of %mmsstt ^ 5M53 lEMPHIS, the county seat of Shelby County, is located on a high bluff, overlooking the great Mississippi, and it is from a fancied similarity in location that Andrew Jackson gave to it the name of its ancient Egyptian prototype on the river Nile. The city was incorporated in 1826, although at the time it could only boast a population of barely three hundred inhabi- tants. During the eighty odd years which have elapsed since that date — in spite of several reverses — the city has developed into the acknowledged metropolis of Tennessee with a population of over one hundred and fifty thousand. Here is the first inland cotton market in the world. In the surrounding agricultural district is produced over one-tenth of the entire cotton production of the world, almost oue-eighth of the annual crop in the United States. Memphis also stands first as the largest hard wood lumber market in the world and ranks as the sixth city in the list of grocery markets in the United States. As a financial center the city stands pre-eminent in the South. The total of bank clearings of Memphis exceed the combined totals of Atlanta, Nashville, Chattanooga and Birmingham. Memphis is a city of beautiful homes. Miles of electric car lines supply rapid transit to the citizens. The streets are well-kept and the public buildings and business blocks exhibit a grade of architecture decidedly above the average. Two modern theatres and a grand opera house contribute to supply the citizens with all that is best in the dramatic art. The great river supplies a cheap method of transportation and ten lines of railroads put Memphis in close connection with all the great trade centers. The city has an established reputation as the gateway to many famous pleasure resorts, especially Raleigh Springs, noted for its medicinal waters and splendid hotels. The American horse racing season begins in Memphis every spring and fall. Here is located the fastest racing track in the world, and the large purses invariably attract the attendance of the best horses of the American turf, and their noted owners, trainers and jockeys. Published by S. H. KRESS & COMPANY, Memphis, Torn. Copyrinhl. 1907. by P. J. Lcighloi MAIN STREET LOCJKING NORTH FROM MrCALL MADISON STREET LOOKING WEST. THE "WALL STREET" OF MEMPHIS ^ i^^^J 1 MMI^^>:^ 1 i alk ^—-g-'l lU ■^""^; EAST SIDK UF FRONT STREET LOOKING SOUTH WEST SIDE OF )OKlNG NORTH FROM MADISON COURT SQUARE LOOKING SOUTH SKY SCRAPER DISTRICT ■ halcl unlll •bout 1880 »h Ul.D SHi;iJ)Y COUNTY COURT HOUSE I buill by llic Ovtrlotj Hold Company and was no( complelcd when tt Coonly boughl ihc buildinj for a Court Houite. A new Sl.SOO.OOO b CUSTOM HOUSE AND POST OFFICE /J^^TTn f Ji^j-^illrt^ CUSSHT LIBRARY MEDICAL COLLEGE SCIMITAR BUILDING MASONIC TEMPLE CRAY'S STUDIO NINETEENTH CENTURY CLUI CITY HOSPITAL EQUITABLE BUILDIN THE D. T. PORTER Bl'ILDING iiii ■ iniiii'iTj llill IIMiri lei ■■■'liiEitt GA1 OSO HOTEL WOMEN'S EXCHANGE GERMANIA HALL CENTRAL STATION. FIRE DEPARTMENT PUMPING STATION, ARTESIAN WATER DEPARTMENT ^^^li IrMaS j^gl^^P^McK- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^B^ '*' ;B^ **v DRIVEWAY. OVERTON PARK GRAND STAND. MONTGOMERY PARK TYPICAL MEMPHIS RESIDENCES lEMPHIS RESIDKNCtS SOME MEMPHIS HOMES INTERIOR OF TWO MEMPHIS CHURCHES k'HARF SCENE MEMPHIS BRIDGE ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI PLOWING conoN jtiNG cunxiN PICKING COTTON \'D1,ING COriON IN THE FIKl.D onoN IN HIE WAREIIOLISE