Elvis Presley READ POSTER
Happy birthday, Elvis.
Happy Birthday to Elvis Presley (b. January 8, 1935). Before his music career Elvis Presley was a volunteer at his high school library at L. C. Humes High School in Memphis. In 1993 the American Library Association produced this READ poster. It is now a classic collectible available at E-bay, etc.
Graceland archives include Elvis' library card from the Tupelo Public Library from when he was 13.
At the time of his death Elvis was reading “The Scientific Search for the Face of Jesus” by Frank O. Adams.
i don't know what Elvis is reading in that pic, but I can read the mind of the woman looking at him ;)
Thanks, Kathleen!
I actually "inherited" the photo that Booklist used for its cover (same photo, different print maybe). Unfortunately, I've misplaced it somewhere in my voluminous archives. (Perhaps a FB post will be in order when it's rediscovered.) The Elvis stamp is America's most popular postage. https://info.mysticstamp.com/this-day-in-history-january-8-1993/