkman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Richard M. Nixon, Robart F. Atkins, Richard M. Barber, Albert Gore,...
elections; Hale, E. W.; Overton, Watkins; politics; voting;
A sample ballot identifying the Overton-Hale Ticket. Candidates include: Raymond M. Briggs, John M. Heiskell, Harry Adams, J.O. Bomer, Jr., Sam F. Cole, Perry H. Sellers, Sam D. Campbell, Albert Carruthers, Robert Gregory, Sylvanus Polk, Anthony...
A ticket to the 1992 swearing-in ceremony for Mayor W.W. Herenton at The Pyramid. The back lists the schedule for all inauguration celebrations and festivities.
One of the most colorful chapters in the history of American journalism began in the late 19th century. In New York, fierce battles for circulation raged between newspaper publishers Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst, who ran screaming...
agriculture; business; clubs; festivals; law; military; public service; secret societies; social life; warehouses;
A. Arthur Halle was born in Memphis in 1889. He attended the Linden Street School, Memphis University School, Betts Academy in Stamford, Connecticut, and Yale University, where he studied law. Halle’s time at Yale ended prematurely because of his...
Demolition of a building on S. Main Street. Next door: Hattendorf's, Louisville & Nashville Railroad, Missouri Pacific Railroad and Iron Mountain Railroad ticket office [negative included].
Four vehicles and a Lansky truck parked at a wall. The sign reads: Notice - Parking for Lansky Bros. Men Store Only - Unauthorized Vehicles Will be Towed Away at Owners Expense - Validate Ticket in Store. Note on back reads: Duplicate prints from...
Ballot for a local election, possibly from August of 1946. Names on the ballot: O.B. Ellis, E.W. Hale, Rudolph Jones, John J. McNamara, Jr., Oliver H. Perry, Robert G. Kinkle, Francis Holmes, Sam D. Campbell, Louis Grashot, Guy Joyner, W.L....
activism; African Americans; authors; Beale Street; business; civil rights; desegregation; education; Elks; insurance; military; politics; post office; public service; public speaking; race; Republican Party; writers;
The George W. Lee Collection was given to the library by his daughter Gilda Lee Robinson in 1985. The large collection includes extensive and wide-ranging correspondence, copies of many of Lee’s speeches, hundreds of newspaper and magazine...
Donated to the Memphis Public Library in 1989 by Marie Connor, the collection contains a wide range of aviation news and memorabilia from the Memphis area. These include articles clipped from local newspapers about aviation events and history,...
