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Memphis Madison
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Vintage Postcards and Photos |
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From
the earliest days, Madison was known as "The Wall Street of Memphis"
with the old Customs House at the end of the street on Front and the
First National Bank of Memphis, chartered in 1864, at Madison and
Third. The Avenue has had some pretty impressive tenants
during its history as well as being witness to historic events.
After the Civil War, Jefferson Davis made his career change from
Confederate president to insurance salesman, on Madison, and
operated his agency out of an office at Second and Madison.
His office was demolished and replaced in 1910 with the 22-story
Exchange Building. At the intersection of Main and Madison,
Memphians witnessed the city's first electric streetlight in 1881.
And the University of Memphis began as a two year teacher's college
on the corner of Main and Madison in 1912. |
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Madison
was originally named "Madison Street". Around 1910, Memphis
reorganized their entire street numbering system and changed the
name of all the North-South roads to "Street" and all East-West
roads to "Avenue." Madison begins at Front Street at the Old
Customs House (University Memphis Law School) and runs east,
ending at East Parkway. |
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Vintage
Postcards of Madison Avenue ... |
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Madison 1918 |
Madison 1907-10 |
Madison 1907-10 |
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Main - Madison 1917 |
Exchange 1911 |
Sterick |
Sterick |
Madison
1950 |
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Madison Circa 1910
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Vintage |
Vintage |
1907 |
Madison 1910 |
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| West 1914 |
From 3rd |
Sterick-night |
1925 |
1930 |
Looking
West 1909 |
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Vintage |
1900 |
1905 |
Madison -Night |
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Vintage
Photos of Madison Avenue ... |
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This
is ,perhaps, the most famous photo of Madison Avenue ...
taken around 1907 |
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1906 |
Main-Madison - 1912 |
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Madison - 2nd 1950 |
Madison - YMCA |
Madison - 2nd 1952 |
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Old
Customs House 1906 |
Looking
West |
1951 |
Between
Manassas and Pauline |
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1883 |
1895 |
1900s |
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1930s |
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Madison-Bellevue 1900s |
1930s |
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1950s |
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1923
Federal BAkery
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1927 |
1930 |
Vintage |
1922 |
Toward
Front Street |
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1937 |
1908 |
1938 |
1891 |
1920s |
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Madison Avenue ... Today |
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Credits |
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The
Historic-Memphis website does not intentionally post copyrighted
photos and material without permission or credit.
On
occasion a "non-credited" photo might possibly be posted because we
were unable to find a name to give credit. Because of the nature of
our non-commercial, non-profit, educational website, we strongly
believe that these photos would be considered "Fair Use. We have
certainly made no monetary gain, although those using this website
for historic or Genealogy research have certainly profited. If by
chance,
we have posted your copyrighted photo, please contact us, and we'll
remove it immediately, or we'll add your credit if that's your
choice. In the past, we have found that many photographers
volunteer to have their works included on these pages and we'll
also do that if you contact us with a photo that fits a particular
page. |
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The "Historic-Memphis" website would like to acknowledge and thank the
following for their contributions which helped make this website
possible:
Memphis
Public Library, Memphis University Library, Memphis Law Library,
Memphis Commercial Appeal, Memphis Press Scimitar, Shelby County
Register of Deeds, Memphis City Schools, Memphis Business Men's
Club, Memphis Chamber of Commerce, Memphis City Park Commission,
Memphis Film Commission, Carnival Memphis, Memphis Historical
Railroad Page, Memphis Heritage Inc, Beale Street Historic District,
Cobblestone Historic District, Memphis Historic Districts, Vance
Lauderdale Family Archives, Tennessee State Archives, Library of
Congress, Kemmons Wilson Family, Richard S. Brashier, Lee Askew,
George Whitworth, Woody Savage and many individuals whose assistance is
acknowledged on the pages of their contributions. Special
thanks to Memphis Realtor, Joe Spake, for giving us carte blanche
access to his outstanding collection of contemporary Memphis photos.
We do not have high definition copies of the photos on these
pages. If anyone wishes to secure high definition photos,
you'll have to contact the photographer or the collector.
(To avoid any possibility of contributing to SPAM, we do not
maintain a file of email addresses for anyone who contacts us). |
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