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 newsletter was published by the Alabama Council on Human Relations, Inc., "An Organization to Attain, Through Research and Action, Equal Opportunities for All People of Alabama." This issue includes articles on "segregation by intimidation"...
The top card gives the organization's mailing address and motto: "You can fight Castro, Communism through 'Alpha 66.'" The bottom card certifies Craig T. Sheldon's membership in the organization.
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...
This article describes reaction to "Black Thursday," October 24, 1929; according to the author, the atmosphere of the stock exchange was mostly calm and businesslike while the public on the street was in a frenzy: "Looking down from the meager...
"Montgomery County Citizens Service Corps volunteers have assembled to address and mail 16,000 letters for the Anti-Tuberculosis Association annual Christmas Seal Sale. Left to Right: Miss Nelly Wilkinson, Mrs. Fred McManus, Mrs. J. Y. Brame...
Letter from L. W. Garrott and Robert H. Smith of Alabama, to the governor and legislature of North Carolina. Garrott and Smith explain that because of the recent election of a Republican president, the governor of Alabama has called for a...
"'The Birth of Alabama' - where forty-four delegates met to write the Alabama Constitution in 1819. Costumed guides stroll through Federal period rooms, restored to their 19th century splendor. A tour of the gardens and the reconstructed historic...
Loading cotton onto the steamboat "Magnolia" on the Alabama River. The cotton bales are delivered to the pier through a long chute. From the Illustrated London News.
Loading cotton onto the steamboat "Magnolia" on the Alabama River. The cotton bales are delivered to the pier through a long chute. From the Illustrated London News.
This cartoon depicts Uncle Sam playing "The Game of Democracy" with two men who are holding cards labeled "Vote Buying" and "Vote Selling." Mussolini and Hitler look in through a window.
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...
"The scale passes for shipping only pistons which fall within a 15-gram weight spread. Underweight and overweight parts are routed out of the approved line. The rough machined pistons also are visually checked before shipment to four Ford engine...