Lost Coliseum files reveal Prince, Queen and an entire era of music history
Tim Bowers helps sweep dust as volunteers scour the Mid-South Coliseum on April 27, 2019, to remove debris and tidy up the historic stadium. A team from the Memphis Public Libraries has digitized some of the trove of files they found during and since the cleanup. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian file)
A team from the Memphis Public Libraries has digitized some of the trove of files they found last year in the mothballed Mid-South Coliseum.
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