This photograph is a challenge to locate due to the lack of notable structures or signs. The description on the digital records simply reads, “Traffic on Hollywood Avenue and fields surrounding.” The date is also unknown. If you are able to locate this spot along Hollywood Avenue and/or the time period in which the photograph was taken, please let us know below!
SOLVED!!
This mystery was solved by Glenn Bandy. He noticed that if you zoom in on the photo you can see the Cypress Creek bridge. Cypress Creek is the only creek crossing Hollywood in NE Memphis. He also pointed to the silver tank structures on the right. These can be seen on a 1938 Aerial map and on any current map. They are a part of Buckeye Cotton Seed Oil at Chelsea and the ICRR.
Looking beyond the Cypress Creek crossing, we can also make out a railroad crossing sign, and in fact, there was a railroad crossing along Hollywood, just north of Cypress Creek. The 1938 Aerial map notes it as the Louisville & Nashville Railroad.
This places our photographer on Hollywood Street, just south of Dana Drive (the aerial map shows markings for the planned neighborhood), near the coordinates 35.161314, -89.975771.