The Elvis Collection: Brochures

 Here are some Elvis-related brochures.  The first is a guide to Graceland.  Go with the Platinum Tour.

My aunt saw this Elvis impersonator.  I think we have a DVD of a performance somewhere.

This is for the official Elvis magazine.  I don't think it's around anymore.  Maybe there's another one.

Lastly, as long as you're in Memphis, go visit the Peabody hotel.  Yeah, it's the one with the ducks.

 

The Elvis Collection: Magazines 5

I'm sorry I didn't make these posts in better order.  Sometimes I'm scrambling to put these up.  This is the remainder of the mags.

This magazine featured a bunch of valuable Elvis artifacts.  However, they weren't very interesting.

Another tribute magazine.

I liked this picture in it.

A final tribute.

I liked this picture from Jailhouse Rock.

The Elvis Collection: Magazines 4 Elvis Trials and Triumphs

 This was a sensationalized tribute magazine.

I wasn't terribly interested in it, except for this article on Elvis' planes (plural).

The Elvis Collection: Magazines 2 King Revealed

There were some dedicated Elvis tribute magazines in with the collection.  (The previous post just had magazines with Elvis articles.)  This particular magazine was probably the best of the bunch.  (Although I kept for myself an Elvis at 75 tribute by Life.  It has a really good collection of pictures and interesting commentary.)    

 

There was a section on the loves of Elvis.  I just scanned this page because I didn't know about Peggy Lipton and Cybill Shepherd.  Now I'm even more impressed by the King.

   

Here's the showpiece of the magazine: a tour of Graceland.  It's kind of gaudy, even for the 70's, but also a museum and amazing.

The famous Jungle Room, which also worked as a recording studio.  The parked a recording truck outside for the mixing.

Myself and others have questioned the gravesite.  The name is spelled wrong.  It was "Aron," not "Aaron," unless Elvis was spelling it wrong.

  

The Elvis Collection: Elvis Cards

Mom had a few Elvis trading cards.  Unsurprisingly, there were Elvis trading cards produced.  This first set was in one of the 50's scrapbooks, though these are from the 70's right after his death.  

This other set was produced in the 90's.  During that time, comics and trading cards were booming.  There were non-sports cards on any topic.  These are really nice.

These are the wrappers the cards came in, along with an unopened pack.  I'm not sure when it's from, but it's probably more recent.  (I don't want to open it up to find the date.)  In one of the 50's scrapbooks is an intriguing wrapper of a 5-cent pack of cards from what looks like the 50's.  Regrettably, no cards are present.   

The Elvis Collection: Pinups 3

The last of the loose pinups.  Some of these came from a pinup magazine I guess.

He looks like he'd been smiling too long when they took this one.

The Elvis Collection: Pinups 2

More pinups.

This one is a good one.

This is a pretty iconic shot.

That's some hair.

This was on the back of one of the pinups.  Unfortunately, that's all there is of it.