Rijff 'n' Roy Present "Elvis Echoes Of The Past" - Part 2

[JamesVRoy]

Rijff 'n' Roy Present "Elvis Echoes Of The Past" part-2 :

This time the files weren't quite as large and it was easier to host them off site and then link them here with thumbnails. This way I get to include everything in fewer posts more manageable posts and save some bandwidth. Click on them to see the image fullsize.
Note also that neither Scotty Moore nor myself are in posession of any of these items and as Ger has mentioned, make no claim or endorsement as to the authenticity of any autographs presented here

"DO YOU DIG EL'S SHIRT?"
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Late 1959 or early 1960 UK based 'teen' magazine Mirabelle ran a contest to win a shirt just like the one Elvis was wearing in Germany ( see magazine page)
Some 30 plus years later the contest winner was traced by collectors. The lady still had the original shirt ( signed! ) 'somewhere upstairs' in a box.... She was very much willing to sell the shirt to the European collectors. In my humble opinion this is actually Elvis personal shirt... and not one "just like it".
Anybody out there who can post more pix of Elvis wearing the shirt, while in Germany?
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" OUCH !"

In January of 1959 Elvis and many other G.I.s donated blood at the Warturn Barracks / Friedberg, for the German Red Cross. Nurses Margot and Marih ( Marit?) kept the signed souvenirs for over 3 decades before they changed owners...

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"O - RUH - VWAR "

In June of 1959, Elvis & friends travelled to Munich and oo-la-la Paris on a 15 day furlough.
Enjoy Elvis' personal "A Pocket Guide To France"...
"Mayr-See"

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"TO MISS BERTHOLD"

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"DEAR Mr. SEYDEL"

Letter to Jurgen Seydel, Elvis' Karate teacher in Germany from 1959 - 60.

( thanks for info Kempo Dick)


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"MY BROKEN SOUVENIRS..."

Elvis' Army dogtags, broken and left behind in Germany. Found in a box with other personal belongings that were left in the Goethestrasse....
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( to be continued )

[hilton22000]

Great treasures, thank you very much Jim / Ger
Here's some others photos with Elvis in the white shirt:

December 06, 1959 - interview to G. Thomas Beyl

Sorry about the quality, it's all i have...

I don't know the date for these:

[drjohncarpenter]

FYI, that awful "colourized" image -- eylscan0004jts8.jpg -- is not contemporaneous.

It was done in the last few years.

[N880EP]

Gentle caveat: The amount of German forgeries being posted are continuing to grow on these "Echoes Of The Past" threads.

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Just my 0.02 cents, take it or leave it, fwiw.


N8

[JamesVRoy]

Gentle caveat: The amount of German forgeries being posted are continuing to grow on these "Echoes Of The Past" threads.

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Just my 0.02 cents, take it or leave it, fwiw.


N8

Ger mentioned there would be in the other thread.

[N880EP]

Ger mentioned there would be in the other thread.

Gentle clarification:

I think it should made crystal clear that some of these items are pure fantasy.


N8

[JamesVRoy]

Ger mentioned there would be in the other thread.

Gentle clarification:

I think it should made crystal clear that some of these items are pure fantasy.


N8

Isn't that your forte? Point em out.

[N880EP]

Isn't that your forte? Point em out.

What's the matter? Don't you believe me?


N8

[JamesVRoy]

Isn't that your forte? Point em out.

What's the matter? Don't you believe me?


N8

No, nothing of the sort. I implied in my first post that I have no knowledge as the authenticity of any of the items, in this thread or the other. I'd likely be duped like the next guy but the autographs really hold no interest for me. I think Ger encouraged the discussion of both yours and UF's observations, knowledge or opinions in the other thread which I'm sure applies to this one too. As yet though you're calling for specifics and offering none.

[TALLHAIR 2]

aaah... N8, you break my heart.
Why would anybody doubt your knowledge,
with all the evidence you bring on to this
thread? Keep m coming, the 2nd batch of
goodies will be up this afternoon, hopefully.

Hilton, great stuff. Thanks.

[N880EP]

Hey guys, it's Kool, . . . . enjoy the fantasy.

N8

[TALLHAIR 2]

thank you, we will.

[ColinB]

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Bad hair day, or what ?

[TALLHAIR 2]

bad hair day?
Great hair day !
Admit it Colin, youre a baldy...Correct?
errr... He was the original tall hair !

Back to sorting out forgeries for later
today.

[ColinB]

bad hair day?
Great hair day !
Admit it Colin, youre a baldy...Correct?
errr... He was the original tall hair !

Back to sorting out forgeries for later
today.

OK, I own up................... yes !

Some great stuff on here Ger & James, well done !

[Monique]

I love the army-stuff. Thanks for posting all those pictures.

I wonder...was it "normal" in those days to lie down while giving blood? I know I have to ask for it every time I have to give blood. Normally one sits in a chair. Except the ones that think/know they will faint. Did Elvis ask for it too? Or did they give him a special treatment so he wouldn't have to be embarrassed when passing out in front of those cameras.

[JamesVRoy]

I love the army-stuff. Thanks for posting all those pictures.

I wonder...was it "normal" in those days to lie down while giving blood? I know I have to ask for it every time I have to give blood. Normally one sits in a chair. Except the ones that think/know they will faint. Did Elvis ask for it too? Or did they give him a special treatment so he wouldn't have to be embarrassed when passing out in front of those cameras.

That's odd Monique, over here we always are made to lie down while giving blood. In the years I've been doing it I've never seen it done otherwise.

[JamesVRoy]

"DIGGIN' VEGAS"


original handbill


posing for a "real gone" teen magazine

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Besides playing the piano, Liberace did okay in drawing one...


Our boy always had a healthy appetite...
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"MAKE ROOM! HERE COMES..."


In Elvis' hotel room at The New Frontier, several photographers do their job.
Among them one from Dig magazine. Always the gentleman, Elvis poses with the Dig logo jacket he had received as a gift earlier on that afternoon.

( running order from contact sheet) :

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check the SM venues section for more on the New Frontier http://scottymoore.net/vegas56.html
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" ON THE ROAD AGAIN"

Covering their stay in yet another hotel ( possibly in LA, California), Elvis and Tom Diskin pose for pictures that will see print later that year in "Elvis Hero Or Heel" magazine.

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"ANOTHER ROOM, ANOTHER PLACE..."

After the Milton Berle Show appearance the previous night june 5th, another photo shoot awaits in San Diego...

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"HOT TIME FLORIDA "

Souvenirs from St. Petersburg...August 7, 1956
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to be continued...

[Joern]

Thank you for all those great and often rare pictures!

[claude 91]

thank you Jim

[claude 91]

[sheila]

All these Photos at the hotel room are BEAUTIFUL!!! New to me! I Love them all!! Thanks! (I think I'm gonna cry!)

[JamesVRoy]

Was that printed that way Claude? It's mirrored (note the watch).

Just noticed, its a cropped version of this one

[claude 91]

Yes you are right, the picture is has to, looks at the curtain excuse I

[columbo]

My boy my boy....what a great photos and other items.
I wish i could contribute some things...there's only one problem. I don't have that much.

I'm a collector from Elvis in the fifties (specially between 1958-1960)
I have a RCA promotion card with autograph both sides...and many many photos. But most of them are already published before.

I'll make a scan from the RCA card tomorrow. I really want to know if it's fake or not...i hope it's not. But i heard other things from collectors.

Tallhair! many thanks for all the great books you did in the early 80's and 90's they're just fantastic. Here's your feather (joke)

A question for JamesVRoy. Are all these items from your own collection? i really like that signed thing from one of the nurses.

Greetz columbo