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Subject: Domestic life--Alabama

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- Diary kept by Eliza Fielding from January 1866 to June 1867, documenting her domestic and social life.
- 1866
- In the diary she discusses relationships; domestic duties (such as sewing and weaving); visitors to her home; religious camp meetings; and other activities.
- 2012-01-27
- Excerpt from THE CRY OF THE CHILDREN: A STUDY OF CHILD LABOR by Bessie Van Vorst.
- 1908-00-00
- In this passage Van Vorst describes living and working conditions for employees of a textile mill in Anniston, Alabama. She gives specific details about the housing and operation of the factory, and she includes several interviews with children who...
- 2009-06-25
- Advertisement for screen windows and doors from the Kennedy Company in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1910-07-02
- The advertisement features a picture of a fly and warns, "Keep Him Out! The House Fly Is Filthy and Dangerous."
- 2009-08-24
- Advertisement for the Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company.
- 1910-07-02
- The advertisement explains the importance of telephones to businesses and consumers, and it mentions Southern Bell's long distance service.
- 2009-08-24
- "Dainty Cottage Home, Costing $2,600."
- 1910-07-02
- Advertisement for a new house in Montgomery, Alabama, describing its dimensions, layout, and building materials. The house was designed by Charles S. Sedgwick.
- 2009-08-24
- Advertisement for a gas water heater from the Montgomery Light and Power Company.
- 1910-08-12
- The advertisement encourages home modernization: "Make the Home Complete and Install an Instantaneous Gas Water Heater / When you light the pilot and turn on the gas and water with one turn, you get the hot water instantly from the heater, and...
- 2009-09-18
- Advertisement for sewing machines at the store of R. L. Penick in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1914-08-15
- The business also sells phonographs and violins, and it offers repair work on violins and musical instruments.
- 2009-08-24
- Advertisement for a furniture sale at the R. B. Broyles Wholesale and Retail House in Birmingham, Alabama.
- 1921-02-03
- Specific items for sale include: large record players, chifferobes, refrigerators, strollers ("Lloyd's Sulkies"), gas ranges (oven & stove); mattresses, and living room and dining room furniture.
- 2011-11-21
- Advertisement for Steel-Smith department store in Birmingham, Alabama, announcing "A Friday Bargain Day with a Hundred Thrills!"
- 1921-02-03
- Most sale items are clothing, though some are miscellaneous household items.
- 2011-11-21
- "Every Woman Wants a Buck's Sanitary Porcelain Enameled Combination All-Cast Range."
- 1921-02-03
- Advertisement for a stove at Haverty Furniture Company in Birmingham, Alabama.
- 2011-11-21
- Advertisement for a sale at the Oster Brothers Furniture Company in Birmingham, Alabama.
- 1921-02-06
- 2011-11-21
- Advertisement for a sale at the R. B. Broyles Furniture Company in Birmingham, Alabama.
- 1921-02-06
- An assortment of furniture is for sale including: chairs, tables, sofas, beds, ranges (ovens and stoves), record players, refrigerators, percolators (coffee pots), and porch swings.
- 2011-11-21
- "The Hoosier Club Plan."
- 1921-02-10
- Advertisement for Hoosier cabinets sold at the Jacobs store in Birmingham, Alabama: "This plan enables you to place one of the famous Hoosier Kitchen Cabinets in your home on payment of ONE DOLLAR--balance payable on club plan terms of convenient...
- 2011-11-21
- Advertisement for "The Alabama Home" in Birmingham, Alabama.
- 1921-02-10
- "'The Alabama Home' also issues paid-up and special certificates...The money invested helps make Birmingham a City of Homes."
- 2011-11-21
- Advertisement for a "Dollar Sale" at Pizitz department store in Birmingham, Alabama.
- 1921-02-10
- "Tomorrow Pizitz Brings Your Dollar Back to Its Old Time Value! Now you are going to buy and buy at a lively pace." Most sale items are articles of clothing, shoes, and fabric. A phonograph record player is also on sale.
- 2011-11-21
- Advertisement for Piggly Wiggly grocery store in Birmingham, Alabama.
- 1921-02-18
- The advertisement lists specific products and their prices.
- 2011-11-21
- Advertisement for Blach's women's wear department store, the "Recognized Fashion Authority of Birmingham."
- 1926-10-03
- 2011-11-21
- Advertisement for Roebuck Park, "A Suburban Estate Without Crossing Mountains," in Birmingham, Alabama.
- 1926-10-03
- "The purpose of this development is to give the man of moderate means an opportunity to own a suburban estate. Each tract is absolutely level, high and dry, cherted streets. Schools and churches go to make this one of Birmingham's most popular...
- 2011-11-21
- Advertisement for Redmont Park, a suburban development in Birmingham, Alabama.
- 1926-10-03
- "...sales within the past 30 days alone of $125,000. These figures are significant. They bring a message fraught with meaning to the man who plans to build and wants a home where future values will be greater than present values. They disclose the...
- 2011-11-21
- Advertisement for a sale at the Home Furniture Company in Birmingham, Alabama.
- 1926-10-03
- In addition to bedroom suites, dining room suite, and living room suites, sale items include gas ranges, coal ranges, phonograph record players, and chifferobes.
- 2011-11-21