Candid Central - The 1960's
Candid Central - The 1970's
Looking cool and confident in 1953 before fame hit
Posing in front of a store window in February 1955
Overton Park Shell 1955
In front of his caddy 1955
Sun Studios
Bill Haley backstage with Elvis October 20, 1955
April and August 1956
Rehearsing with Scotty Moore for their appearance on the Milton Berle show in June 1956
With Milton Berle June 5, 1956
A rare break between shows mid June 1956
Stealing a backstage kiss on June 30, 1956
Biloxi Mississippi mid July 1956
Goofing around with Red West in 1956
With Col. Tom Parker 1956
Car shopping for a Lincoln in Miami on August 4, 1956
Giving the trumpet a try August 10, 1956
Putting his shoes on after a long ride from Jacksonville, FL to New Orleans on August 12, 1956
Nick Adams, Natalie Woods and Elvis out on the town sometime in 1956
Before his two shows in Tupelo on September 26, 1956
Before his second appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show on October 28, 1956
At the Memphis Veterans hospital for his pre-army induction test on January 4, 1957
MGM Studios March 15, 1957 with Sydney Barr and Barbara Lang
Backstage in Chicago March 28, 1957
With fans in Buffalo, NY on April 1, 1957
Backstage in Toronto, ON on April 2, 1957
Backstage in Toronto on April 2, 1957
Elvis' full day in Ottawa on April 3, 1957 from his arrival in town until the end of his two shows that day and everything in between - 51 photos in all
With Lou Costello, Jane Russell, Susan Hayward and Ferlin Husky at Russwood Park in Memphis on June 28, 1957
Talking to the press in Vancouver on August 31, 1957
Backstage in San Francisco on October 26, 1957
At designer Sy Devore's October 31, 1957 Halloween party
With Johnny Cash backstage at the Opry on December 21, 1957
At Frank Senne's Moulin Rouge in Los Angeles on March 11, 1958
Enjoying some freedom before Army life in 1958
At his house on 14 Goethestrasse in Bad Nauheim, Germany sometime in 1959
Some of the photos throughout the 1970's section of Candid Central were taken by Sandra (Nana) Ames - Sandra spent a lot of time at the gate between 1969 and 1977 and Sandra and her friend Joyce Burcham often took photos. Thanks to Hugh Johnston for this information.