"Many of the furnishings of this formal parlor were collected by Dr. William Burritt during some of his numerous trips to foreign countries. His portrait hangs over the beautiful Adam Mantel which originally graced the parlor of the Burritt home...
"'Convent of Visitation' was founded in 1832 and is located on Spring Hill Avenue, between Mobile and Spring Hill. The educational features of this convent are the best, and its renown reaches the world over."
Two other images are pictured on either side of the courthouse. Left: "Union Avenue, Looking South." Right: "Business Corners, Union Ave. and Broad St." The date written above the message on the back of this postcard is July 8, 1909.
Plate 26 from FORTY ETCHINGS: FROM SKETCHES MADE WITH THE CAMERA LUCIDA, IN NORTH AMERICA IN 1827 AND 1828 by Captain Basil Hall. From the author's description: "This Sketch shows the embryo Town of Columbus, on the left bank of the Chatahootchie...
This image also appears as a photomechanical print in a pamphlet titled "Souvenir of Birmingham" published in 1903 (see Birmingham Public Library Archives: http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/cdm/ref/collection/p4017coll8/id/4054 ),