Graceland's Annex | SECRET GRACELAND #29

Let's take a deep dive into all the corners of Elvis Presley's Graceland in Memphis, TN and see what secrets and history we can find! All Elvis fans welcome!
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[@donkinghan1]

At the end of the 1977 tv concert Vernon speaks to the camera and says thanks to the fans for all the kind letters and that they will get around to answering a majority of them....I guess he keep his word...its nice to see proof that the family actually did try to reply to all. Great video 👏

[@ashleysadventures]

Yes! Thank you

[@mikem957]

I believe that white box on the kitchen wall was the intercom that allowed Elvis to call downstairs.

[@toddhensley880]

My guess also, some kind of intercom.

[@janetlangevin2664]

Or a rolodex

[@jaygordon1033]

The item above the phones is similar to something that was in my childhood home, back in the 70s. I think the left section was designed to hold a notepad, so you could take messages. No voicemail back then. The larger area in the middle is corkboard. That's where you would post the messages, using thumbtacks. I think the right section was designed to hold a pencil or pen.

[@ashleysadventures]

Really! Ok that’s interesting!

[@SteveFBS]

I think you're correct.

[@mitchellwestford9312]

Awesome job and thank you keep him update with new fans around the world Elvis Presley always Be the king of rock and roll He never be forgotten ⚡☄⚡☄🇨🇦🇨🇦💖💖

[@ashleysadventures]

Thank you for tuning in!

[@brendalawrence6732]

Wow, that would have been so cool to get a Valentine from Elvis in 1963! I so love when you point out the "old" and the "new" of Graceland, it is fun to see what used to be there compared to what is there today. Anyone who got to be "close" with Elvis was lucky enough, but then to get gifts from him or to live in his home, on the grounds-well that is amazing! When you show the changes to the back of the house, it helps to understand just how much everything changed. I know when I went to Graceland in 2019, I was surprised there was garages for all of Elvis's cars as I knew he had many. Oh how I would love to go back to Graceland with fresh eyes since watching your video's Ashley! I also love the Graceland sent thank you letters to fans who expressed their sorrow in losing Elvis. So very cool to have one of those as well. As always Ashley, you left no stone unturned! Fabulous video!

[@ashleysadventures]

Thank you Brenda! I hope you’re able to get back there soon

[@laurienebraska8742]

The white box looks like an intercom system

[@brucebowman1696]

I believe the white box is a NuTone intercoms system. Very popular in the 70’s

[@ashleysadventures]

Thanks for watching!

[@michaelholmes8350]

Hi Ashley. I've been waiting for you to get to that annex. I will be watching ! 😎

[@ashleysadventures]

Yay! I hope you enjoy it!

[@MusicMan-yw9px]

Another great video! When I was at Graceland again last year, my UVIP tour guide said “we love Ashley!” I was able to ask to see the breezeway thanks to your videos!

[@ashleysadventures]

YOU’RE KIDDING!! 😭😭😭 I always worry I’m crossing a line and they hate me. Thank you so much for sharing that! Glad you got to see the breezeway, that’s so cool

[@keithp115]

@@ashleysadventures Ashley, you are more loved and respected than you realize. I can foresee you being the next Graceland curator!

[@ashleysadventures]

Wouldn’t that be a dream!

[@blizzard37100]

Thank You Ashley..Really Enjoyed This Nice Video

[@ashleysadventures]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@lydiarosenberg2715]

That was fun! Thanks 🙏⚡

[@ashleysadventures]

You bet!

[@jansorensen]

That was a lot to take in, tho very intresting I haven’t visited Graceland yet for various reasons the main reason is I live over seas , but in many ways Im lucky, because Im a member of ashleysadventures she are my eyes at the granceland mansion, that channel take deep dives in to all corners of Graceland !⚡

[@ashleysadventures]

Hey Jan, I’m happy I can be the eyes and ears of Graceland for you until you are able to visit it yourself! Thank you bud ⚡️

[@fredricjulien8738]

Hey Ashley, I'm only a day late chiming in with a comment on this segment of Secret Graceland. Hope the chair debate gets resolved, I thought Vernon saved all the receipts for purchased furniture that went into the mansion. Thanks for your research and another job well done. ⚡🧸🎸

[@ashleysadventures]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks Fredric ⚡️

[@shoneys3759]

Thank you so much, Ashley for another gem. 💖Each time I watch one of your videos, it's like being at Graceland again. What is EPE waiting for to hire you ?? 😊😉You're such a valuable asset to the Elvis world.💖

[@ashleysadventures]

That means so much!! 🫶 Thank you, I’m so glad you enjoy them ☺️

[@johnbarrett4846]

I have never been to the US or Graceland but did get the next best thing. In January or February 1990 an exhibition of Elvis memorabilia toured the UK. On display were jumpsuits, gold discs, his army uniform and other personal belongings. It was in my local City Hall in Perth Scotland and the exhibits were just roped off barely 3ft away. I took photos which i still have.

[@ashleysadventures]

That's awesome!

[@gerrimoorhead4477]

Wow, all the detailed information you continue to find in your adventures, leaves me in total AMAZEMENT!!! Your the best.

[@ashleysadventures]

You are! Thank you for your support, I'm happy you enjoyed it!

[@josipjoeybosnjak]

Great video and enjoyed it very much Ashely ☺️🙌👍🏻 TCB ⚡️⚡️

[@ashleysadventures]

Thanks so much! 😊

[@bruceliggett8036]

Absolutely amazing! Thank you so much Ashley!

[@ashleysadventures]

Thanks for tuning into this one, Bruce!

[@user-sq1gk9tc4u]

Спасибо Эшли.Так все доходчиво и ясно объясняете.Люблю все подробности смотреть!❤

[@ashleysadventures]

Большое спасибо! Я рад, что тебе понравилось

[@patriciapresley8313]

Merci Ashley

[@ashleysadventures]

Merci!

[@gpt465]

Enjoyed your video!!

[@ashleysadventures]

Thanks so much!

[@Dina_Popova]

❤️ Very touching video 😊 Thank you very much, Ashley 🌿

[@ashleysadventures]

Aw thank you Dina!

[@nancyshank4085]

Hey Ashley, once again you did it. Loved this Secret Graceland. Hope you're doing good and miss our Saturday's trivia nights. Take care Ashley Hope to see you again soon. 😊

[@ashleysadventures]

Thanks Nancy! 😊

[@sandralybrand9425]

As usual amazing information Ashley! Thank you!

[@ashleysadventures]

I so appreciate your kindness, Sandra

[@noonerstrickland1743]

You are so good! I’ve often wondered whether the family acknowledged those who sent flowers to Elvis’ funeral. That was really cool. Keep being awesome! God bless you.

[@ashleysadventures]

I was pleasantly surprised! That’s a tall order. Thank you Nooner!

[@user-xl3qg1wz5z]

Thank you Ashley for another interesting story . Ashley from what i have read on Elvis that he didn't write many letters in his life time. .he would have his secretary do most of them. . but I'm sure through the years that he did do a few cards for Christmas and easter and valentine

[@ashleysadventures]

Thanks for watching!

[@sylvia1234]

Another great video ... the Valentine card is a nice touch for fans.

[@ashleysadventures]

They're so cute. Thanks Sylvia!

[@kathrynenderby5997]

I’m a huge fan of elvis Presley’s I love 💕 to visit. Graceland and communicate with elvis I respect elvis and his family and friends too tcb 7:51pm

[@ashleysadventures]

💕💕💕

[@daveschuda2766]

Awesome topic, looking forward to this. Thank you.

[@ashleysadventures]

Hope you like it!

[@kevinhamling1963]

It's interesting that the thankyou card that Elvis's family sent out had the spelling of Elvis's name different to his eventual grave. Thanks for sharing another great video. ✌️ Peace from Melbourne Australia.

[@ashleysadventures]

Isn’t that odd? Thanks for tuning in!

[@susanharvey9561]

Thank you Ashley x

[@ashleysadventures]

Thank you Susan!

[@lindaplantlinda2384]

Very interesting thank you Ashley .

[@ashleysadventures]

Thank you Linda!

[@OldWurlitzerMusic]

really good video ! , these are great pics and new angles i have not seen and some close up views also , i think the white box on the kitchen wall phone area is a intercom just for a certain area maybe the gate house ? but not sure , thats my guess ? , great video Ashley !

[@ashleysadventures]

The consensus seems to be an intercom of some sort. Thanks a lot Paul!

[@jeffmitchell9863]

Amazing that the old “hook latch “ is still hanging on the wall near the red phones.

[@gracieg7601]

Great video Ashley. I always enjoy yours about Graceland. I like how you tell how Graceland has changed over the yrs. I like seeing the inside of it and how it has changed. Thanks, MarcyP

[@ashleysadventures]

I love exploring what's changed so I'm glad you enjoy that, too. Thank you Marcy!

[@michellemerryweather1712]

I absolutely adore your videos & look forward to the new content you share with us. My first holiday overseas was to visit Graceland from the U.K in 2005. A lot has changed since then, as I stayed across the road at Heartbreak Hotel during my holiday. I’m definitely in need of a return journey. Thank you so much for all of your hard work and research. x

[@ashleysadventures]

Thank you so much! I hope you have an amazing trip soon! ⚡️

[@travisowens8602]

We should do like a fan vacation to Memphis and Nashville and spend like a week just doing nothing but Elvis stuff this fall, just an idea.

[@soledadbustos9511]

Fantástico video Muchas gracias

[@ashleysadventures]

Muchas gracias!⚡

[@DarcyHeartsElvis]

Great video Ashley 👍😌 TCB ⚡

[@ashleysadventures]

Thanks, lady! ⚡

[@PamOnline]

My Aunt Penny lived in this apt while she took care of Gene Smith's children. I was so happy to "find" it while on the VIP tour!

[@ashleysadventures]

That’s so cool! Do you have any pictures of it from that time? Did you read Gene’s book?

[@PamOnline]

@@ashleysadventures I did read his book. But no pictures unfortunately! Aunt Penny said they never took photos out of respect for Elvis' privacy. But the stories she told were great and I had always wanted to "find" the door to her room and can not believe I finally got to see it the last 2 times I went to Graceland! Penny passed in 2000 so she never got to see it again...

[@ashleysadventures]

Thank you for sharing! That’s such a unique connection. Glad you got to finally see it! She must’ve been one of the first to live in that space

[@markmeeks7601]

Thank you Ashley for doing what your doing,I'm just catching up on your videos,,and I as a big fan of yours, am impressed with how you evolved,,,great eye great job!!! TCB

[@ashleysadventures]

Glad you like them! Thank you Mark

[@wirelesscustomer9973]

I always enjoy your videos Ashley

[@ashleysadventures]

I appreciate that!

[@michaelholmes8350]

Another great story. The white box looks like an old time intercom. When Ginger found Elvis, she called downstairs for help. Could that be the intercom that alerted the kitchen ? I guess with Elvis gone, it was no longer needed. Just my guess. Thanks for your story Ashley. Looking forward to the next one 😎

[@ashleysadventures]

Thanks Michael! Others seem to think it’s an intercom or notepad. This scene is recreating Ginger calling downstairs and Al answers on the red phone. I’m not sure!

[@helenludlow2331]

wow - great little video - so many things that you point out to us - love it ❤💜💛💚

[@ashleysadventures]

Thank you 🤗

[@mis4nietos]

Fantástico vídeo nuevamente, los teléfonos de la cocina parecen los mismos de Elvis, felicidades por tu gran trabajo, me encanta y gracias por los subtítulos!!!😊👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@ashleysadventures]

¡Hurra! me alegra mucho que lo hayas disfrutado, muchas gracias

[@jamesjuke7505]

Great stuff Ashley ! Love your video's... Thank you.

[@ashleysadventures]

Glad you like them! Thank you

[@janetfenton3187]

Fabulous! Thank you Ashley x

[@ashleysadventures]

Thank you Janet!

[@Anita66608]

Great work Ashley! Everytime I go to Graceland, I notice something I didn't before, or when I see videos. But who has the time to investigate? So THANK YOU for doing your videos! 💙💙⚡💙💙

[@ashleysadventures]

I volunteer! Lol. Thank you Anita! ☺️

[@sammy_the_uncool2702]

That was a lot to take in! So interesting about the "life" of a space. I didn't know about the Valentine's Day cards 💘 so that was also interesting! One thing I noticed: On the "Thank You" cards sent out by Elvis's family, Elvis's middle name is spelled with "Aron". On his gravestone his middle name is spelled "Aaron". Sometimes it's the little things that have a way of sticking out at you. Thank you so much as always, Ashley! Great work! TCB ⚡ & TLC ❤ & peace ✌& blessings 🙏 to you & yours & to one & all here as well 💕

[@ashleysadventures]

I realized my Secret Graceland videos are a lot so I've been trying to make them shorter. I still don't understand the Aron and Aaron. Thanks a lot for tuning in Sammy!

[@sammy_the_uncool2702]

@@ashleysadventures No, no! I love it! All of it! That was my way of complimenting your awesome research 📖💼🔍 And you are most welcome 💖💙

[@ashleysadventures]

I didn’t take it wrong! Just mentioning they wear me out so they must be a lot of facts for one video lol You’re always so nice and I appreciate you 🫶

[@tobyhinz9478]

I was about to make this exact post. It’s odd that his middle name was spelled two different ways. The cards and his stone would be around the same time.

[@sammy_the_uncool2702]

@@ashleysadventures Appreciate you too, Ashley, and thank you so much 😊💛💕

[@fitnessover5064]

Outstanding Ashley! I was quite surprised when I saw the card from Trenton, Michigan since that city is two blocks from where I grew up in Woodhaven! Always excited to see a new video from you!

[@ashleysadventures]

Woah small world! That’s cool. Thank you for watching!

[@wirelesscustomer9973]

Ashley I am not sure, but the box on the wall looks like an old message center

[@ashleysadventures]

Ah interesting, maybe!

[@rikrushton6826]

I did do the VIP tour which at the time had Lisa Marie's baby exhibition in the Annex. As always, you give extreme context, which is greatly appreciated thank you 🙏👌❤

[@ashleysadventures]

I'm so glad it was helpful! Thank you

[@rikrushton6826]

@@ashleysadventures all your videos are helpful. We appreciate the effort you go to and the research that you do … By the way that should have read "Lisa Marie's baby exhibition" in the original post 🤔😳❤

[@ashleysadventures]

😆 I was like, I think yes talking to text. I appreciate your kind comment!

[@rikrushton6826]

@@ashleysadventures and possibly the Australian accent might have confused the talk to text 🤔😳😂❤🙏

[@ashleysadventures]

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[@bobc.5698]

I was watching a Documentary about the Muscle Shoals recording studio. During the Percy Sledge interview he mentions a DJ that worked at WLAY. The DJ's name is Quin Ivy, and the 2 pictures they used of him....well, he looks like Elvis....I mean he could be his brother. Something else is that one former WLAY DJ was none other than Sam Phillips. Weird.

[@cynthiamilo5571]

Ashley, I recently found you and your amazing videos. I can’t stop watching them. I’m curious about your story. How you came to research and tell us these great stories about Elvis? The photo, the pictures, the facts, it’s amazing. I would every interested in knowing your back story. Thank you so much!

[@ashleysadventures]

Welcome to the channel! So happy you’re enjoying my videos ☺️ I’m a longtime Elvis fan and naturally nosy. I’ve always been interested in the history behind locations and digging into Graceland quenches both of those for me. Thank you, Cynthia!

[@sheldonjohnson5467]

Very good video the white in your video could it have been the intercom

[@ashleysadventures]

Thanks Sheldon! Intercom seems to be the consensus ⚡️

[@suzettewhite3097]

I noticed the thank you card had Elvis Aron Presley. “Aron” being spelled with one A. Interesting

[@starlitekaraoke113]

Interesting the name “Aron” still being spelt with only one “A” on the thank-you notes sent out after his death. Great work as always.

[@ashleysadventures]

Thanks for watching!

[@Kymoon99]

I didn't get a card, I got a typed letter with a Christmas greeting card tyvm TCB ⚡️⚡️

[@ashleysadventures]

Awesome!

[@sonjadlong7554]

I❤️ EP

[@ashleysadventures]

🎉⚡️

[@sasunshine5866]

The box above the red phones was probably an intercom throughout the house.

[@ashleysadventures]

Thanks for watching!

[@johnfarr2738]

The white box above the phones on the kitchen wall looks like it was an intercom call box

[@ashleysadventures]

Thanks for watching!

[@keitheley5448]

👏👏👏👏👏✨⚡😎👍

[@ashleysadventures]

☺️⚡️

[@janetlangevin2664]

I question the annex layout as well. Why would one room have two bathrooms. Far left in the diagram. Thoughts?

[@ashleysadventures]

Ok the layout on that drawing was really weird! I don't think that's accurate

[@michaelsteinhauer7538]

Vernon and Dee lived there with her boys after Elvis returned from the army. It could have Vernon and Dee's bedroom with his and hers bathrooms.

[@michaelstorm2165]

Notice in the card the correct spelling of Elvis' middle name, changed on his marker in the memorial garden.

[@ashleysadventures]

Thanks for watching

[@thevintagekitty]

It makes you wonder, do you think, maybe, those white chairs in the hallway ARE the chairs in the living room today, but given a make over?? I also remember going into the Annex to look at exhibits.

[@ashleysadventures]

They're completely different shape and size top to bottom. Thanks for watching

[@ROCKINGMAN]

Many alterations to Graceland. I liked the original garage area, which was later modified. I had a friend who bumped into Charlie Hodge while he was in Londonin the late 80's. I have the photo he took with Charlie.

[@ashleysadventures]

That's cool!

[@jamesburrows6226]

Would that be a intercom in the kitchen by the red phones or the main box that controls the intercoms throughout the house?

[@ashleysadventures]

I'm not sure but that's what several other comments have said ⚡

[@jaya.0069]

@@davidfuhr541 Your Mom might!

[@jamescrisp7951]

Wasn’t the annex the apartment where Vernon spent his last days after moving back to Graceland?

[@ashleysadventures]

Yes, I mention this in the video

[@marisarezzara2716]

Hey Ashley. Any update on the white box above the door. Enquiring minds need to know 😂

[@ashleysadventures]

Hey lady! Lol ok the consensus seems to be an intercom but some say it’s a notepad and cork board 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@marisarezzara2716]

Crazy how the more we learn, the more questions we have. Love me some new Elvis stories 💞 Thanks for all you do. Hope you’re keeping well ❤️

[@ashleysadventures]

Thank you, hope you’re doing good! ❤️

[@kristybarham8432]

Ashley, I am wondering if the missing white “ box” wasn’t a sort of memo pad/ blackboard?

[@ashleysadventures]

That’s what some others guessed it might be, maybe it is! Thanks for watching

[@lisakeller4505]

Hi It was a Intercom system.

[@ashleysadventures]

Maybe! Thanks for watching

[@amaralise]

1:00 I so wanted to know what was behind that door.

[@ashleysadventures]

It’s a coat closet. They open it on Gates of Graceland

[@aprilmccoy9361]

Did you notice that the card spells his middle name wrong? That’s interesting.

[@brianstorey3448]

BRIAN IS REL ELVIS KING

[@MatildaH82]

White box was an intercom

[@Joshcheyka]

Notice the single A on Aron post August 16th!!!

[@ashleysadventures]

Thanks for watching

[@raymondpruitt8642]

Currently, it is the VIP lounge. Exhibits of E's personal items are there. Previously it held larger rotating exhibits of other personal items from Elvis and his family.