cadillac-elvis wrote:This mystery only came to me recently because of a video by the Spa Guy.
I kept looking at his video but it didn't make physical sense, and so I spent some
time looking for early maps so I could find the location of Elvis' home just before
the Presley's moved from Tupelo to Memphis in 1948. The aerial photo I needed
is from 1955, which is perfect because it's long before they put in the 4-lane and
changed a few things.
The problem with the Spa guy's research is that he didn't do any, he admitted he
just took the word/ memory of an 80 year old man that couldn't remember the location because
of how differently things looked. The spa guy's video is about 2 or 3 city blocks north
of 1010 North green street. Also, if you look at the maps I show, the area where Elvis'
home was, it was not changed at all as far as road construction, the main new road construction took place 1 block or 2 north
of where Elvis' home was.
There is a great website that shows you modern maps and allows you to overlap compare
with a map from 1955 or other years.
If you look at the top 3 aerial photo's from 1955 you will see that what is now Fields lane,
was part of the North Green street. If you look at a modern map, Green street diverts off to Old Green street and dead ends,
but it would have picked up again on the other side of the 4 Lane as Fields Lane. That whole section where it diverts and then picks up again at Fields lane is the new part, as can be seen in the stills.
It's difficult to pin point it on the 1955 map, but
one of those 5 homes pictured in the aerial was Elvis' tupelo home. I think one of the 2 lower ones is it.
Possibly the 3rd one from the bottom.
None of those homes remain today, but I show you a street view of the lot that is shown as 1010 North Green street.
That is where Elvis' Tupelo home was when he was 13 years old riding around with his bike, in which photo's of have recently been found.
cadillac-elvis wrote:Thanks Tonys for that.
I only wanted to post this because the spa guy is re-writing history
and I want to set the record straight.
I have only disagreed with the spa guy's video's twice, and
he went bullistic and threatened to block me and told
I was a keyboard warrior while he was at road level and all that.
You would think he could appreciate what I was trying to do.
You should re-check your video for comparison with what it looks like today.
I think the property would be just right of that modern telephone pole I show,
perhaps 2 lots from the telephone pole. It should be the same pole as from the 90's.
I can't really see any poles in the 1955 still. but it maybe just not clear enough.
cadillac-elvis wrote:Thanks for that.
Mister Moon wrote:Excellent work, fellas. Thank you.
Somebody send the guy a link to this thread.
cadillac-elvis wrote:Mister Moon wrote:Excellent work, fellas. Thank you.
Somebody send the guy a link to this thread.
I don't think he's interested.
I sent him a bunch of stuff, and he basically accused me of being a keyboard warrior on google while
he was right there at the site,(which he wasn't).
And then he later threatened to block me.
In fact after I saw his video, I had a hard time finding where he was at on google street view, because
he was so far off his mark.
The area he states was an area that was disrupted by road construction.
But Elvis' house was 2-3 blocks south of that area, so he was way off.
Mister Moon wrote:cadillac-elvis wrote:Mister Moon wrote:Excellent work, fellas. Thank you.
Somebody send the guy a link to this thread.
I don't think he's interested.
I sent him a bunch of stuff, and he basically accused me of being a keyboard warrior on google while
he was right there at the site,(which he wasn't).
And then he later threatened to block me.
In fact after I saw his video, I had a hard time finding where he was at on google street view, because
he was so far off his mark.
The area he states was an area that was disrupted by road construction.
But Elvis' house was 2-3 blocks south of that area, so he was way off.
That's his, and his followers', loss.
TonyS wrote:You make VERY valid points, I'm going to delve into this further with Roy Turner.
In particular, yes, the even numbers should/would always be on the East side of the street.
Without local evidence / proof of 'any' number changes I'm back with you.