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The nearby Vicksburg Hotel was one of the locations the <i>Red Tops</i> performed.
Photographer: Mark Hilton
Taken: October 26, 2017
Caption: The nearby Vicksburg Hotel was one of the locations the Red Tops performed.
Additional Description: Built in 1928, the 200 room Hotel Vicksburg, now listed on the National Register of Historic Places, has been completely remodeled and converted into modern apartments.
At the time it was built, The Vicksburg Hotel was the tallest building between Memphis and New Orleans. In 1948 then General of the Army Dwight Eisenhower announced his candidacy for President of the United States in the ballroom.
Submitted: October 26, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.
Database Locator Identification Number: p401576
File Size: 11.137 Megabytes

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