We were headed through Tupelo, MS on our way back to Fort Worth and since it was getting later we decided to spend the night.  When we checked in we asked the desk clerk if there was anything to do or see for the last couple hours of daylight.  She said Elvis' Birth Place and museum would be nice if we had never visited it before, but it was probably closed by that time.

We decided to go out and have a look anyway since it was just about 10 minutes away.  We arrived about an hour late and the museum and other activities were closed, but we walked around where we could on the outside and looked at Elvis' boyhood home, church and other outside areas of interest.  There were many plaques on the outsides of buildings that had short stories from others that knew or grew up with Elvis in the area and they were interesting to read.

Because of the time of day and direction of the sun and many signs with plastic cover protectors on them, causing reflections and glares, the photographs I took were not of the best quality.  Looking at them later there were so many color casts and shadows and highlight blow-outs, I decided to do something different with this slideshow and create a Black and White version of the time spent there.

Many of the plaques and stories are too long to display the slide for the time required to read it, so I added them all in for a quick glance, but then you can press the spacebar to pause the show on those plaques you want to read all the way through.  You can also press the "Page Up" & "Page Down" keys to move forward and backward through the show while watching.  (You must be in Full Screen mode to use those keys).

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Elvis Birth Place - Tupelo, MississippiSeptember 2015 - Elvis Birth Place - Tupelo Mississippi - For Dean Campbell