Shelby County, Tennessee - Historic photos, documents, and people

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A Greyhound bus trip from Louisville, Kentucky, to Memphis, Tennessee, and the terminals. Man returning to Tennessee from his second trip to Ohio to get a defense job

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A Greyhound bus trip from Louisville, Kentucky, to Memphis, Tennessee, and the terminals. M.P. (Military Police) on duty at the bus station at Memphis, Tennessee

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A Greyhound bus trip from Louisville, Kentucky, to Memphis, Tennessee, and the terminals. Passengers waiting for the bus at the Memphis terminal

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Colored laborers in Memphis, waiting at daylight in hopes of being transported to a cotton plantation for cotton chopping. Memphis, Tennessee

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A Greyhound bus trip from Louisville, Kentucky, to Memphis, Tennessee, and the terminals. Travelers' aid desk at the Memphis bus terminal

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Under the "for rent" sign, through the door, one flight up, is the headquarters of the Southern Tenant Farmers Union. Memphis, Tennessee

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A Greyhound bus trip from Louisville, Kentucky, to Memphis, Tennessee, and the terminals. Bus passengers enroute Louisville to Nashville

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A Greyhound bus trip from Louisville, Kentucky, to Memphis, Tennessee, and the terminals. Colored passenger on Louisville-Nashville bus

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These cotton hoers work only seasonally on the plantations. The rest of the year they live on odd jobs and relief. Memphis, Tennessee

Shelby County, Tennessee Historic photos, documents, and people