"Lt. Colonel Alex Asseff, District Recruiting Officer and Captain Cora Walker met with Governor Chauncey Sparks to discuss with pride Alabama's part in the National WAC General Hospital recruiting campaign. Alabama completed her three months' quota...
Japanese propaganda flier depicting President Franklin D. Roosevelt standing on a cliff, holding an American soldier out in front of three large guns that are shooting bullets. It includes the following caption: "Valiant Americans--This hurts me...
Plate 40 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: "The American Mail Stage in which we journeyed over so many wild as well as civilized...
"Cross . . . indicates where he was caught under falling material, which was approximately three to four yards of chert and dirt. This accident is a direct result of undermining chert pit."
"Cross . . . indicates where he was caught under falling material, which was approximately three to four yards of chert and dirt. This accident is a direct result of undermining chert pit."
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...
"Pistons account for a major percentage of the daily tonnage of parts cast at the new Ford plant from metal delivered in molten form from a nearby reduction plant of Reynolds Metal Company. Here, a 15-station trunnion wheel moves pistons past three...
Article discussing the first raising of the Confederate flag over the capitol; a description of the banner is included: "It consists of three bars of red and white. The upper red, middle white, lower red. The lower bar extends the whole width of...
This issue mentions a cut in gas rationing in Montgomery, decreasing the allowance from four to three gallons per coupon: "Only the chronic gripers minded it."
This bridge has one fifty-foot long span and was built in 1926. It's original location was over Big Branch in Blount County, 1.5 miles from Mulberry Church and about three miles from the Cullman County line. In 1958 when the new road bypassed the...
"Calcining Plant. The plant shown in the picture consists of eight kilns and has a capacity of 1,000 barrels of lime per day. It is of steel and brick construction and is fireproof. Limestone is charged into the hoppers above the kilns and passes...
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...