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Time Period: 1930-1939

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- Advertisement for Roper Gas stoves from the Alabama Utilities Service Company in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1930-05-08
- 2009-08-24
- Advertisement for "The Climax," an "all-talking" motion picture at the Tivoli Theater in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1930-05-08
- 2009-08-24
- Advertisement for "The Arizona Kid," a motion picture at the Paramount Theatre in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1930-05-08
- 2009-08-24
- Advertisement for Dr. Pepper.
- 1930-05-12
- 2009-08-24
- Rental advertisements for rooms, apartments, and houses in Birmingham, Alabama.
- 1930-09-02
- 2010-04-23
- Rental advertisements for rooms and apartments in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1931-07-15
- 2010-04-23
- "Alabama Mills Closed 100 P. C. Is Union Claim."
- 1934-07-17
- "25,000 Workers Walk Out From Their Jobs / No Disorders Marked Opening of Strike / Six Points Contained in Demands Of Workers For Ending Shut-Down." This article discusses the statewide textile strike by members of the United Textile Workers of...
- 2010-07-27
- "Mill Workers Go on a Strike."
- 1934-07-13
- "Dwight Cotton Mills First of Alabama Textiles to Meet Labor Tie-Up." This article lists the workers' demands and mentions that representatives of the textile union will soon meet to discuss the possibility of a statewide strike.
- 2010-07-27
- "Anniston Mills Running Again."
- 1934-09-26
- "Normal Employment Is Expected To Be Reached In A Short Time." This article discusses the resumption of activity in Calhoun County's cotton mills after the unsuccessful nationwide textile strike (which began as a statewide strike).
- 2010-07-27
- Mother's Day advertisement for the IGA grocery store in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1930-05-09
- "One day each year all America pays tribute to its home makers--you wonderful mothers. But every day is Mothers' Day at the I.G.A., where pure foods, low prices and every modern shopping convenience give you more time for yourself, more money for...
- 2009-09-18
- "For Higher Wages! For Unemployment Insurance! For Recognition of the Labor Unions!!"
- 1934
- Advertisement for a May Day rally sponsored by the Communist Party in Birmingham, Alabama. The flier encourages unity among workers of both races because "united action of white and Negro workers is the way to win." It also includes a copy of the...
- 2011-01-13
- "Workers--White and Negro Unite to Win!"
- 1934
- Advertisement for a May Day rally sponsored by the International Labor Defense, to be held Birmingham, Alabama, on May 1. The flier encourages unity among workers of both races to "Defy the terror and Jim Crow orders of the bosses" and to resist...
- 2011-01-13
- "'Because'...it is Convenient and Simple."
- 1936-04-16
- Advertisement for electric kitchen appliances from Alabama Power Company: "Can you wonder that women who own modern Electric Ranges are proud of their kitchens? You, too, can BEGIN BEING PROUD OF YOUR KITCHEN." The company advises readers to...
- 2010-07-27
- "She Has...A Right to Be Proud."
- 1936-02-27
- Advertisement for electric kitchen appliances from Alabama Power Company: "She lives in a modest home--one built away back in 1920--but it isn't out of date. Her husband makes just a modest income, but in their home she enjoys the conveniences of...
- 2010-07-27
- "Negroes Beware / Do Not Attend Communist Meetings."
- Anti-communist flier issued by the Ku Klux Klan in Birmingham, Alabama.
- 2009-09-11
- Letter from Berton Beck to Governor Benjamin Miller, and the response written by W. F. Covington, Governor Miller's recording secretary.
- 1934-04
- Beck, a farmer in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, asks for financial assistance. He explains that he has unsuccessfully applied for relief while other people, whose situations are better than his, have received it. In the second letter, Covington says that...
- 2009-09-15
- Advertisement for the Westinghouse Adjust-O-Matic Iron, available at Alabama Power Company Stores.
- 1930-05-01
- Customers can turn in their old irons to get $1 off the price of the Adjust-O-Matic, the "easiest iron to use": "Take advantage of this offer NOW and start ironing with 30% less effort!"
- 2009-08-24
- "Miners, Fight To Win! Steel Workers, Strike!"
- 1934
- Flier issued by the Communist Party in Birmingham, Alabama, urging local steel industry employees ("Working men and women, white and Negro!") to join the general miners' strike: "The miners' strike must be won! They can win the war against the NRA...
- 2011-01-13
- "To All Alabama and Georgia Textile Strikers: On to Victory! With Flying Squadrons and Mass Picket Lines!"
- 1934
- Flier issued by the Communist Party, U.S.A., in Birmingham, Alabama. It describes the background and progress of the strike; identifies the "open enemies of the strikers"; lists of the demands of the United Textile Workers of America; and stresses...
- 2010-02-10
- Letter from Frank W. Boykin to Ocllo Boykin and children.
- 1937-08-25
- Frank wrote this letter to his wife and children while at work in Washington, D.C. He discusses his legislative activity, mentions notable visitors and colleagues, and explains upcoming business deals.
- 2009-09-15