Memphis is a city founded on some of the great vestiges of our past.
Though the people and places featured in Lost Memphis are gone, this collection of compelling photos ensures that they will never be truly Lost to history..
Filled with rare and archival images that range from whimsical to haunting, Lost Memphis provides a glimpse into the vanished landmarks and bygone ways of life that once defined the city.
Join Memphian and library historian Laura Cunningham as she unearths the Lost hallmarks of Memphis, from the city\'s earliest beginnings to the present.
Every city, especially one as thoroughly modern as Memphis, naturally loses even the more recent aspects of its past through growth and expansion.
City staples such as steamboats, cotton plantations and exchange centers, relics symbolic of the city\'s rich industrial and agrarian legacy, have either been forgotten or completely lost.
Memphis is a city founded on some of the great vestiges of our past
