Mr. Johnson, a 93-year old resident of Coffee County, reminds us of our inability to imagine the devastation that resulted from the pandemic of 1918. Ann Brantley, R.N., Alabama Department of Public Health conducted the interview. The Video...
Mrs. Gatlin tells about the many people that were sick in her community during the 1918 flu outbreak. Those that were infected were deathly sick and bed-ridden. Others were fearful that they too may become infected with the flu during this time....
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...
Mrs. Robinson, a 97 year-old resident of Clanton, Alabama gives her account of people staying home during the terrible times of the 1918 flu pandemic. As she recalls, "It wasn't just one family that was affected, it was entire communities." Ann...
"This bell was rung in the city of Montgomery when Gen. Lafayette visited that place in 1825 and is called Alabama's liberty bell. It is the property of the Alabama State Department of Archives and History."
"This bell was rung in the city of Montgomery when Gen. Lafayette visited that place in 1825 and is called Alabama's liberty bell. It is the property of the Alabama State Department of Archives and History."
This leaflet describes the importance and process of point rationing, which applies to food products such as meat, cheese, fats, and oils. It offers suggestions for altering meal plans; consuming adequate vitamins and nutrients when reducing meat...
Pencil sketch of a woman from Walker County, Alabama, drawn by Fred G. Gutherz. She is smoking a pipe and carrying a hoe. The sketch is in the museum collection at the Alabama Department of Archives and History.
"Several hundred young men and women are trained in this department annually for responsible positions." The postmark date on the back of this postcard is February 20, 1922.
Pencil sketch by Fred G. Gutherz, depicting a soldier (probably Gutherz himself) working on drawings or maps at a desk beside a wagon. The sketch is in the museum collection at the Alabama Department of Archives and History.
Two staff members examining prisoner with arms outstretched. The Bertillon system was a means of identifying persons by creating a detailed record of body measurements, physical description, and sometimes Photographs From the Quadrennial Report of...
Two staff members examining prisoner. The Bertillon system was a means of identifying persons by creating a detailed record of body measurements, physical description, and sometimes Photographs From the Quadrennial Report of the Board of Inspectors...