This is one of forty-three snapshots from the day George Wallace made his "stand in the schoolhouse door," in an attempt to block James Hood and Vivian Malone from entering the University of Alabama. Each snapshot measures about 3 x 3 inches.
"Inventor of the first practical typewriter, which later became the Hammond typewriter. Mr. Pratt completed the invention by 1864 and was granted a patent in London, England in 1866. He was born at Union, S.C., April 14, 1831, removed to Alabama in...