Smithsonian exhibits celebrate Elvis in DC, LA

WASHINGTON (AP) - January 7, 2010

"One Life: Echos of Elvis" opens Friday at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington. The small, one-room exhibit is devoted to the influence of Presley's image after his death.

It features portraits, a gold bust of Elvis as Julius Caesar and a 1993 stamp with his likeness that became the most popular U.S. postal stamp of all time.

In Los Angeles, the Grammy Museum on Friday is opening the Smithsonian's traveling exhibit, "Elvis at 21: Photographs by Alfred Wertheimer." The photojournalist was hired to shoot promotional images of the young recording artist before Presley made it big.

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