Hooks Brothers Photography

Hooks Brothers Photography (HMLQ3)

Location: Memphis, TN 38103 Shelby County
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Country: United States of America
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N 35° 8.382', W 90° 3.148'

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Established in 1907

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Established by Henry A. Hooks, Sr. and his brother Robert B. Hooks, Hooks Brothers Photography Studio was the second oldest continuously operating black business in Memphis.
Located during its early years at 164 Beale Street, it next moved to Linden Avenue and finally to McLemore Avenue, where it ceased operation after a destructive fire in 1979.
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Covering much of the 20th century, the company chronicled and documented the history and lives of black Memphis and Memphians. Among the subjects and luminaries captured on film by the Hooks Brothers were Booker T. Washington, W. C. Handy, Robert R. Church, the beginning days of the Memphis NAACP, the Lincoln League, early high school and college graduating classes from Howe Institute, LeMoyne College, and many other activities of black society and ordinary people.
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HM NumberHMLQ3
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Marker Number4E 159
Placed ByTennessee Historical Commission
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Date Added Tuesday, September 23rd, 2014 at 8:50pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)15S E 768549 N 3892513
Decimal Degrees35.13970000, -90.05246667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 35° 8.382', W 90° 3.148'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds35° 8' 22.92" N, 90° 3' 8.88" W
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Area Code(s)901
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 172 Beale St, Memphis TN 38103, US
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