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Image of the A. Schwab storefront at 163 Beale St. after the march that turned into a riot, March 28, 1968. The march was organized by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and was intended to be a peaceful, non violent event and devolved when marchers reached…

Image of the A. Schwab storefront at 163 Beale St. after the march that turned into a riot, March 28, 1968. The march was intended to be a peaceful, non violent event and devolved when marchers reached Beale St. where windows became broken and…

Clipping from the front page of the Commercial Appeal dated March 30, 1968. Image of (L to R) Abram Schwab, Beverly Schwab, and Michelle Johnson standing outside of the Schwab Brothers store as armored tanks roll through Beale Street in downtown…

Image of people standing outside of A. Schwab's Dry Goods store after a riot erupted during a Sanitation Workers' strike march that was lead by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., March 28, 1968. The march was intended to be a peaceful, non violent event…

Letter addressed to Abe from Pat dated 1990 February 15. The address at the top reads: "World Famous Collector's Originals, P.O. Box 17552, Memphis, TN. 38187."

This photograph is of the storefront of the A. Schwab Trading Co. on May 5, 1950. Displays in the front windows include merchandise on sale and the latest blues records of the time period.

In the fourth window from the left on the second floor,…

A family portrait of the Schwab family in the early 1900's.

Abraham Schwab, the store's founder, is in the far left of the front row. His wife Sarah is in the far right of the front row. They are joined by their three sons, Leo, Elias, and Sam.

This is a photograph of the storefront at 149 Beale, the second location of A. Schwab Trading Co.

Abraham Schwab, the store's founder, stands in the center of the photograph with his hand on the post.

The young boy, second from the left and in…

This photograph shows a crowd gathered at the storefront of the A. Schwab Trading Co. in January 1926 for a sale to mark the 50th anniversary of the store's opening.
The store had expanded in the few years previous into 165 Beale, which had held a…

A lease wherein Louis Lerner leased the ground floor of the building at 142 Beale to Art Hutkin between 1944-04-15 and 1945 04-15. The lease was for $840, payable in installments of $70 per month.