Random Vintage View of Downtown of the Week

Random Vintage View of Downtown of the Week

A few more buildings have been added to the skyline and the riverfront looks a little more idyllic than it does in real life, but otherwise, this 1960s postcard of downtown Memphis looks quite a bit like the city does now.

Vintage Memphis Postcard

And while I'm a big fan of the card's saturated colors, the artist has clearly taken some liberties with the color of the Mississippi River. This isn't the north, you know.

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Joy
I Iike to be on the mailing list of is going on in Memphis 
May 9, 2015 5:41pm
Holly Whitfield

Hi Joy! You can sign up for my weekly email right here: http://memphistravel.us2.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=dc36253c273e11268a2006f6a&id=3b339edefe

May 11, 2015 8:14am