By Robert Emslie
Snapped outside of Memphis Tennessee in 1960, this trailer lot sign with its disembodied arm denoting the man responsible for your new trailer-including lifestyle is the kind of roadside wonder that we just don’t get to enjoy these days. Instead we’re served up brown or white vans and men in shorts delivering goods ordered over the Internet. It’s convenient, but it sure isn’t as much fun.
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If he had a waistcoat he could be Raymond Reddington!
Did he light up at night? =8^)
Rest in peace, Ernest Hemmings.
http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2015/02/26/ernest-hemmings-1926-2015/
Given the address, I’d guess this is in West Memphis, Arkansas, just across the Mississippi from Memphis, on US 70 (East Broadway):
https://www.google.com/maps/place/4000+E+Broadway+Ave,+West+Memphis,+AR+72301/@35.14643,-90.1350495,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x87d579ea314b5167:0x886e25cae44870de
Holy crap, here it is in 1957, on Historic Aerials:
http://historicaerials.com?layer=1957&zoom=17&lat=35.1459066718852&lon=-90.13210415840149 via @historicaerials
The place is still there, but now it’s a small RV park.
“Ole Louis Poole” (Louis B. Poole, Sr.) was born on September 5, 1910, and died on February 20, 1990. He’s buried in Marion, Arkansas, in Crittendon Memorial Park. His wife Rosemary was born on June 5, 1921, and died on May 28, 1988.
http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=10933184
http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=10933187