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...
Advertisement offering a reward for the return of a Confederate soldier who ran away from the Selma Arsenal. The ad gives a full physical description and mentions that the deserter is probably headed to Coosa County, where he has family.
Plate 27 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: "All these Figures were sketched, by their own desire, at a house where we slept in the...
Faustine Hamblin Dunn looking back at the camera, at a picnic for the State Normal School in Montgomery, Alabama. From an album page labeled, "S.N.S. Picnic, Washington Park."
In the diary, Blount discusses contemporary life, education, and family relationships. He also gives detailed accounts of his extensive travels during the period. A partial transcript is included.
"Action spoke louder than words when Speaker of the House Bankhead went backstage after the show to congratulate his daughter, Miss Tallulah Bankhead, on her performance. There was a big hug and kiss from the Speaker when his daughter asked him...
She is washing her hands at a sink. A "Certificate of Farm War Service" on the wall reads, "This certifies that This Family is enlisted in all-out farm war production."
"Part of Nat (King) Cole's Family. Rev. E. J. Coles, born and reared in Montgomery, Ala., is shown with his wife and his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Ike Cole and her 3 sons. Rev. Coles is pastor of the First Baptist Church of North Chicago, Ill. He is...
Flyer for a prohibition meeting organized by African American ministers in Birmingham, Alabama. The meeting was held "to protest against colored women visiting barrooms and barroom premises. Also against children visiting such places, for whisky...