Plate 40 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: "The American Mail Stage in which we journeyed over so many wild as well as civilized...
"This map shows the Negro colleges and a few of the famous Negroes born in Alabama. (Dr. Carver and Booker T. Washington are shown because they achieved their greatest fame in Ala. and because of their profound influence upon the state.) Jesse...
"Daniel Emmett composed the words and music of 'Dixie,' but it was Herman Arnold of Montgomery, Ala., who, in 1860, wrote the original band score from the music score that Emmett wrote upon the wall of the old Montgomery Theatre with a piece of...
"Miss Alexa Stirling of Atlanta, the 17-Year-Old Champion, Is Standing in the Second Row Wearing a Dark Sweater and Striped Hat Band." From the rotogravure section of the Birmingham Age-Herald, Sunday, October 10, 1915.
Photograph of a postcard showing images of Herman Arnold, his wife, Jefferson Davis, and the original score of "Dixie." Arnold wrote the first band score of Daniel Emmett's "Dixie," which was played at the inauguration of Jefferson Davis as...