Vibrant Violas is a photograph by JAMART Photography which was uploaded on April 5th, 2017.
Vibrant Violas
FAA4303
House of the Rising Sun
Graceland Mansion
Memphis TN
2016
Pansies outside the Graceland pastures
In 1957, Elvis... more
Title
Vibrant Violas
Artist
JAMART Photography
Medium
Photograph - Art Photography
Description
FAA4303
House of the Rising Sun
Graceland Mansion
Memphis TN
2016
Pansies outside the Graceland pastures
In 1957, Elvis purchased Graceland, which included the barn behind the mansion itself. The barn, like the house, was built in 1939. Graceland was originally a cattle farm, and the barn actually had air conditioning before the mansion did, to keep the prize bull cool.
When Elvis moved in, he kept a few animals in the barn – he owned a few horses and a donkey. But he became a serious horse owner in 1966. That Christmas, Elvis purchased a Quarter Horse named Domino for Priscilla, his soon-to-be wife. He also purchased a horse named Sheba for Priscilla’s friend Sandy, so the pair could ride their horses together.
Elvis soon bought a horse that would become his favorite, a golden palomino Quarter Horse named Rising Sun. Of course, the barn had to get a new name, too, and it became House of the Rising Sun.
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April 5th, 2017