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| Keywords: Memphis Music neon sign, Beale Street, Memphis, Tennessee LCCN2010630375.tif 1 photograph digital TIFF file color Notes Beale Street has been playing the blues for more than half a century Named after an unknown military hero in 1841 it acted as General Ulysses S Grant's headquarters during the Civil War But Beale Street's heyday was in the 1920s when the area took on a carnival atmosphere and gambling drinking prostitution murder and voodoo thrived alongside the booming nightclubs theaters restaurants stores pawnshops and hot music ; Gift and purchase; Carol M Highsmith; 2009; DLC/PP-2010 031 ; Credit line Carol M Highsmith's America Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division ; Forms part of Carol M Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M Highsmith Archive ; Title date and subjects provided by the photographer 2008 Creator Carol M Highsmith Library of Congress Catalog http //lccn loc gov/2010630375 Image download https //cdn loc gov/master/pnp/highsm/04300/04387a tif Original url http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/highsm 04387 No known restrictions on publication LOC-image highsm 04387 220px PD-Highsmith Images uploaded by Fæ Photographs by Carol M Highsmith | ||||