In the May issue of Memphis magazine, I give an account of Confederate Park — what used to be there, how it came about, and what changes have taken place there over the years. Stop what you are doing right now and go read it. Here I thought I’d just share with you some old postcard images of the park, so you can see the then-and-now changes for yourself.
Take a close look at the last two postcards, which seem to be identical (they’re on the next page). But one shows a pair of steamboats in the Mississippi River, and one doesn’t — which gives you an example of the liberties that postcard artists took with their subjects, and is just one reason that old postcards are sometimes not the most reliable sources for historians.
But they’re still fun to look at, nevertheless. Here you go:
