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Window display night of Elvis Presley's death Recordland Portland Maine 1977 #2 Art Print
by David Lee Guss
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Window display night of Elvis Presley's death Recordland Portland Maine 1977 #2 art print by David Lee Guss. Our art prints are produced on acid-free papers using archival inks to guarantee that they last a lifetime without fading or loss of color. All art prints include a 1" white border around the image to allow for future framing and matting, if desired.
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On August 17th, Elvis Presley (1935-1977) was scheduled to kick off a concert tour in Portland, Maine. He died on August 16th, the body discovered ... more
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On August 17th, Elvis Presley (1935-1977) was scheduled to kick off a concert tour in Portland, Maine. He died on August 16th, the body discovered that afternoon. This is Recordland in Portland (that night) which had been decorated to celebrate his appearance the next day.
Ruthie Baker's celebrated store, with the black slate Art Deco exterior and a beautifully sculpted curving window, operated on Congress Street from 1957 to 1991.
Ruthie was working alone at her store the day following the King's passing. Buyers were lined up the street and, when the doors opened, pushed her aside to purchase Presley recordings.
Soon after TV crews arrived, In 2002 she was quoted as saying, "What a day! I'll never forget it."
{NOTE: When I took this photo I was not aware of Presley's death. When I returned to my lodgings, the landlady announced, through tears, that Elvis had passed on and truly "left the building."}
A moving 2004 documentary, "Elvis Pres...
About David Lee Guss
I first became obsessed with photography and motion pictures while growing up in post WW2 Manila in the Philippine Islands in the late 1940's/early 1950's. Film noirs were a particular influence. But my first love remains the theater. I acted in numerous amateur productions from 1958 to 1978. In 1979 I earned a MA in drama from the University of Arizona; earlier getting a BA in English from the University of Minnesota, where I co-founded the first film society on campus and ran it for four years. While at the U of A, I studied with the master black and white photo essayist W. Eugene Smith (1918-1978) the last year of his life. I am the last person cited in Jim Hughes' definitive biography of Gene, as I wrote about attending his final...
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