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...
This article discusses and commends Mahatma Gandhi's plans for a "bloodless revolution" in India, comparing it to revolutionary wars in the United States, France, and Russia: "India contains more than 300,000,000 people. The demand for freedom is...
Aquila D. Hutton first enlisted as a private in Co. A, 36th Alabama Infantry, C.S.A. This photograph was taken after he had joined Co. H, 12th Mississippi Cavalry as a junior second lieutenant (later promoted to second lieutenant). Image is...
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.
Written on the original photograph: "Old Felix and his partner." Hubbard was a blind peddler in Opelika. Image is probably from Confederate Veteran magazine.
Copy of an advertisement published in The New York Times by the Committee to Defend Martin Luther King and the Struggle for Freedom in the South. The ad describes nonviolent civil rights demonstrations across the South, specifically mentioning a...
Governor's Mansion decorated for Christmas with Mrs. George C. [Cornelia] Wallace, Mrs. C. T. Browder, Mrs. Walter M. Pollard, and Mrs. C. M. Sellers. Probably from the Montgomery Advertiser.
This editorial was written after African American citizens submitted a petition asking for Montgomery city parks to be integrated; the piece was reprinted on December 24 in response to a federal lawsuit filed to protest park segregation. The author...
Leaflet addressed to Democrats in Dallas County, Alabama, urging them to vote for the "good and true men" of the party, who will not resort to illegal methods to gain political power: "They will tell you, that when bad men are elected to office,...
"Washington Park is probably better known as Washington Square, as 'park' seems to [sic] pretentious for its size. It is in the southwestern section of the city, and affords an excellent playground for children, who frequently congregate there for...
"Washington Park is probably better known as Washington Square, as 'park' seems too pretentious for its size. It is in the southwestern section of the city, and affords an excellent playground for children, who frequently congregate there for...
"Tourists find this Wildcat Still interesting and informative. A.B.C. supervised construction, complete and typical of many Family Factories operating locally. Tourism rates Alabama's third largest industry. Top two are probably Bootlegging and...
Plate 13 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: "A considerable portion of the Southern States of America, and even as far as North...
This article reports that stock prices have continued to fall after the crash on October 24 ("Black Thursday"). Though financial leaders who met to discuss the matter seem to take "a more hopeful view of the situation," the floor of the stock...