Beale Street #4

Beale Street on Saturday nights stayed lively late into the night, with children sitting outside family stores watching the crowds until they fell asleep on racks of pants before going home around one or two in the morning. Storekeepers remembered shoes displayed out front being stolen one at a time, leaving only one shoe in the show window. The street's pawn trade took in nearly anything people could offer, from false teeth to still-warm toasters, though one shopkeeper refused to accept an artificial leg brought in from a taxi-cab.

Memphis, Tennessee · United States