Author Ron Hall and the Memphis collection he left behind
Ron Hall collected 45s, baseball cards, sports pennants, concert fliers, rock posters, ticket stubs, magazines and celebrity cutouts. He even kept his trendy clothes from high school. (Courtesy Sue Hall)
Look around the game room of Sue and Ron Hall’s home in East Memphis and it is clear — Ron Hall’s collecting enthusiasm knew no bounds.
He loved 45s and baseball cards, sports pennants and concert fliers, rock posters, ticket stubs, magazines and celebrity cutouts. He even kept his trendy clothes from high school.
Among his favorites were a Nehru shirt he paired with a purple crushed velvet vest and fringed leather jacket.
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