Early Rare Photos of Elvis Presley

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Elvis Presley, 1935-1977. 42-years old.

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Blog Created: 3-12-2026

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Back in the 1950s, there was this new guy on the block. His name was Elvis Presley and on Saturdays I had to give up my adventures of Hopalong Cassidy and the Lone Ranger or the Cisco Kid so my one sister could watch American Bandstand or another Rock and Roll show featuring this Elvis guy. She had his records and pictures. Back at that time, we, like most households, had only one television set in the house. My sister and her friends seemed to always gather at our house to watch this gyrating nut sing to them. I had no idea how big this fellow was about to get.

Slowly, over the next few years, I too began to enjoy his music. It was called growing up. But I was more in tune to the new group out of England called The Beatles. Then, in the 1960s, I formed my own band, (actually, three of them), and we played Beatles songs and others by other groups such as The Dave Clark Five, The Birds, etc. Surprisingly, Elvis Presley would outlive them all.

Once I got married in the early 1970s, I came to understand very quickly that my new wife was an Elvis fan. By then, he was also making movies. And even though, I enjoyed many of his films, and I liked how his music had progressed, I still remembered his beginnings.

This blog features photographs of Elvis in his early career, pictured with his parents, his fans and his cars. There's absolutely no doubt he was a bigger than life success. He was dubbed Mr. Rock And Roll. Or The King of Rock and Roll. But in the early days, in the '50s, he was simply Elvis. And everyone who heard the name, knew the face...and the voice.

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Elvis, age 11.

1957 - Elvis performs for the third and last time on CBS’ Ed Sullivan Show.

Elvis performed in The High School Randolph, Mississippi.

Elvis with his parents, Vernon and Gladys Presley.

Vernon and Gladys Presley. He was 17 years old when they got married, and she was 21.

Gladys Presley, left, with Elvis and Vernon. Circa 1937.

Elvis and his mother were very close.

Gladys Presley died in her 40s in 1958.

Vernon and Gladys would join in when Elvis sang gospel songs at home.

After becoming famous, Elvis was very protective of his mother.

Gladys Presley receiving a kiss from her son, Elvis, before his induction into the U.S. Army. It was during his tour in Germany when Gladys became ill and Elvis came home on leave just before her death.

Elvis loved Cadillacs. He bought his mother a pink Cadillac. However, she never drove it. Gladys did not have a driver's license.

In 1958, Elvis Presley took a BMW 507 roadster for a highly-publicized test drive in Frankfurt, Germany, where he was serving as a private with the US Army. The car became Elvis’s daily driver during his time overseas, but its fate after his return to the US remained largely hidden. In 2005, Bimmer magazine editor Jackie Jouret began looking for Elvis Presley’s 507. Digging through myth and misinformation, she found it three years later, located within an hour’s drive of the Bimmer offices in Northern California. The car was in dire need of restoration, but it remained Elvis’s 507, the Holy Grail of collectible BMWs and a car worth millions of dollars even in its decrepit state.This is the story of that car, 507 #70079, from its early days as a BMW demonstration car to its rediscovery and restoration nearly sixty years later. It’s also the story of those who owned and drove it: hillclimb hero Hans Stuck Sr., rock and roll pioneer Elvis Presley, and the car’s American owners from Alabama radio DJ Tommy Charles, to US Air Force pilot Lloyd Cottle, and finally aerospace engineer Jack Castor, who made sure the car ended up in the BMW Museum, where it can be enjoyed by fans of Elvis Presley and the 507 worldwide.

1958. at the mess hall.

Elvis in Germany.

Elvis Presley is seen wearing his Army uniform at Company “D” 1st Battalion 32nd Armor, barracks area, Friedberg, West Germany.

Pulling those boots off after a performance.

In the makeup room.

Elvis performs for the third and last time on CBS’ Ed Sullivan Show.

April 125, 1956. Elvis with Kay Wheeler. She was the creator of the first Elvis Fan Club. She became good friends with the King of Rock and Roll.

Elvis with Linda and Kay Wheeler at Fort Worth, Texas on April 20, 1956.

Nick Adams and Kay Wheeler at Elvis' Cotton Bowl concert 10-11-1956,

1956 - Elvis performed in 'The High School Randolph, Mississippi.

Elvis with fan Joanne Beers.

Elvis with Carrie Tywater.

Elvis with fan, Beverly in 1956.

Elvis with fans in Arkansas on January 6, 1956.

Elvis with Margaret.

Elvis, Gene Smith and George Klein - Elvis Presley Performance Multnomah Stadium September 2, 1957 SW Portland Oregon.

Elvis worked with the March of Dimes to raise money and meet the kids.

After meeting the March of Dimes children, Elvis went off to reflect on the kids and their struggles. It hit him pretty hard.

September 26, 1955 ~ Elvis with Maxine Brown - Upshur Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation and Junior High School Gym.

Elvis was on vacation in Las Vegas, NV from November 10 to 18, 1956. On Tuesday, November 13, 1956 he met rockabilly singer Alis Lesley (*1938), the ‘female Elvis Presley’, backstage at the Silver Slipper Casino. On Thursday, November 15 the Las Vegas Sun wrote:"Elvis and Alis - Elvis Presley visits Alis Lesley, his feminine counterpart, backstage at the Silver Slipper. 'Alis is the most natural rock´n´roll singer I have ever heard outside of Elvis Presley,' said Elvis."