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Metro - 01Elvis - Manchester, NH - 09/01/2012 -- During a break from a tribute artist competition, Elvis impersonators mingle with devoted Elvis fans at the New England Elvis Festival in Manchester, NH. (Tamir Kalifa for The Boston Globe) Tamir Kalifa for The Boston Globe

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“Reading Elvis Presley and 1950s America” ponders the artist’s cultural effect on twentieth-century America.

Pictured: Elvis impersonators mingled with devoted fans at the New England Elvis Festival in Manchester.