Elvis Reading Fan Mail. © Alfred Wertheimer.
Today is Elvis Presley’s birthday. This photo of Elvis was taken by the late, great Alfred Wertheimer in New York City at the Warwick Hotel in 1956, just a few weeks after Elvis’ 21st birthday.

The cover of Elvis 1956, published on the occasion of the Smithsonian traveling exhibition Elvis at 21, co-organized by the National Portrait Gallery and Govinda Gallery.