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- "Calling for Sinners."
- Group of African Americans on a riverbank, preparing for a baptism.
- Alabama Photographs and Pictures Collection
- "Camp Sheridan hostess house, Montgomery, convalescent soldiers enjoying a touch of home life."
- 1918
- Also labeled as "The Official Road House."
- Alabama Photographs and Pictures Collection
- "Cole Family."
- "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...
- Alabama Photographs and Pictures Collection
- "Community Scene."
- African American woman with a spinning wheel. "From Calhoun School and Settlement, Calhoun, Lowndes County, Ala."
- Alabama Photographs and Pictures Collection
- "Dainty Cottage Home, Costing $2,600."
- 1910 July 2
- Advertisement for a new house in Montgomery, Alabama, describing its dimensions, layout, and building materials. The house was designed by Charles S. Sedgwick.
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "Death Penalty for Crime."
- 1931 April 25
- Thomas Walker Wallace wrote this piece for his column "Here and There," which was published in the Birmingham Reporter, an African American newspaper. In it he argues against the death penalty. While he concedes that "It seems reasonable that when...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "Efforts Being Made to Break Textile Tie-Up."
- 1934 September 17
- This article discusses the progress of the nationwide textile strike. While several states have called up state troops to open picketed mills, the government in Alabama has not interfered with the strike: "These disturbances were in sharp contrast...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "Every Woman Wants a Buck's Sanitary Porcelain Enameled Combination All-Cast Range."
- 1921 February 3
- Advertisement for a stove at Haverty Furniture Company in Birmingham, Alabama.
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "Free! Try a Maytag at home - on your whole week's washing."
- 1926 October 3
- Advertisement for Maytag aluminum washers from the Household Appliance Company in Birmingham, Alabama.
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "Gulf City Guards at Camp Clark."
- 1898 May 7
- This article discusses activities and news at Camp Clark in Mobile, Alabama, where the men are preparing to fight in the Spanish-American War. Two companies from Mobile are supposed to join the camp, but only one has reported as planned.
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "How To Build Up A Good School In The South" by Booker T. Washington.
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "In Honor of the Governor."
- 1898 May 9
- This article discusses activities and news in two military camps in Mobile, Alabama, in preparation for the Spanish-American War; the second camp, named after Governor Joseph F. Johnston, has only recently been established. It also mentions efforts...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "Joe Jones, leader of the Negro spirituals in Methodist and Baptist Churches in Eufaula, is responsible for much of the fine music heard in that historic town."
- Alabama Photographs and Pictures Collection
- "Lambert's S.S. class."
- Members of a Sunday school class at an African American church. The males in the photo are identified as Lambert (back row, center) and J. P. Roberts (second row, first on right). Several students are holding jars of preserves.
- Alabama Photographs and Pictures Collection
- "Letter from Home" a weekly newsletter sent to Montgomery County men and women serving in the armed forces during World War II.
- 1945 February 9
- This issue reports that in Montgomery "civilian night life is at such a low ebb" that most popular entertainment spots are visited only by servicemen. The newsletter also mentions that two nurses from Maxwell Field were among those freed when the...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "Local Military Matters."
- 1898 May 11
- This article discusses activities and news in the three military camps in Mobile, Alabama, where the men are preparing to fight in the Spanish-American War. It specifically mentions one soldier (of the Montgomery Greys) who fainted from the heat...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "Local Regiment to Enter Camp."
- 1898 May 5
- This article discusses activities and news at Camp Clark in Mobile, Alabama, where the men are preparing to fight in the Spanish-American War. Two companies from Mobile will soon join the camp, and one soldier (of the Montgomery Greys) was recently...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "Looking Fo' De Doctor."
- "From Calhoun School and Settlement, Calhoun, Lowndes County, Alabama."
- Alabama Photographs and Pictures Collection
- "Memories of Journeying through Creek Country and of Childhood in Clarke County, 1811-1814".
- 1811-1814
- In this account Margaret Ervin Austill discusses her family's move from Georgia to Alabama; life on the frontier; and relations with the Indians. In particular she describes local reaction to the fall of Fort Mims in 1813: "Every heart became...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "Mississippian Community Life."
- Mural (painted by Karen Carr) on display in "The First Alabamians" museum exhibit at the Alabama Department of Archives and History.
- Alabama Photographs and Pictures Collection