The 1918 influenza pandemic was one of the earliest, and perhaps the most traumatic experience to date, in the life of Mrs. Williams, age 91, of Selma, Alabama. That's because her father, a jeweler, contracted the disease and became very ill. Even...
Mrs. Boone, 100 year-old resident of Mobile, tells how her family was the only family in a small rural Alabama area that did not contract the flu during the 1918 flu outbreak. Mrs. Boone's family all became responders in her community. Her parents...
"In other climes the snow flakes fall, / The bitter winds their furies call; / But in Mobile bright blossoms fling / A challenge to approaching Spring."
"One of Mobile's glorious azaleas - the most concentrated mass of brilliant color to be seen anywhere. In bloom in Mobile and environs in February and March."
"This view shows the Mobile River span of the Cochrane Bridge across the headwaters of Mobile Bay. The total length of this bridge is 10.7 miles and it is an important link in the Old Spanish Trail between Mobile, Alabama and Pensacola, Florida....