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dc.coverage.spatial35.1392663,-90.0399007en_US
dc.coverage.spatial706 Union Ave, Memphis, TN 38103en_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-14T20:37:34Z-
dc.date.available2016-09-14T20:37:34Z-
dc.date.issued2016-07en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10267/28271-
dc.descriptionThis building was photographed and uploaded to DLynx during the summer of 2016 by the Visual Resources Center.en_US
dc.description.abstractSun Studio, a record store, opened in 1950 by Sam Phillips. It is located at 706 Union Avenue in the Medical District of Memphis near Downtown. On one side of the door there is a fixed, leaded glass window. On the second story, all of the windows have hood molds over them. There is a Chicago window with a hood mold over it on one side of the building. There is a large guitar sculpture over the door. The building is made of brick. It can be best described as a part of the Georgian architectural style. It is known as the place where the first rock and roll single, “Rocket 88” by Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats.en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherMemphis, Tenn. : Art, Department of, Rhodes Collegeen_US
dc.rightsRhodes College owns the rights to this digital material which is made available for educational use only and may not be used for any non-educational or commercial purpose. Approved educational uses include private research and scholarship, teaching, and student projects. For additional information please contact archives@rhodes.edu.en_US
dc.subjectGeorgianen_US
dc.subjectMid 20th centuryen_US
dc.subjectMercantile Buildingen_US
dc.subjectBricken_US
dc.subjectFixed windowen_US
dc.subjectChicago windowen_US
dc.subjectHood moldsen_US
dc.subjectDowntownen_US
dc.titleSun Studioen_US
dc.typeImageen_US
dc.identifier.rhodesVRC_Sun_Studioen_US
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