Elvis' Employment History
By: For Elvis Fans Only
Source: EPE
The summer of Elvis' freshman year of high school, his dad
Elvis received his Social Security card # 409-52-2202 in September 1950. That all he went to work as an usher at Loew's State Theater on Main Street in Memphis.
Starting in June 1951, Elvis held a summer job at Precision Tool. He worked three months operating a spindle drill press at this plant, which manufactured rocket shells for the military. He made $27.00 a week. That same year he took his driver's license test using his uncle Travis Smith's 1940 Buick.
In April 1952 Elvis returned to Loew's State Theater as an usher, only to to be fired five weeks later for an altercation with a fellow usher. Some say it was started by the other usher, prompted by his jealousy over a female employee's apparent fondness for Elvis. Soon after, in June, Vernon Presley bought a 1941
In August 1952 Elvis applied at the Upholsterers Specialties Company. On the application he gave his date of birth as
In September 1952 Elvis worked for MARL Metal Products, a furniture manufacturer. He worked the
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On another visit to the employment office on
Returning to the employment office in August 1953, he indicated he wanted a job in which he could "keep clean". He was sent to several places for interviews, including a Sears & Roebuck store and a Kroger grocery store. He was not hired from any of these interviews.
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Elvis filed his first income tax return on
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In 1955, he reported on his income tax return a total of $25,240.15 in earnings. This figure would jump the following year to $282,349.66. By 1958 he had earned over a million dollars in one year. In a short time he had come a long way from his days behind a push mower.
jueves, 19 de mayo de 2011
Elvis' Employment History
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