"It Makes a Specialty of Rift Sawed Yellow Pine Flooring." From the rotogravure section of the Birmingham Age-Herald, Sunday, December 5, 1915. The town of Kaulton was founded in Tuscaloosa County by the Kaul Lumber Company in 1912.
The act makes six provisions for dealing with the Cherokee Indian population of the state during the period of removal. First, it stipulates that U.S. citizens will not be allowed to emigrate to Indian reservations, include those Indians who were...
Letter from James Foster, a 68-year-old prisoner in Wetumpka, Alabama, to Governor W. J. Samford. In the letter Foster asks the governor to grant him parole. He acknowledges his guilt but argues that his good behavior makes him a worthy candidate...
"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...
"Mrs. Julius Rice, County Commander, Field Army of the American Society for Control of Cancer presents Governor Chauncey Sparks with a brochure dealing with cancer control. The governor has heartily endorsed the April drive in Alabama to combat...
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...
"Loading Coal Barges in Tuscaloosa County for Export at Mobile and New Orleans." The foundry of the Central Iron and Coal Company in Holt, Alabama (later part of the Empire Coke Company), is in the background. From the rotogravure section of the...
"This is the largest static firing test stand for rocket motors in the U.S., and possibly in the world. The huge Army facility, costing $12,000,000, towers 145 feet high - as tall as a 15-story building, and is built of reinforced concrete, with...
This article reports that the president of the Mobile Light and Railroad Company is challenging the new city ordinance requiring white and African American passengers to be seated in separate sections on street cars. His company is having trouble...
Report issued by the Committee of Claims of the United States House of Representatives, in response to a request made by the Alabama legislature after the recent Creek War: "...many of the citizens of Alabama...have been subjected to great...
"Convent of the Visitation: This Academy was founded in 1833, and occupies one of the most picturesque sites in the suburbs of Mobile. It ranks among the foremost schools for young women in the South, and deservedly has won recognition throughout...